"scratch disk" means the whole *disk*. PDC loader doesn't know anything
about partitions. ie if /dev/sda is "scratch", then use
dd if=c7x50016.frm of=/dev/sda bs=2k
Okay..so a disk with no partitions at all? Correct?
The term "scratch" has a different meaning to me from a different OS, as in a spare tape or drive that is formated but not used.
I'll try it with unpartitioned? or just one partition?
(Note: bs parameter doesn't do anything since the disk is 512 sectors no matter what we specify....just a good reminder in case we use different media)
> I've tried booting from bootp, cdrom, tape, and now scratch disk and I > can't get the LIF image to work.
*sigh*. bootp, tape, and disk definitely work - I've done all three. Are you *sure* it's a LIF image you are playing with? "lifls C7X50016.frm" under HPUX will display the LIF contents.
Can you compare md5sum output? grundler <511>md5sum *.frm 4d7dc913c507eda18c34e8af29352086 C7X50016.frm
(This is from ftp://ftp.parisc-linux.org/kernels/715/C7X50016.frm)
grant
MD5SUM matches exactly. I think the problem is the partitions. I'll get rid of that and try again.
