Hi all!
I am looking for a method to boot our alpha after we have upgraded to a
new SCSI controller, which isn't supported by the SRM console (Adaptec).
(our alpha is CONFIG_PC164)
Up to now I have collected the followng options:
aboot:
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- Put aboot and kernel on a floppy, boot from floppy
this is working, but I am not a big friend of it.
network:
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- Boot via network/bootp
this doesn't work up to now, OTOH I want the alpha to be
not dependent on another machine
milo:
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- Put milo on a flopy disk and boot SRM -> milo
i haven't succeeded with this up to now, only once with a
very old milo.dd, but then I need a second floppy for the kernel
and this is not feasible
- put mile (if it is running once) into the flash
hmm, that would be nice ...
So now my questions:
- How do I make a milo bootable floppy?
I want to take the milo images from http://milo.core-systems.de/
(Stefan Reinauer), but there is no milo.dd. I found a
description how to accomplish this:
objstrip -v -p milo-image mboot
cat mboot milo-image > milo.dd
I dd this milo.dd onto a floppy, booted from it, but the process
stuck at
Jumping to PALcode
(or something similar)
- Now assume I can get milo to boot. Is it possible to write milo into
the flash as described in the MILO HOWTO?
Our machine is a PC164 board (Booting on EB164 variation PC164
using machine vector PC164 from SRM, CONFIG_PC164).
- Finally, are there any other options to boot this alpha
. without the need for another machine (boot server)
. without floppy
Thanks a lot for any suggestions!
Best wishes
Norbert
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