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 (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id GAA1638273 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:56:37 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id GAA4067032 for linux-list; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:55:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980205.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id GAA3782858 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:55:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from lorraine.loria.fr (lorraine.loria.fr [152.81.1.17]) by sgi.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980304.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id GAA02277 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 06:55:56 -0800 (PST) mail_from (Olivier.Galibert@loria.fr) Received: from renaissance.loria.fr (renaissance.loria.fr [152.81.4.102]) by lorraine.loria.fr (8.8.7/8.8.7/8.8.7/JCG) with ESMTP id PAA11418 for ; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:55:00 +0100 (MET) Received: (from galibert@localhost) by renaissance.loria.fr (8.8.2/8.8.2) id PAA13523; Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:54:59 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19980326155458.34557@loria.fr> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 15:54:58 +0100 From: Olivier Galibert To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Boot Mail-Followup-To: linux@engr.sgi.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88.14i Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Within a timeline of around one month, I'll probably be able to install a linux on an external drive on an indy I use. I won't have the possibility to boot through bootp/tfpd. I use irix 6.2 (i.e. xfs). So the first thing I'll have to do, it seems, is either: - give the kernel the possibility to boot on one disk and find its files on another, and then put the linux kernel on the xfs root filesystem. - find a way to boot on an ext2fs partition The nicest way would be the second one, of course. I'm ready to try and code for that but I'd like to know: - if the current kernel would be able to handle that - if someone has tools format a disk in ext2fs under irix and transfer files on it - if someone has an idea on how to have the prom boot on an ext2fs filesystem I don't consider reprogramming the prom a viable option. Any reading recommendation for the meantime is welcome too :-) OG.