On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:40:53AM +0200, Joakim Roubert wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
> > > milo:
> > I wouldn't do that.
>
> Me neither; I used to run milo, but then switched to SRM. The only reason
> I see to usethe milo solution with ARC is if one has to use Windows on
Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >> The Digital Tulip series usually work well (surprise). They are
>> >> getting rare these days, though.
>> >
>> I've used several tulip cards, never had a problem. What does lspci
>> identify it as?
>
> 00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipm
Hi Måns!
On Fre, 22 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > and in aboot.conf there is:
> > 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1
>
> That looks like it should work.
Ok, thanks. Will try that.
> >> The Digital Tulip series usually work well (surprise). They are
> >> getting rare these days, though.
> >
> I
On Fre, 22 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> >> The IDE controller on the SX164 is really nothing you want to be using
> >> at all.
> >
> > Is it that bad? It is the SiI680: IDE controller.
>
> Mine has a Cypress 82c693, which is somewhat less than impressive.
Uuups, you are right, in the
Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fre, 22 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> > If you do this, I'd suggest putting swap space on the unused portion of the
>> > IDE. That way, you won't have I/O contention for swapping.
>>
>> The IDE controller on the SX164 is really nothing you wan
Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi Måns!
>
> On Fre, 22 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> > Thanks for the suggestion. I decided to take this route, put a small IDE
>> > disk into the machine, and only get aboot, kernel and root-fs from
>> > there. Anyting else will be done from SCS
Jay Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 02:51:42PM +0200, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
>> Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> > Thanks for the suggestion. I decided to take this route, put a small IDE
>> > disk into the machine, and only get aboot, kernel and root-fs
On Fre, 22 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > If you do this, I'd suggest putting swap space on the unused portion of the
> > IDE. That way, you won't have I/O contention for swapping.
>
> The IDE controller on the SX164 is really nothing you want to be using
> at all.
Is it that bad? It is the S
On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 02:51:42PM +0200, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Thanks for the suggestion. I decided to take this route, put a small IDE
> > disk into the machine, and only get aboot, kernel and root-fs from
> > there. Anyting else will be done from
Hi Måns!
On Fre, 22 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > Thanks for the suggestion. I decided to take this route, put a small IDE
> > disk into the machine, and only get aboot, kernel and root-fs from
> > there. Anyting else will be done from SCSI disks.
>
> There is no problem having the root fs o
Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fre, 15 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>> > aboot:
>> > ==
>> > - Put aboot and kernel on a floppy, boot from floppy
>> >this is working, but I am not a big friend of it.
>>
>> aboot and kernel on HD on onboard controller is another option
On Fre, 15 Okt 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > aboot:
> > ==
> > - Put aboot and kernel on a floppy, boot from floppy
> > this is working, but I am not a big friend of it.
>
> aboot and kernel on HD on onboard controller is another option.
> That's how I boot my sx164.
Thanks for the sugge
Joakim Roubert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
>
>> > milo:
>> I wouldn't do that.
>
> Me neither; I used to run milo, but then switched to SRM. The only reason
> I see to usethe milo solution with ARC is if one has to use Windows on the
SRM has the command
On Fri, 15 Oct 2004, Måns Rullgård wrote:
> > milo:
> I wouldn't do that.
Me neither; I used to run milo, but then switched to SRM. The only reason
I see to usethe milo solution with ARC is if one has to use Windows on the
same machine (or if no SRM is available).
Regards,
/Joakim
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Norbert Preining <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi all!
>
> I am looking for a method to boot our alpha after we have upgraded to a
> new SCSI controller, which isn't supported by the SRM console (Adaptec).
> (our alpha is CONFIG_PC164)
>
> Up to now I have collected the followng options:
>
> aboot
Hi all!
I am looking for a method to boot our alpha after we have upgraded to a
new SCSI controller, which isn't supported by the SRM console (Adaptec).
(our alpha is CONFIG_PC164)
Up to now I have collected the followng options:
aboot:
==
- Put aboot and kernel on a floppy, boot from floppy
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