Re: Why did I get no response? Was:Understanding the porting process
> Why did I get no respone on my question(s) of yesterday morning? Mainly because they don't have to do with Debian. If I understand your questions, you want to compile the Linux Kernel, GCC, glibc, and some other stuff under solaris and end up with a working Linux system. This is more of a Linux From Scratch type system http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/. This type of thing is not usually done. Most people install linux on sparc systems either by CDROM, floppy, tape drive(?), netboot, or some external media device. If you really want to build the system from solaris here are a few things to get you looking in the right places. You will need a GCC cross-compiler to generate sparc linux binaries. (I've never done any cross-compiling so I can't tell you how to do it, but you could search google). You will also need an extra partition to put the binaries on. While your at it you may want to make an extra swap partition for linux, or you can run mkswap on your solaris swap partition everytime it boots Linux. I think you may get stuck with the partitioning. When Solaris comes "preinstalled" it usually has no free space left to partition. You could re-install Solaris, but if you were re-installing why not just use Linux? > What tools or libraries should I compile first? The order doesn't matter because the binaries won't get used until you boot into linux. > But what compile options should I choose to compile from a Solaris to > a Linux machine? I've never done it, but you could try looking at the man page for gcc or try going to the gcc website at gcc.gnu.org. > Can someone give me some hints and tips (or a URL to a document > describing this kind of work), please? If you are into compiling Linux from sources you could look at Gentoo (http://www.gentoo.org). It has a CD that you can download that will walk you through compiling everything (though not from solaris, but from the CD running Linux). In conclusion, if you want to save a lot of time and headaches you could just download and burn some debian isos from http://www.debian.org/distrib/cd and if you don't have the bandwidth/burner you can buy CDs. A list of vendors is at http://www.debian.org/CD/vendors/ If you have any questions about Debian GNU/Linux send them to the list, but if it's not directly related to a Debian system, then e-mail me directly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or get your info via another source (usenet, irc, other mailing lists, fourms, etc). -Thomas Cort
Re: Why did I get not one response? Was:Understanding the porting process
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:22:36AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is it because my questions are so stupid? It is because your question is hard. You desire to build linux from scratch. That requires understanding more options than anyone cares to list here. There is a web site all about it. http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ Start there. Or get on with life and install debian as is, and just tinker with individual packages (apt-get source ). And don't whine. -Nicolas
Re: does not match kernel data
Thanks. I removed system.map.2.2.22 from / and see if /boot contains the same file as my build and it looks correct (i have system.map.2.2.22 in my /boot). uname -a reports: Linux buttercup 2.2.22 #1 Tue May 27 13:09:38 PHT 2003 sparc unknown however, none of this worked :( if I may add, my previous kernel is 2.2.20-su4cdm and just to make it work I did the ff. before running silo ln -s . /boot/etc ln -s . /boot/boot mv /etc/silo.conf /boot ln -s /boot/silo.conf /etc/silo.conf (your idea) do i have to repeat the same process again? yes, I updated my silo.conf to reflect the new kernel. thanx. On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 19:14, Ben Collins wrote: > > I copied System.map-2.2.22 to / as per advised from the web, but doesnt > > work. What do you think is the problem here. Is this a serious error? > > Hope you could help me here. > > Delete it from / and make sure the one in /boot matches your kernel > build. -- Lito A. Lampitoc:http://www.codewan.com.ph Systems & Network Administrator :Countrywide Devt. Wide Area Network
Why did I get no response? Was:Understanding the porting process
Hello guys! Why did I get no respone on my question(s) of yesterday morning? (I search the failures here on my side first!) Is it because my English is bad? (But many native English speakers told me that my skill in this language is enough so that my writings can be understood by the readers.) Is it because my questions are so stupid? ( But a user posted some hours after me a question here asking if this is the right place even he has not the right Linux skills. He got immediate response by four or five people until now. I tried to make all things right by first reading manuals, a book and this list and then I posted here. I got no response. Where is my failure? ) Is it because I post under a nick name? (When M$ forces their software to get all the 'real' information about users the open source community cries "I want to be anonymous on the net". When someone uses this right to be anonymous then he get no answer, no help. A paradox here?) I am just searching for knowledge here. Please tell me my failures so I can correct them, so that I get my answers and will be able to help people soon, too. Thank you <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am 29.05.03 11:11:56: > > Hello to all Woody and Sparc Fans! > > I want to understand the porting process so I began with C and systems > programming. > And I purchased a Sun Ultra5 with Solaris8 preinstalled. > > Now I want to get the GNU tools and the Linux Kernel and compile them part > for part(on the Solaris-Ultra5) so that lastly I get a Linux-Ultra5. (The > reason I ask here is because I want to base my work on the source packages of > Woody and after compiling package the software to deb's just to understand > how this works). > > My problem: > Where should I begin? What tools or libraries should I compile first? > I think the most important tools and libraries are gcc and glibc. > But what compile options should I choose to compile from a Solaris to a Linux > machine? > > > Can someone give me some hints and tips (or a URL to a document describing > this kind of work), please? > > > I thank you for reading my mail > I thank you for answering > > With best regards > your debian_noob __ UNICEF bittet um Spenden fur die Kinder im Irak! Hier online an UNICEF spenden: https://spenden.web.de/unicef/special/?mc=021101
