Following up on your suggestion, I downloaded the mattst88 github
version of aboot, built it successfully (once realizing the need for
libext2fs-dev!), swriteboot'ed it, and ... no difference. Same unzip error.
Note that the upstream version has files that were updated ~3 years ago
(consistent with being pre20200212), but I found that aboot's
hello-world string still says 1.0_pre20040408, so your boot console
won't tell you which version you actually have written to the partition.
See: include/config.h:#define ABOOT_VERSION "1.0_pre20040408"
https://github.com/mattst88/aboot/blob/master/include/config.h
I wasn't able to build the debian version from the "aboot" source
package. "debian/rules build" seems to fail at the linking stage due to
multiple definitions. Errors below.
Thanks,
-Alex
errors from "debian/rules build" of aboot:
ld -static -N -Taboot.lds --relax head.o aboot.o cons.o utils.o
zip/misc.o zip/unzip.o zip/inflate.o disk.o fs/ext2.o fs/ufs.o
fs/dummy.o fs/iso.o -o aboot lib/libaboot.a
ld: cons.o:./include/utils.h:22: multiple definition of `free_mem_ptr';
aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: disabling relaxation; it will not work with multiple definitions
ld: utils.o:././utils.c:13: multiple definition of `free_mem_ptr';
aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: zip/misc.o:./include/utils.h:22: multiple definition of
`free_mem_ptr'; aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: zip/unzip.o:./zip/gzip.h:34: multiple definition of `inbuf';
zip/misc.o:./zip/gzip.h:34: first defined here
ld: zip/unzip.o:./zip/gzip.h:35: multiple definition of `window';
zip/misc.o:./zip/gzip.h:35: first defined here
ld: zip/inflate.o:./zip/gzip.h:34: multiple definition of `inbuf';
zip/misc.o:./zip/gzip.h:34: first defined here
ld: zip/inflate.o:./zip/gzip.h:35: multiple definition of `window';
zip/misc.o:./zip/gzip.h:35: first defined here
ld: disk.o:./include/utils.h:22: multiple definition of `free_mem_ptr';
aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: disk.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: multiple definition of `ext2fs';
zip/misc.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/ext2.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: multiple definition of `ext2fs';
zip/misc.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/ext2.o:./include/utils.h:22: multiple definition of
`free_mem_ptr'; aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/ufs.o:./include/utils.h:22: multiple definition of
`free_mem_ptr'; aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/ufs.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: multiple definition of `ext2fs';
zip/misc.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/dummy.o:./include/utils.h:22: multiple definition of
`free_mem_ptr'; aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/dummy.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: multiple definition of `ext2fs';
zip/misc.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: first defined here
ld: fs/iso.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: multiple definition of `ext2fs';
zip/misc.o:./include/bootfs.h:22: first defined here
ld: lib/libaboot.a(isolib.o):./lib/../include/utils.h:22: multiple
definition of `free_mem_ptr'; aboot.o:./include/utils.h:22: first
defined here
ld: warning: __remlu.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies
executable stack
ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future
version of the linker
ld: warning: aboot has a LOAD segment with RWX permissions
On 11/24/24 12:30 AM, Michael Cree wrote:
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 04:58:37PM -0800, Alex Winbow wrote:
I'm not sure. From SRM, "boot -fl i" reports that aboot is
1.0~pre20040408.
Meanwhile, aboot is 1.0~pre20200212-1, but interestingly does not
contain /boot/bootlx.
/boot/bootlx is in aboot-base, which is 1.0~pre20040408-4, which also
appears to be the newest version in sid.
Oh, you are right. I hadn't noticed that aboot-base was a much
older version.
So it is interesting that my XP1000 boots the newest kernels,
but yours doesn't. There is a possibility I updated aboot from
upstream (mattst88 github repo) but I can't remember for sure.
Cheers,
Michael.
