From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "H . J . Lu" Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 02:51:05 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Recommended compiler for compiling kernels test10 and upper? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 12:59:50PM -0500, Scott Hankin wrote: > >> > > > >That is what happened to me when my machine was upgraded to B1. I > >wound up putting a working kernel on the RedHat ia64 bootable LS120 > >floppy and booted it with root=.... It assumes you have RedHat already > >installed on your machine befor upgrade. > > > >-- > >H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com) > > Howdy - > > Precisely how did you do that? I can currently boot from the LS120 disk > I made from the Red Hat CD, but when I mount it, the directory listing > is garbage, leading me to believe that the format is not that of a Linux > filesystem. I have a new kernel - what do I do to get it on the LS120? > As Jim said, it is an EFI partition. You can do # mount -t vfat /dev/hdd1 /mnt/floppy/ Or you can use mtools. -- H.J. Lu (hjl@valinux.com)