From: Olivier Galibert <galibert@pobox.com>
To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Boot
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:54:58 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19980326155458.34557@loria.fr> (raw)
Within a timeline of around one month, I'll probably be able to
install a linux on an external drive on an indy I use. I won't have
the possibility to boot through bootp/tfpd. I use irix 6.2 (i.e. xfs).
So the first thing I'll have to do, it seems, is either:
- give the kernel the possibility to boot on one disk and find its
files on another, and then put the linux kernel on the xfs root
filesystem.
- find a way to boot on an ext2fs partition
The nicest way would be the second one, of course. I'm ready to try
and code for that but I'd like to know:
- if the current kernel would be able to handle that
- if someone has tools format a disk in ext2fs under irix and transfer
files on it
- if someone has an idea on how to have the prom boot on an ext2fs
filesystem
I don't consider reprogramming the prom a viable option.
Any reading recommendation for the meantime is welcome too :-)
OG.
next reply other threads:[~1998-03-26 14:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-03-26 14:54 Olivier Galibert [this message]
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2005-06-08 2:02 boot Blah Blah
2005-06-08 2:10 ` boot Michael Krufky
2005-06-08 2:28 ` boot Blah Blah
2005-06-08 2:44 ` boot randy_dunlap
2005-06-08 16:01 ` boot Michael Krufky
2005-06-21 2:52 ` boot guorke
2005-06-08 2:42 ` boot randy_dunlap
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