From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id VAA47410 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:02:21 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id VAA14279 for linux-list; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:01:45 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id VAA72690 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:01:43 -0800 (PST) mail_from (nachtfalke@usa.net) Received: from mail.urz.uni-wuppertal.de (mail.urz.uni-wuppertal.de [132.195.64.1]) by sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id VAA07453 for ; Thu, 4 Feb 1999 21:01:42 -0800 (PST) mail_from (nachtfalke@usa.net) Received: from ganymede.priv (root@isdn70.dialin.uni-wuppertal.de [132.195.23.70]) by mail.urz.uni-wuppertal.de (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id GAA26445235; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 06:01:20 +0100 (MET) Received: (from nachtfalke@localhost) by ganymede.priv (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA00456; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:51:40 +0100 From: Alexander Graefe Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 05:51:40 +0100 To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: What kernel to use to install RH on a R4400 ? Message-ID: <19990205055140.A383@ganymede> References: <19990202155147.A1565@ganymede> <19990203043951.D3920@uni-koblenz.de> <19990204154637.B5941@ganymede> <19990205034821.A620@uni-koblenz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95i In-Reply-To: <19990205034821.A620@uni-koblenz.de>; from ralf@uni-koblenz.de on Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 03:48:21AM +0100 X-Goddess: Willow Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 03:48:21AM +0100, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote: > 2.1.100 is known to fail on R4400. This is supposed to be fixed in .131 > which is why I'm worried about the other bug report. Your case is obvious - > use a newer kernel. I tried that, but .131 doesn't support nfs-root. It keeps failing to mount the root device. Can I bake my own kernel for the Indy on my PC with the right compiler ? Bye, LeX -- Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.