Hi Ho, just a small progress message in between ...
> > I didn't succeed with the build on the Netstation itself. However, I am > > currently cross-compiling the 2.4.29. - Then I'll try compressed images > > as well. I now got a working 2.4.34 kernel! - Isn't that great? However, I'm still in the progress getting it to boot in the ltsp nfs-root (see below). I took crosstool from kegel.com and build a cross-compiling toolchain for powerpc-603 with gcc-2.95-3 and glibc-2.2.5 - That was pretty easy, just follow the Quickstart instructions. Somewher I picked up, that it has to bee gcc-2.95 for some reason (This was important ...) Then I put the cross-tool bin path into $PATH PATH=$PATH:/some/path/to/crosstool/gcc-2.95.3-glibc-2.2.5/powerpc-603-linux-gnu/bin And defined an alias: alias pmake='make ARCH=ppc CROSS_COMPILE=powerpc-603-linux-gnu-' Then I did: $ wget http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/linux-2.4.34.tar.bz2 $ wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/networkstation/patch-2.4.29-ns1000-20050209 $ tar xjf linux-2.4.34.tar.bz2 $ cp -av patch-2.4.29-ns1000-20050209 patch-2.4.34-ns1000-20050209 Did a search and replace on patch-2.4.34-ns1000-20050209 to change 2.4.29 to 2.4.34 ... $ patch -p0 < patch-2.4.34-ns1000-20050209 $ cd linux-2.4.34 $ wget http://networkstation.aytolacoruna.es/config $ mv config .config $ pmake oldconfig # (and hit enter a few times) $ pmake menuconfig # this is vital. The .config saved after # pmake oldconfig did not work properly. # just save the config from here ... $ pmake dep $ pmake bzImage ... and then I got in arch/ppc/boot/images a brandnew kernel.1000 > > For reasons I don't understand I cannot loopmount the > > initrd-ppc-2.4.22-ltsp-1 from your archives. I wanted to throw out all > > the modules to get it smaller, since the size of the netboot-image the > > NS1000 accepts seems somehow limited. The size doesn't appear to be the major problem ... rather the format. That's why there is the kernel.1000 binary after the compiling. And that's why I cant just use mkelf-linux to pack the kernel and the initrd. It appears that there was some ancient special tool for that around, that i currently cannot get hold of - but I'm in touch with the guys from networkstation.sf.net and hope to tackle this challenge also, soon. By the way, what is an initrd good for, if I don't need it to load modules right after boot? Can't I make things way easier, if I take the LTSP /linuxrc by jam and put it into my nfsroot? - Looking at the hardware provided in the NS1000, a monolithic kernel should suffice always, even if all possible hardware support is compiled in. Is it enough, to copy the /linuxrc an pass the "nfsroot=/some/place init=/linuxrc" parameters to the cmdline? - That would be easy. -> Some hints if this is feasible and how to do it would be greatly appreciated. @chuck: What ltsp-version is your ppc-nfs-root "ltsp-ppc.tar.gz" as part of the "apple.tar.gz"? A plain ltsp-4.2-ppc? Did you patch it in some ways? I just want to make sure, that when I get my LTSP-Netstation kernel pack up and running, I am compatible to the "rest" to contribute it back to the project, so that others may use it, if they wish. And I'm sure they will: Under sarge I have already a remote-X up with 1152x764x16 resolution and scroll mouse - Two of the major impossibilities with the IBM TCM2.1 ... And this completely fanless ... It also looks that it is possible to use the sound on board, but I have not looked into that yet ... Thanks Stefan. -- / Stefan Ulrich Hegner aka "Hegi" - Loehne/ Westfalen - Germany \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED], my Cyberhome http://www.hegner-web.de| \ GPG-Fprint D9DB 51BD 2DA6 9B3A 41CB 0287 05A1 8D11 38BA CE91 /
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