Re: Why did I get not one response? Was:Understanding the porting process
On Fri, May 30, 2003 at 03:22:36AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello guys! It's because you are asking a FAQ that is better answered by a search on google and not by expecting someone to write a 5 page essay for you. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Why did I get not one response? Was:Understanding the porting process
Hello guys! Can someone tell me, please, what the reason is that I did not get one response for my question(s) of yesterday morning? (Here I search the fault and failure first on my side!) Is it because my English is so bad? (This I can not believe as some native English speakers told me that my skill is enough to be understood the right way.) Is it because my questions are so stupid? (This I can not believe, too. Some hours after my post a user posted a question if this is the right place to post even he has not the right skills in Linux, yet. He got immediate response. I tried to make all things correct by reading manuals, books, this list and so on. And then I posted my question. Where is my failure, please? Just a post that tells me my question(s) are stupid would be enough. Although that would disappoint me because I thought that the community try to help everyone the best that they can :-( ) Is it because I post with an alias? (When M$ forces their software to get the 'real' information about the users the open source community cries "I want to be anonymous in the Net". When someone uses this right then he got no response, no answers. A paradox here? :-| ) Please tell me my failures, so I can correct it, because I search knowledge here so that I will be able to help other users soon, too. Thank you debian_noob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote 29-May-03 11:11:56: > > Hello to all Woody and Sparc Fans! > > I want to understand the porting process so I began with C and systems > programming. > And I purchased a Sun Ultra5 with Solaris8 preinstalled. > > Now I want to get the GNU tools and the Linux Kernel and compile them part > for part(on the Solaris-Ultra5) so that lastly I get a Linux-Ultra5. (The > reason I ask here is because I want to base my work on the source packages of > Woody and after compiling package the software to deb's just to understand > how this works). > > My problem: > Where should I begin? What tools or libraries should I compile first? > I think the most important tools and libraries are gcc and glibc. > But what compile options should I choose to compile from a Solaris to a Linux > machine? > > > Can someone give me some hints and tips (or a URL to a document describing > this kind of work), please? > > > I thank you for reading my mail > I thank you for answering > > With best regards > your debian_noob Jetzt bei WEB.DE FreeMail anmelden = 1qm Regenwald schuetzen! Helfen Sie mit! Nutzen Sie den Serien-Testsieger. http://user.web.de/Regenwald
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
> > I would prefer the term "different" to "better". :) Me too. "better" is always relative to the user, not the entire userbase. Different strokes for different folks and all that :) -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 17:36, Rhonda R. Wilson wrote: > My son and I have decided to learn the Linux OS so that we can get off > Microsoft OS and have a mutual project between us. We have a Sun Ultra5 w/ > Sparc processor and at the moment it has Solaris 8 installed, but I plan on > putting Debian Linux as the only OS. Our knowledge of Unix is minimal, > Linux is non existant, and this is our first experience with any Sun > equipment. Sadly to say, I would choose another distribution than Debian to get started with. The Debian installer program and documentation presume a lot of prior Unix knowledge, and some knowledge of the specific hardware (such as disk partitioning esoterica). Another writer's recommendation about Aurora could be a good one. I learned Linux using RedHat (from which Aurora is derived) on x86 platforms, and the RedHat installer is a _lot_ easier to start with than Debian Woody's. After a few months with Aurora (or perhaps SUSE) getting familiar with the Linux/Unix world, then an upgrade to Debian could be worthwhile. It opens up a choice of thousands of packages, aggressive security updating, a large user community, and a choice of "stable", "testing" or "unstable" when choosing what versions of packages to install. Keeping debian up to date with security patches and other improvements is remarkably straightforward. Because Debian supports lots of platforms very consistently, stuff that you learn on your Ultra5 could help someone with a PowerMac, or vice versa. Ultra 5 is not a bad platform for Linux. Memory is about twice as expensive as on PC and PowerMac platforms, but the onboard ethernet and video work very well (I have a U10) and IDE drives are cheap and fast. -- enjoy the challenge of eliminating M$, SP
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 02:48, Hugh Saunders wrote: > > On the other hand, i have been using debian for a few years on i386 and > it was a bit of a stuggle to get it onto my IPC [sun4c] IMHO linux is not the best choice for sun4c hardware, I think that even Solaris 7 runs faster, not to mention that sparc32 kernel support is almost dead. This is of course completely subjective as I've no time to run intensive benchmarks, so YMMV. However for sun4u hardware -and since the hme driver is fixed- it definitively rocks. -- Irvin Probst There are 10 types of people in the world... those who understand binary and those who don't.
