From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from deliverator.sgi.com (deliverator.sgi.com [204.94.214.10]) by lara.stud.fh-heilbronn.de (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id SAA09685 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:57:17 +0200 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by deliverator.sgi.com (980309.SGI.8.8.8-aspam-6.2/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id JAA17234; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:51:41 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com) Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id JAA69173 for linux-list; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:48:35 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from 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 JAA10662 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:48:33 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (ulfc@thepuffingroup.com) Received: from calypso (dialup118-3-25.swipnet.se [130.244.118.153]) by 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 JAA07220 for ; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:48:30 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (ulfc@thepuffingroup.com) Received: by calypso (Linux Smail3.2.0.101 #1) id m10zNXF-003LoBC; Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:48:33 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:48:32 +0200 From: Ulf Carlsson To: Dag Bakke Cc: swerner@fcc.net, Roald Lygre , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Re: IRIX Partations with HardHat Linux Message-ID: <19990630184832.A10104@thepuffingroup.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dag Bakke , swerner@fcc.net, Roald Lygre , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com References: <3778E3EC.CCB6C133@fcc.net> <9906300843.ZM53756@roald.stavanger.sgi.com> <3779E179.F10978F8@fcc.net> <9906301525.ZM14720@dagb.oslo.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.4i In-Reply-To: <9906301525.ZM14720@dagb.oslo.sgi.com>; from Dag Bakke on Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 03:25:00PM +0000 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk On Wed, Jun 30, 1999 at 03:25:00PM +0000, Dag Bakke wrote: > No, you're not. Install linux 2.2.7 (.9?) on any i386 and enable experimental > options and EFS. > > Then you should be able to mount the CD on the linux-i386 box and set up tftp, > bootp and nfs for remote booting/installing. (You don't need nfs for booting > fx, though.) > Something for a rainy day.... This would probably be much easier if you used the initrd stuff Thomas B. recently wrote. This is not tested, but I think it may work. If it works you may setup the initrd partition so that you have the tools you need to partition the SCSI harddrive with a decent EFS disklabel (this partition is afterwards appended on the end of the kernel). I think Thomas has been working on a new redhat installer using the initrd, but I doubt he finished it. What's the current status? Ulf