Another option: Could you try "linux-image-2.6-alpha-legacy" instead of -generic? This uses another start address that may be needed for some machines and MILO. But as you have read from my prev message below, I don't think any kernel after 2.6.22 would work. As you are trying .18, you should have luck, but don’t upgrade to etchnhalf!
Uwe ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: [email protected] > -----Original Message----- > From: Uwe Schindler [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 8:55 AM > To: '[email protected]' > Subject: RE: Upgrading Sarge to Etch - failing to boot new kernel > > As far as I know, some time after 2.6.8, the kernel file format changed a > little > bit that needed a newer aboot loader, too (see changelog of aboot). Since > this time milo is no longer working: > > + * Add support for booting >= 2.6.23 kernels, needed for etchnhalf. This > + was corrected in 1.0~pre20040408-1 with the following change, originally > + from Steve Langasek: > + - Update bootlx to ignore ELF header sections not of type PT_LOAD when > + loading the kernel, so that the new PT_NOTE sections in 2.6.23rc1 and > + above don't cause load failures. Thanks to Richard Henderson for the > + patch. > + > + -- dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 14 May 2008 02:38:35 -0600 > > Uwe > > ----- > Uwe Schindler > H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen > http://www.thetaphi.de > eMail: [email protected] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Piotrek Gliźniewicz [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 8:39 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: Upgrading Sarge to Etch - failing to boot new kernel > > > > W dniu 2010-06-18 01:11, Matt Turner pisze: > > > 2010/6/17 Piotr Gliźniewicz<[email protected]>: > > >> Hi, > > >> > > >> I'm trying to install Debian on my 164LX with AlphaBIOS. Since the > > newest > > >> DVD I can boot from MILO (I'm using the one provided on the Woody > > DVD) is > > >> Sarge, I installed it and begun upgrading to Etch (as advised in > > the Lenny > > >> readme). I've done a clean, default install of Sarge. Then I > > >> upgraded to the > > >> 2.6.8-4 kernel from the Sarge DVD and it worked without problems. > > What I've > > >> done to upgrade to Etch: > > >> > > >> commented out Sarge CD in /etc/apt/sources.list >> apt-cdrom add > > (with the 1st Etch DVD) >> aptitude update >> aptitude upgrade >> > > aptitude install initrd-tools >> aptitude install > > linux-image-2.6-alpha-generic >> shutdown -r now >> >> At this > > point I can't boot the system with MILO. I'm trying to do it with a > > >> command similar to the one I used to boot the 2.6.8- > > 4 kernel: > > >> > > >> boot sdb6:vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-alpha-generic > > >> initrd=initrd.img-2.6.18-6-alpha-generic root=/deb/sdb7 >> >> > > Disk is partitioned to the Sarge default structure. > > >> sdb5 is the space reserved for aboot (empty) >> sdb6 is /boot > > (ext2 - MILO is not able to read ext3) >> sdb7 is / (ext3) >> sdb8 > > is swap >> >> It seems MILO loads the image, but then fails to boot > > (it displays >> bootfile=<some odd characters>. > > >> > > >> Any hints how to start it? > > >> > > > > > > Do you have a compelling reason to use AlphaBIOS/MILO? > > > > > > Matt > > > > This machine is dual-booting NT and Debian Sarge, so AlphaBIOS is the > > only possibility. And the flash chip can either contain AlphaBIOS or > > SRM. I know it's possible to start the machine with SRM on a floppy, > > but this is what I'm trying to avoid. Since the 2.6.8 kernel booted, > > it confirms that MILO is capable of booting newer kernels, but it > > seems it fails to load the image properly to memory. I guess it might > > be possible to generate the loaded image in some legacy format? I > > noticed that during the kernel upgrade the imagerd is generate by some > > tool, so maybe I should look here (it's initrd what loads vmlinuz, right?)? > > > > -- > > piotrek > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [email protected] > > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