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 03:04:57PM -0700, nate wrote: > Rhonda R. Wilson said: > > > Is this the right spot? > > im sure people here will be more then happy to help but if your > household has zero unix/linux experience it may be better to start > with a "easier to install/use" distribution first before going to > debian(which is easier to manage in the long run usually). > > the only other linux distro I have tried on sparc was SuSE 7.3, and > it installed pretty flawlessly on an ultra 1 creator 3D. > > though I went back to debian pretty quick :) first distro i used was caldera.. [bad memories] Second suse that lasted a bit longer, till i discoverd the way :) I did a suse install for a friend recently and it still sucks.[IMHO] Far too pretty and i couldnt find icewm. On the other hand, i have been using debian for a few years on i386 and it was a bit of a stuggle to get it onto my IPC [sun4c] but this was due to mu inability to confiure a boot server rather than anything wrong with the actual sparc [well apart from a file locking issue with the nfs root] Anyway i say go for debian! you can do it! post probs, but rtm and google first =o) -- hugh
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 18:28, Thomas A. Cort wrote: > > household has zero unix/linux experience it may be better to start > > with a "easier to install/use" distribution first before going to > > debian(which is easier to manage in the long run usually). > For a really easy to use Linux distribution for the Sparc32 and Sparc64 > platforms you may want to try Aurora Linux (http://auroralinux.org). It's > based on RedHat Linux and has a graphical installer and user interface. > After you get used to linux and Sparc hardware and want something better > you can try debian. I would prefer the term "different" to "better". :) ~spot --- Tom "spot" Callaway SAIR LCA, RHCE Red Hat Enterprise Architect :: http://www.redhat.com Project Leader for Aurora Sparc Linux :: http://auroralinux.org GPG: D786 8B22 D9DB 1F8B 4AB7 448E 3C5E 99AD 9305 4260 The words and opinions reflected in this message do not necessarily reflect those of my employer, Red Hat, and belong solely to me. "Immature poets borrow, mature poets steal." --- T. S. Eliot
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
> household has zero unix/linux experience it may be better to start > with a "easier to install/use" distribution first before going to > debian(which is easier to manage in the long run usually). For a really easy to use Linux distribution for the Sparc32 and Sparc64 platforms you may want to try Aurora Linux (http://auroralinux.org). It's based on RedHat Linux and has a graphical installer and user interface. After you get used to linux and Sparc hardware and want something better you can try debian. -- .~.,--, | Thomas Cort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /V\ --/ All Your Base Are \ | 192D rue Queen, Lennoxville, QC J1M 1J9 // \\ \ Belong to Us!!! / | Home Phone: +1 (819) 829 - 9750 /( )\ `--` | Running Linux on x86 MIPS PPC Sparc Sparc64 ^`~`^
Newbie questions...
