| To: | Ian <ian@WPI.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Re: HELP can't boot |
| From: | Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org> |
| Date: | Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:43:51 +0200 |
| Cc: | Guido Guenther <guido.guenther@gmx.net>, Soeren Laursen <soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk>, linux-mips <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com> |
| In-reply-to: | <Pine.OSF.4.33.0108081039480.6638-100000@grover.WPI.EDU>; from ian@WPI.EDU on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:46:24AM -0400 |
| Organization: | rfc822 - pure communication |
| References: | <20010808154246.A25205@gandalf.physik.uni-konstanz.de> <Pine.OSF.4.33.0108081039480.6638-100000@grover.WPI.EDU> |
| Sender: | owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com |
| User-agent: | Mutt/1.3.17i |
On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:46:24AM -0400, Ian wrote: > > > You simply need to recreate a sgi partition table which is no problem > > with a current fdisk. That's all you need to make linux bootable from > > harddisk. > > Right. But how to I get to that point? There is NO bootloader? I have > no Irix 6.x media available to restore those partitions. > tftp/nfs-root boot ? The prom is enough. > I was planning to use HardHat as a basis to build a custom LFS > (http://www.linuxfromscrtach.org) system from. It would be sufficient. Hardhat is VERY old and you will get really in trouble to get any current software integrated into the distribution. Flo -- Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912 Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any? |
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