On 14 Jun 2001, Eric W. Biederman wrote:
> > In fact the need to update flash is rare. Part of the Scyld boot process
> > involves downloading a "real" kernel. So you only run that flash-based
> > kernel for a second or so.
>
> Ron. How is the palcode handled. Unless things are dramatically
> different from how I set them up. The first kernel loads palcode, and
> then you are using scyld to boot a second kernel. How do you prevent
> overwriting your palcode?
Sorry, I mixed up two cases. The case mentioned above only works on
pentiums right now.
> Not that this isn't a good process but if you have this problem solved
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Which thing?
thanks
ron
p.s. Alphas sure are run, aren't they. I thought linux booting linux was
hard on the x86.