Hey, all. I'm trying to broaden my horizons, so I've taken one of my infra- structure machines that was running NetBSD and I've installed Woody on it. One thing I notice right off the bat is that things are a good bit more sluggish in terms of user interaction. I don't yet know why this is, but I notice things like my cursor in X freezing under what should be fairly moderate load. But, since the box mostly serves NFS and only rarely gets used as an X console, I can live with that. Another thing I note is that I don't see my sound hardware showing up. This isn't a huge issue for the reasons stated above, but I'm curious about it. Is there no support for SUN4M sound hardware? Or, must I install something that didn't get added by default? The only thing that strikes me as potentially worrisome is this: Why do I get a bunch of "Unimplemented SPARC system call" errors at startup, and what does this indicate? An excerpt from my dmesg: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. init[1]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 69 Adding Swap: 196600k swap-space (priority -1) eth0: Carrier Lost, trying TPE portmap[109]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 87 cp[135]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 69 mv[159]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 69 inetd[225]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 53 lpd[229]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 69 sunmouse: Successfully adjusted to 1200 baud. Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [EMAIL PROTECTED]) My box is a plain-vanilla SPARCstation 5 with a cgsix in it. Here's some of what /proc/cpuinfo says about my processor: cpu : Fujitsu MB86904 fpu : Lsi Logic/Meiko L64804 or compatible promlib : Version 3 Revision 2 prom: 2.15 type: sun4m Everything seems to be working as expected, but I am curious nonetheless. Thanks in advance for clues. Apologies in advance if I'm slow in replying, as I'll be away from my keyboard for a week or so starting tomorrow afternoon. I will read everything that crosses the list on getting back. -- Mason Loring Bliss [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ewige Blumenkraft! https://www.deadsexy.org/ awake ? sleep : random() & 2 ? dream : sleep;
Re: sparc64 and ipsec
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > > There is a backport of the IPsec implementation from 2.5 to 2.4. See > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/davem/IPSEC/linux-2.4.21-ipsec.patch > > It's totally unsupported, but might work for you. > Thanks, at a first glance it seems to work, now i just have to wrap my head around ipsec to see if this _really_ works ;)
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
Rhonda R. Wilson said: > Is this the right spot? im sure people here will be more then happy to help but if your household has zero unix/linux experience it may be better to start with a "easier to install/use" distribution first before going to debian(which is easier to manage in the long run usually). the only other linux distro I have tried on sparc was SuSE 7.3, and it installed pretty flawlessly on an ultra 1 creator 3D. though I went back to debian pretty quick :) ISO images are available here: ftp://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ftp.suse.com/sparc64/7.3/iso unfortunately it seem's suse's user support lists are much less helpful then debian's at least in my experience, really low answer:question ratio(I think that's right ?). fortunately for basic tasks, provided the system installs suse should just "work". more advanced stuff..maybe more troublesome, and sparc is not an officially supported distro of suse (I *think*). if you wanna stick to debian, I'll help where I can and I'm sure others will too but as you noticed it's really more suited to advanced users or users that are ready & willing to get their hands dirty with linux for the most part, speaking as a debian user since 1998, and a linux user since 1996. good luck in whichever you choose. nate
Re: Hello, New to this listing.
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 05:36:24PM -0400, Rhonda R. Wilson wrote: > Hello all, > > I am new to this listing and wanted to make sure that I am in the right > place. > > My son and I have decided to learn the Linux OS so that we can get off > Microsoft OS and have a mutual project between us. We have a Sun Ultra5 w/ > Sparc processor and at the moment it has Solaris 8 installed, but I plan on > putting Debian Linux as the only OS. Our knowledge of Unix is minimal, > Linux is non existant, and this is our first experience with any Sun > equipment. > > After reading the postings for several weeks now it appears that most in the > list may be quite a bit more advanced than we are and we just wanted to make > sure that our postings were appropriate for the group. > > Is this the right spot? The reason there are experienced users here is so that we can answer questions for nice folks like you who don't know :) As long as you read the docs, you should be ok. If the docs don't answer your question, maybe google can. The list is certainly a good place if you can't find the answer yourself. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Hello, New to this listing.
