Ben Collins wrote: > > Could someone help me in understanding how to build different boot > > images? > > You could use the SuSe kernel to boot the root.tar.gz from Debian as an > NFS root. Once that install starts, go down to the "execute shell" > option.
I can't mount root thru NFS, since I have no network :( > BTW, what SysV init version do you have on the SuSe images? I don't know. > I'm starting > to suspect something is up with either that, or a program is segfaulting > on startup. We're using the busybox tools, which means the busybox init. I suppose that your image runs a living kernel, but without network nor console. Linux is there, but no one could communicate with it :) > Simon, I'm building new sparc images today, complete with new kernels > and newly built busybox. I'll email this list when they are done. Cool! Thanks. > Also, if someone can give me serial console access to one of these > beasts, I'll have a look into the net driver. I can't guarantee results, > but I can sure try :) if someone could explain me how to run an interactive terminal program from inetd I could set up a tunnel thru our firewall directly to the X1 serial. -- . Simone Caldana - System and Network Manager at Vitaminic spa . . [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://simone.caldana.org .
