On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 10:17:33AM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > The posted reply was: > > try http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/8/14/259
> As it turns out, the problem was actually introduced with 2.6.23-rc1: > 2.6.22 works fine. > The l-k people say aboot needs a patch. Question to Steve L. et al: is > a patch in the works? Not until now... > Would you like a motivated tester? :-) Yes; when we have a fixed package I won't be in a position to test it right away, so it would be helpful if you would test. On Thu, Aug 16, 2007 at 01:52:10PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > Jay Estabrook wrote: > > If you can't wait for that, you can always use BOOTP, which bypasses > > aboot entirely... :-) > Unfortunately, that may be the only way to get past this problem in > the near term :-(. Just for grins and giggles, I retrieved the source > package for aboot-0.9b-3 and tried to build the current version, i.e., > I wanted to verify I could build what I've got before messing with > something as critical as a bootloader. > To make a long story short, the build is broken, probably because the > tool chain has changed significantly since the last time anyone looked > at this program. Yes, that's bug #437296. Try <http://people.debian.org/~vorlon/aboot/> instead as a starting point. The package builds with the current sid toolchain; I haven't yet applied Richard's patch, but will look at doing that soon. FWIW, the issue with 2.6.23rc booting deserves its own bug in the BTS. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]