[parisc-linux] Booting from tape

[Ulrich Strelow <ulrich_strelow@yahoo.com>]

I know that this is extremely low priority but...

I have tried to boot the linux kernel from a SCSI DDS
tape (copied via dd if=Image of=/dev/rmt/0m bs=512).
The same kernel (cvs tree from today) boots
sucessfully via rbootd on my 715/33. Here is the
console log:

              (c) Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company,
1991, 1992
Portions of this code are (c) Copyright Samsung
Electronics Co., Ltd, 91, 92

PDC ROM rev. 1.4
IODC ROM rev. 1.2
48 MB of memory have been configured.


Selecting a system to boot.
To stop selection process, press and hold the ESCAPE
key.

Selection process stopped.

Searching for Potential Boot Devices.
To terminate search, press and hold the ESCAPE key.

Device Selection      Device Path              Device
Type
----------------------------------------------------------------------------

P0                    scsi.6.0                 HP     
C3324A
P1                    scsi.3.0                 HP     
C2490AM
P2                    scsi.0.0                 HP     
HP35480A



b)    Boot from specified device
s)    Search for bootable devices
a)    Enter Boot Administration mode
x)    Exit and continue boot sequence
?)    Help

Select from menu: b p2

Trying scsi.0.0
Boot path initialized.
Attempting to load IPL.

Failed I/O operation with scsi.0.0
ENTRY_IO status = -10

00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
00000000 00000000
00004F04 000000FF FF0009BF 00000000 800100DC 00000000
0025F000 00000400
98080000 00000000 00008C60 00000000 000000FF 00000000
00000000 00000000


Searching for Potential Boot Devices.

Should this work or is this a current limitation ?

Ulrich


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