Hello all, I am new to this listing and wanted to make sure that I am in the right place. My son and I have decided to learn the Linux OS so that we can get off Microsoft OS and have a mutual project between us. We have a Sun Ultra5 w/ Sparc processor and at the moment it has Solaris 8 installed, but I plan on putting Debian Linux as the only OS. Our knowledge of Unix is minimal, Linux is non existant, and this is our first experience with any Sun equipment. After reading the postings for several weeks now it appears that most in the list may be quite a bit more advanced than we are and we just wanted to make sure that our postings were appropriate for the group. Is this the right spot? Rhonda R. Wilson
Re: Software RAID on UltraLinux 2.4.18/19 needs patch, or use 2.4.20+
Philip L. McMahon said: > Nate, > > I experienced a similar problem on my Ultra 30 a while back. As I > recall, I would get a similar oops when I tried to write to the drives, > even though they would mount successfully. Kernel version 2.4.20 (and > above) solved the problem; a patch is needed for prior versions. I'm > currently running 2.4.20 with some mirrored and some striped software > RAID devices with Ext3 and ReiserFS volumes. The system was similarly > configured under 2.4.18 as well. has it been stable for you since? I *just* finished reinstalling (4th time) on my ultra 1 i suppose I could start fresh again thanks for the info! I really do wanna use software raid if it works. for 2.4.20 are you using the vanilla kernel from kernel.org or some other version? nate
Software RAID on UltraLinux 2.4.18/19 needs patch, or use 2.4.20+
Nate, I experienced a similar problem on my Ultra 30 a while back. As I recall, I would get a similar oops when I tried to write to the drives, even though they would mount successfully. Kernel version 2.4.20 (and above) solved the problem; a patch is needed for prior versions. I'm currently running 2.4.20 with some mirrored and some striped software RAID devices with Ext3 and ReiserFS volumes. The system was similarly configured under 2.4.18 as well. For pre-2.4.20 versions, you'll need this patch: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=103075370821523&w=2 I wrote up a short HOWTO a while back, and if you'll overlook the shameless self-promotion, you can find a copy on my website: http://www.doorbot.com/guides/linux/sparc64/rootraid/ I had also posted the HOWTO to the Debian Sparc list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2003/debian-sparc-200301/msg00186.html - Philip L. McMahon
Re: sparc64 and ipsec
On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 07:33:31PM +0200, Andreas Pettersson wrote: > I've been planning to test ipsec on my Ultra 1. > But it seems that the FreeS/WAN kernel patches for 2.4.x won't compile on > sparc64 and 2.5.69 was horribly unstable. > So my question now is if there is any other way of getting ipsec for the > sparc64 platform? There is a backport of the IPsec implementation from 2.5 to 2.4. See ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/davem/IPSEC/linux-2.4.21-ipsec.patch It's totally unsupported, but might work for you. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgpZunpR1sKbG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:04:10PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > > > Hi Ben, > > > > I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my > > system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? > > > > I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At > > the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and > > without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the > > > > Loading initial ramdisk... > > Fast Data Access MMU Miss > > If you are booting my netinst, just hit return. Don't put anything on > the command line. The same thing happens when I just hit return.
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:24:43PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:04:10PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > > > > > Hi Ben, > > > > > > I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my > > > system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? > > > > > > I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At > > > the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and > > > without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the > > > > > > Loading initial ramdisk... > > > Fast Data Access MMU Miss > > > > If you are booting my netinst, just hit return. Don't put anything on > > the command line. > > The same thing happens when I just hit return. Try seeing if you have the latest OpenBoot firmware. I've heard differing stories about some firmware not working correctly. Also, it's not that hard to setup rarp/tftp on another machine for netbooting. "apt-get install rarpd tftpd". The install docs tell you the specifics on adding an /etc/ethers entry for rarpd and how to name the tftpboot.img. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
Hi Ben, I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the Loading initial ramdisk... Fast Data Access MMU Miss ok response. Keven On Thu, 29 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:17:16PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > > > So, are you saying that there is no way to install a SunBlade100 directly > > from cdrom, or is there something special that I should be doing with the > > tftp image? (I don't have a rarp/bootp/dhcp/tftp server at my disposal.) > > Nope, you should be able to install from CD. I can say that I do all my > installs (including the installs on my sb100) using tftp or the netinst > image at: > > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2 > > You can still use your original CD with this (when it asks for where to > install the packages from, insert the woody CD and tell it "cdrom"). > > >
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:04:10PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > Hi Ben, > > I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my > system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? > > I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At > the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and > without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the > > Loading initial ramdisk... > Fast Data Access MMU Miss If you are booting my netinst, just hit return. Don't put anything on the command line. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
