Hi, I got the report below because I provide some packages to run kernel 2.4.x on Debian potato [1]. Since I have no knowledge about problems that are specific to sparc kernels it would be great if someone else could answer Darrens question.
TIA Adrian [1] http://www.fs.tum.de/~bunk/kernel-24.html ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: 05 Nov 2001 18:30:32 -0500 From: Darren Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help with Kernel 2.4.13 on Sparc 10 Hi, I installed potato on a SPARC 10 with two 50MHz CPUs. The installation went fine, and then we added in the "Bunk debs." Finally I downloaded linux-2.4.13.tar.gz from ftp.kernel.org, configured and compiled the kernel. I copied /usr/src/linux/vmlinux to /vmlinux-2.4.13 I copied /usr/src/linux/System.map to /System.map-2.4.13 I properly, I think, edited /etc/silo.conf. Here is my /etc/silo.conf: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/silo.conf partition=1 root=/dev/sda1 timeout=100 image=/vmlinux-2.4.13 label=linux read-only image=1/vmlinuz label=failsafe read-only [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ When I reboot the machine and select Linux it fails on a watchdog error. I do not know why, and I am unable to find any answers on the web. Could you kindly tell me what I am doing wrong, and/or send me link to a working 2.4.13 SMP kernel? Thanks so much! Darren Ellis
