From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA22760 for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:03:13 -0600 Received: from videotron.ca ([216.113.0.11]) by VL-MS-MR003.sc1.videotron.ca (Netscape Messaging Server 4.15) with ESMTP id G2N97700.5EF for ; Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:04:19 -0400 Sender: fleet@mailserv2.iuinc.com Message-ID: <39EE1051.A7E29945@videotron.ca> Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 17:04:17 -0400 From: James Waterhouse MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com" Subject: [Fwd: Re: [parisc-linux] booting on 712/60] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Hello, Is the ramdisk at ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/ramdisks/ramdisk.bin-20000803 useable? I'm just wondering cause in the recipe we are told to use the older ramdisks. Also this ramdisk doe not say wether it is for serial or graphics console. But since I read Grants reply it would seem that it does not matter. Is this true? Is this a useable ramdisk? What can anyone tell me about it? thanks, James Grant Grundler wrote: > > James Waterhouse wrote: > > Hello, > > I just compiled a ramdisk using mondays cvs src for everything. I'm > > using the graphics console ramdisk file off the puffin.external.hp.com > > (ramdisk20000530-sticon.tgz) to make the ramdisk. Now when I got to boot > > it boots up until the point where the kernel says... > > iirc, ramdisk20000530-sticon.tgz uses a "kluge" /dev/tty major/minor number. > I was reading old mail on this and the kluge to use a different > major/minor confused me. I was told this was no longer needed. > So you can use a newer/regular ramdisk. > > Mathew Wilcox posted the "how-to" on ramdisk: > http://puffin.external.hp.com/mailing-lists/parisc-linux/2000/01-Jan/0078.html > > grant > > Grant Grundler > Unix Systems Enablement Lab > +1.408.447.7253 -- Can you discern the signs of the times? || www.danielrevelation.com Do you see the storm fast approaching? || www.sundaylaw.com Is your future built on "The Rock"? || www.bibleinfo.com/sc/toc_sc.html