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 NAA15549 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:42:51 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id NAA85830 for linux-list; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:42:21 -0800 (PST) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from otg.dallas.sgi.com (roctane.dallas.sgi.com [169.238.83.62]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id NAA60165 for ; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:42:19 -0800 (PST) mail_from (chad@dallas.sgi.com) Received: from dallas.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by otg.dallas.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id NAA23026; Fri, 5 Feb 1999 13:42:17 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <36BB65B9.A036E9C5@dallas.sgi.com> Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 15:42:17 -0600 From: Chad Carlin Reply-To: chad@sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX64 6.5 IP30) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de CC: Alexander Graefe , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: What kernel to use to install RH on a R4400 ? References: <19990202155147.A1565@ganymede> <19990203043951.D3920@uni-koblenz.de> <19990204154637.B5941@ganymede> <19990205034821.A620@uni-koblenz.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Does this mean that I should be able to use .131 kernel in conjunction with a local e2fs filesystem with the contents of root-be-0.04.cpio installed on it? And it should work? Chad ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote: > On Thu, Feb 04, 1999 at 03:46:37PM +0100, Alexander Graefe wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 03, 1999 at 04:39:51AM +0100, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote: > > > > > - the exact screen output. Especially the register dump following the > > > Aiee message is important. > > > > kernel 2.1.100 (the one from the HardHat.tgz) > > 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. > > Ralf -- ----------------------------------------------------- Chad Carlin Special Systems Silicon Graphics Inc. 972.205.5911 Pager 888.754.1597 VMail 800.414.7994 X5344 chad@sgi.com http://reality.sgi.com/chad ----------------------------------------------------- "flying through hyper space ain't like dusting crops, boy"