Pixel,
> yep, i'm going to fix this... by adding mkbootdisk :)
great!! but it's not going to be easy... Alpha systems are
all so different... tonnes of different ways to boot etc.
etc.
> with the patched aboot, it works, aka you can give an initrd.
> > 2) Install bootloader:
> > Q: Do you want to use aboot?
> > A: Yes.
> >
> > What it then does / is supposed to do is not clear to me...
> quite simple:
>
> run_program::rooted($o->{prefix}, "swriteboot", $b->{boot}, "/boot/bootlx");
> run_program::rooted($o->{prefix}, "abootconf", $b->{boot}, $b->{part_nb});
>
> output "$o->{prefix}/etc/aboot.conf",
> map_index { "$::i:$b->{part_nb}$_ root=$b->{root} $b->{perImageAppend}\n" }
> map { /$o->{prefix}(.*)/ } eval { glob_("$o->{prefix}/boot/vmlinux*") };
>
> aka execs swriteboot, abootconf and create aboot.conf
Ok...
> > 3) Configure X:
> > I chose "Iiyama 9017ET". I then got the following error:
> > no valid modes found
> > try with another videocard or monitor.
> >
> > Alt-F1: VertRefresh
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^
> > Horizontal sync value expected.
> >
> > Alt-F3: warning X probeonly failed at /usr/.....
> >
> > I then tried the "default" 1024x768 monitor and that worked fine.
> > This could mean that it's not an alpha related problem.
> yep, quite strange. Can you give me the bad XF86Config?
I think it drowned during the install... I should be able to reproduce
it using the tools after installation, right?
> > I then wanted to boot using the following milo paramters:
> > boot sdc3:/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sdc3
> >
> > It then shows:
> > boot/vmlinuz path component is not a directory
> > Failed to load the kernel.
>
> don't know what the problem is :(
Same here... I've posted a "modified" version of my post
to axp-list --> maybe someone there knows what the prob is...
> no alphabios here to test with
hmmm... shall we organize a testing weekend?? I'm willing to drive
down to Paris for a weekend for testing ( & take along my alpha).
Stefan
