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 RAA33197 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:09:02 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id RAA71959 for linux-list; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:08:27 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id RAA79081 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:08:25 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (grim@zigzegv.ml.org) Received: from calypso.saturn (dialup91-1-9.swipnet.se [130.244.91.9]) by sgi.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id RAA09940 for ; Sat, 17 Oct 1998 17:08:23 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (grim@zigzegv.ml.org) Received: by zigzegv.ml.org via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) for linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com; Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:09:54 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19981018020954.A3868@zigzegv.ml.org> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 02:09:54 +0200 From: Ulf Carlsson To: ralf@uni-koblenz.de, Jeff Coffin , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Partial Success Report References: <19981016001717.B2072@zigzegv.ml.org> <19981016214659.A2754@zigzegv.ml.org> <19981017040148.C4768@uni-koblenz.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: <19981017040148.C4768@uni-koblenz.de>; from ralf@uni-koblenz.de on Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 04:01:48AM +0200 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Sat, Oct 17, 1998 at 04:01:48AM +0200, ralf@uni-koblenz.de wrote: > On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 09:46:59PM +0200, Ulf Carlsson wrote: > > bootp() is just a ARC filename which is either interpreted by the PROM > command interpreter or by sash where sash afaik is nothing other than the > PROMs compiled with special flags. The command 'boot bootp():' requires a harddrive, but I can run 'bootp():' diskless. Does the 'boot' part of the command tell the PROM to use sash? - Ulf