Re: 2.2.1 kernel patch ???

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Aug 24, 1999 at 08:56:49PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > I downloaded the kernel source 2.2.1 and the kernel-patches-2.2.1. > > I can't seem to apply the patches with: > > patch What is the directory vanilla??? > > Any help appreciated. cd /usr/src/linux patch -p1 < diff_fi

Re: kernel 2.0.37 compilation failure

1999-08-26 Thread Derrick J Brashear
On Thu, 5 Aug 1999, Anton Blanchard wrote: > > > Woaaah Apparently I'm very lucky, because the SLC here wasn't > > damaged. :-)) But I can confirm: X doesn't work if a kernel 2.2.x is > > running. > > (Tested up to 2.2.10) Text mode works fine if you ignore the big wipe stripe > > runni

Re: Freeze of 2.2.9/2.2.10 on Ultra5

1999-08-26 Thread Ben Collins
On Mon, Aug 23, 1999 at 11:10:11AM +0200, Samuel Tardieu wrote: > I get full freezes regularly with kernels 2.2.9 (Debian version) and > 2.2.10 (compiled locally) on an Ultra5. Sometimes the machine runs > fine for two days, sometimes it crashes again after one hour. I cannot > even Stop-A to get

Re: Boot question

1999-08-26 Thread Tony Scarpino
To change the prom to boot disk:a, goto the firmware "ok" prompt you modify the "boot-device" setting.. you would type "setenv boot-device disk:a" "printenv" will display all the values & defaults. Tony > > Sorry if this is a FAQ, I couldn't find the answer. > > My Ultra5 tries to boot with "

Re: Boot question

1999-08-26 Thread Samuel Tardieu
On 26/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | STOP-A, and at the OK prompt type: | | setenv boot-device disk:a Thanks, works perfectly.

Re: Boot question

1999-08-26 Thread juziel
STOP-A, and at the OK prompt type: setenv boot-device disk:a Now "disk:a" will be the default. On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Samuel Tardieu wrote: > Sorry if this is a FAQ, I couldn't find the answer. > > My Ultra5 tries to boot with "boot disk:b", and my Linux partition is disk:a > (hda1). How do I ch

Boot question

1999-08-26 Thread Samuel Tardieu
Sorry if this is a FAQ, I couldn't find the answer. My Ultra5 tries to boot with "boot disk:b", and my Linux partition is disk:a (hda1). How do I change this in the PROM? Or how do I install a boot block at the beginning of hda2 which is the swap V1?