So, are you saying that there is no way to install a SunBlade100 directly from cdrom, or is there something special that I should be doing with the tftp image? (I don't have a rarp/bootp/dhcp/tftp server at my disposal.) On Tue, 27 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > > /boot/sparc64 > > initrd=/disks/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin > > I sure hope you meant "/dists/..." and not "/disks/...". > > > I understand that tftp is probably prefered or works better, but at this > > point all I have is a cd. > > The tftp image is in > /dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/ > > on the CD. > > Keven Haynes
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:17:16PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > So, are you saying that there is no way to install a SunBlade100 directly > from cdrom, or is there something special that I should be doing with the > tftp image? (I don't have a rarp/bootp/dhcp/tftp server at my disposal.) Nope, you should be able to install from CD. I can say that I do all my installs (including the installs on my sb100) using tftp or the netinst image at: http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2 You can still use your original CD with this (when it asks for where to install the packages from, insert the woody CD and tell it "cdrom"). -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: 2.4.21pre6 kernel Load problem on/for sun4u
3001328 May 29 11:45 image* Can I run "gzip -9vc image > image-2.4.21-pre6" on it and have the system boot from the resultant compressed image? I get this then, which is smaller than the image I am currently booting from (though that image is a gzipped vmlinux file: 1286923 May 29 11:47 image-2.4.21-pre6 --On Thursday, May 29, 2003 9:46 AM -0400 Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 09:41:45AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that I can get a kernel compile to work, I was wondering if there's any way to overcome the kernel size limit that seems to be hitting me. The kernel I built seems to be too big to be loaded at boot time. I however want to build a kernel with as few modules as possible. I heard something along the lines of some new system in place to load 2.5.x kernels [which are larger(?)]. Is there any way I can load a kernel image larger than ~1.3Mb on an ultrasparc machine? "make image" and then use arch/sparc64/boot/image instead of vmlinux. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- The greatness of the United States is that it corrects its errors. -Octavio Paz
Re: 2.4.21pre6 kernel Load problem on/for sun4u
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 09:41:45AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now that I can get a kernel compile to work, I was wondering if there's any > way to overcome the kernel size limit that seems to be hitting me. > > The kernel I built seems to be too big to be loaded at boot time. > > I however want to build a kernel with as few modules as possible. > > I heard something along the lines of some new system in place to load 2.5.x > kernels [which are larger(?)]. > > Is there any way I can load a kernel image larger than ~1.3Mb on an > ultrasparc machine? "make image" and then use arch/sparc64/boot/image instead of vmlinux. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
2.4.21pre6 kernel Load problem on/for sun4u
Now that I can get a kernel compile to work, I was wondering if there's any way to overcome the kernel size limit that seems to be hitting me. The kernel I built seems to be too big to be loaded at boot time. I however want to build a kernel with as few modules as possible. I heard something along the lines of some new system in place to load 2.5.x kernels [which are larger(?)]. Is there any way I can load a kernel image larger than ~1.3Mb on an ultrasparc machine? satadru -- The greatness of the United States is that it corrects its errors. -Octavio Paz
Re: IEEE1394 + 2.4.20 compile problem on/for sun4u
The problem ended up coming from having CONFIG_STACK_DEBUG in my .config ; The kernel compilation succeeded this time. Thanks to Matthew French and Ben Collins for helping me with this. -- The greatness of the United States is that it corrects its errors. -Octavio Paz
Re: ethernet lockup on ultra 1
Irvin Probst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 02:17, nate wrote: >> >> can someone provide a link to this HME patch? > > Iirc Ben Collins included it in his 2.4.19 package. Unless there's a more recent version than what I can see, he didn't in the end. See bug #164680. It seems to be unclear whether including that patch in the package is actually the right thing to do or not.
Re: does not match kernel data
> I copied System.map-2.2.22 to / as per advised from the web, but doesnt > work. What do you think is the problem here. Is this a serious error? > Hope you could help me here. Delete it from / and make sure the one in /boot matches your kernel build. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Understanding the porting process
Hello to all Woody and Sparc Fans! I want to understand the porting process so I began with C and systems programming. And I purchased a Sun Ultra5 with Solaris8 preinstalled. Now I want to get the GNU tools and the Linux Kernel and compile them part for part(on the Solaris-Ultra5) so that lastly I get a Linux-Ultra5. (The reason I ask here is because I want to base my work on the source packages of Woody and after compiling package the software to deb's just to understand how this works). My problem: Where should I begin? What tools or libraries should I compile first? I think the most important tools and libraries are gcc and glibc. But what compile options should I choose to compile from a Solaris to a Linux machine? Can someone give me some hints and tips (or a URL to a document describing this kind of work), please? I thank you for reading my mail I thank you for answering With best regards your debian_noob Mit der Grupppen-SMS von WEB.DE FreeMail können Sie eine SMS an alle Freunde gleichzeitig schicken: http://freemail.web.de/features/?mc=021179
does not match kernel data
Hi All,
after upgrading from kernel-2.2.20 to 2.2.22, using make-kpkg I got the
following error while doing ps:
{iommu_get_scsi_one_gflush} {___f_mmu_get_scsi_one}
Warning: /boot/System.map-2.2.22 does not match kernel data.
I copied System.map-2.2.22 to / as per advised from the web, but doesnt
work. What do you think is the problem here. Is this a serious error?
Hope you could help me here.
Thanks.
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