On Mon, 08 Mar 2004 15:24:12 +0100, Guido Guenther wrote: > On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 02:07:00PM +0100, Gürkan Sengün wrote: >> on irc.debian.org (freenode) in #mipslinux i hear the arcboot has >> patches to support most IPxx. using the kernel binary here i can boot > Where are thoses? What are the problems? Why does arboot matter here? my volumeheader partition is too small, and i didn't figure how to remove it and create a new using the linux fdisk. (2mb) and the kernel i have the 2.5.47 frrom the link i pasted is 3 mb or so. arcboot seems to support loading kernels from ext2/ext3 partitions.
> >> however installing fails, i tried fiddling with debootstrap but wasn't >> successfull yet. > Your problem isn't deboostrap or any other userspace program. It's the > kernel. the kernel i have 2.5.47 from glaurungs site is not good enough? it boots nicely with a nfs-root. http://www.linuks.mine.nu/o2r10k/ > >> is there anything i can help with? i can provide probably remote access > Debug the kernel. Ladis checked in heaps of changes for IP32 into 2.6.X > and I'm almost sure he's happy about people helping on this. maybe i'll try to find ladis on irc. i was told not to question to get binaries of 2.6.x and just wait until they appear (as my questioning would only slow down development, so i'm quiet). i'm not a kernel hacker guy. but i can learn... > >> with nc or, build things or test things? i really want to see SGI O2 >> supported. alot of work has been done on mips support in during 2.5/2.6 >> linux kernel development. so far i tried also gentoo and netbsd stuff >> without much luck. i hope debian will support these machines. > Once you have a running kernel Debian support is a piece of cake. i have a linux kernel running on my o2 (the 2.5.47) with nfs-root (debian-installer). find me on irc.debian.org nickname tarzeau. yours gürkan > -- Guido
