> I wasn't able to install kernel 2.2.1 on my SPARC 2 because it > complained about "live target 0 not responding to selection" during > the SCSI initialization phase. The only target that it should have > been interested in is 3, and 2.0.35 was able to start up just fine. > I have seen indications that the SCSI esp0 code may have been fixed up > in 2.2.3 or 2.2.4, so has anyone out there tried putting together the > rescue, root, and drivers floppies using 2.2.6? I'd be very > interested in trying it out as 2.0.35 is rather slow.
Why don't you just compile 2.2.7 (the latest) yourself and try it? As for speed ... I compiled 2.2.7 under 2.2.6 on a SPARCstation 2 (40 BogoMIPS, 32 MB) last night and it took 2 hours 15 minutes. That's a bit slower than the 70 seconds Linus needs on his machine, apparently. Possibly due to a bug in "make oldconfig" I got a kernel with no framebuffer, but I could telnet to it; "make oldconfig" messes up the fonts, too, in my experience ...
