Built a custom 2.6.27 kernel on a 164LX system with Alphabios and it works withouit any problems but unfortunately it seems that a kernel >= 2.6.23 does not work for a 164UX system. What is the reason for the problem and any chance to fix it in the future ?Thanks,Ian--- Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> schrieb am Fr, 18.6.2010:
Von: Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> Betreff: RE: Upgrading Sarge to Etch - failing to boot new kernel An: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org Datum: Freitag, 18. Juni, 2010 06:55 Uhr As far as I know, some time after 2.6.8, the kernel file format changed a little bit that needed a newer aboot loader, too (see changelog of aboot). Since this time milo is no longer working: + * Add support for booting >= 2.6.23 kernels, needed for etchnhalf. This + was corrected in 1.0~pre20040408-1 with the following change, originally + from Steve Langasek: + - Update bootlx to ignore ELF header sections not of type PT_LOAD when + loading the kernel, so that the new PT_NOTE sections in 2.6.23rc1 and + above don't cause load failures. Thanks to Richard Henderson for the + patch. + + -- dann frazier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wed, 14 May 2008 02:38:35 -0600 Uwe ----- Uwe Schindler H.-H.-Meier-Allee 63, D-28213 Bremen http://www.thetaphi.de eMail: u...@thetaphi.de > -----Original Message----- > From: Piotrek Gliźniewicz [mailto:gli...@gmail.com] > Sent: Friday, June 18, 2010 8:39 AM > To: debian-alpha@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: Upgrading Sarge to Etch - failing to boot new kernel > > W dniu 2010-06-18 01:11, Matt Turner pisze: > > 2010/6/17 Piotr Gliźniewicz<gli...@gmail.com>: > >> Hi, > >> > >> I'm trying to install Debian on my 164LX with AlphaBIOS. Since the newest > >> DVD I can boot from MILO (I'm using the one provided on the Woody > DVD) is > >> Sarge, I installed it and begun upgrading to Etch (as advised in the Lenny > >> readme). I've done a clean, default install of Sarge. Then I upgraded to > >> the > >> 2.6.8-4 kernel from the Sarge DVD and it worked without problems. > What I've > >> done to upgrade to Etch: > >> > >> commented out Sarge CD in /etc/apt/sources.list >> apt-cdrom add (with > the 1st Etch DVD) >> aptitude update >> aptitude upgrade >> aptitude > install initrd-tools >> aptitude install linux-image-2.6-alpha-generic >> > shutdown -r now >> >> At this point I can't boot the system with MILO. I'm > trying to do it with a >> command similar to the one I used to boot the > 2.6.8- > 4 kernel: > >> > >> boot sdb6:vmlinuz-2.6.18-6-alpha-generic > >> initrd=initrd.img-2.6.18-6-alpha-generic root=/deb/sdb7 >> >> Disk is > partitioned to the Sarge default structure. > >> sdb5 is the space reserved for aboot (empty) >> sdb6 is /boot (ext2 - > MILO is not able to read ext3) >> sdb7 is / (ext3) >> sdb8 is swap >> >> > It > seems MILO loads the image, but then fails to boot (it displays >> > bootfile=<some odd characters>. > >> > >> Any hints how to start it? > >> > > > > Do you have a compelling reason to use AlphaBIOS/MILO? > > > > Matt > > This machine is dual-booting NT and Debian Sarge, so AlphaBIOS is the only > possibility. And the flash chip can either contain AlphaBIOS or SRM. I know > it's > possible to start the machine with SRM on a floppy, but this is what I'm > trying > to avoid. Since the 2.6.8 kernel booted, it confirms that MILO is capable of > booting newer kernels, but it seems it fails to load the image properly to > memory. I guess it might be possible to generate the loaded image in some > legacy format? I noticed that during the kernel upgrade the imagerd is > generate by some tool, so maybe I should look here (it's initrd what loads > vmlinuz, right?)? > > -- > piotrek > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4c1b1482.3010...@gmail.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/001001cb0eb3$3a2b4440$ae81cc...@thetaphi.de