On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 05:48:16PM +0100, Radim Gelner wrote: > can get are at www.linux.sgi.com. But it's too much SGI for a beginner > like me. I've read I need MILO and cross-compilers, and I need to know > wether my machine is mips or mipsel, but this all doesn't make me any
Afaik the RM200 is little endian so its "mipsel" ... There is a target for RM200 in the Linux Kernel (Mips based) so probably it will even work. I know Michael Engel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) has got an RM200 - Probably he has got some tips on How to boot that beast. > cleverer. At SGI they're talking about hardhat distribution, but it is > 260MB! I just want to build a Linux kernel (preferably at my i386, this The Hardhat is a Big Endian distribution and the RM200 should be little endian ... Have a look at http://lena.fnet.fr which was the beginning of all Linux/Mips efforts - It is a bit outdated by now but contains probably some infos on the RM200 ... > is why I need a cross-compiler?) and try to boot it as a first step. Yep - Depending on your distribution there are crosscompilers available as rpm on the ftp.linux.sgi.com sites ... > Well, the boot is question for itself. It seems that everbody is booting > via tftp, I'm not sure if I want to set it up. Does these machines > boot from floppy? I think both is possible. But for the start you should concentrate on tftp which should be much more standard than floppy. > Several times you mentioned some mips based debian packages. Can I use > them for RM200? If yes, where they are? RM200 should be supported although i know from Michael that some RM200 just dont work - No clue why ... Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5241-470566 ... The failure can be random; however, when it does occur, it is catastrophic and is repeatable ... Cisco Field Notice
