From: Florian Lohoff <flo@rfc822.org>
To: Ian <ian@WPI.EDU>
Cc: Guido Guenther <guido.guenther@gmx.net>,
Soeren Laursen <soeren.laursen@scrooge.dk>,
linux-mips <linux-mips@oss.sgi.com>
Subject: Re: HELP can't boot
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 17:43:51 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20010808174351.C17694@paradigm.rfc822.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.4.33.0108081039480.6638-100000@grover.WPI.EDU>; from ian@WPI.EDU on Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:46:24AM -0400
On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:46:24AM -0400, Ian wrote:
>
> > You simply need to recreate a sgi partition table which is no problem
> > with a current fdisk. That's all you need to make linux bootable from
> > harddisk.
>
> Right. But how to I get to that point? There is NO bootloader? I have
> no Irix 6.x media available to restore those partitions.
>
tftp/nfs-root boot ? The prom is enough.
> I was planning to use HardHat as a basis to build a custom LFS
> (http://www.linuxfromscrtach.org) system from. It would be sufficient.
Hardhat is VERY old and you will get really in trouble to get any
current software integrated into the distribution.
Flo
--
Florian Lohoff flo@rfc822.org +49-5201-669912
Why is it called "common sense" when nobody seems to have any?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-08 16:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-07 20:53 HELP can't boot Ian
2001-08-07 20:53 ` Ian
2001-08-08 8:25 ` Soeren Laursen
2001-08-08 8:25 ` Soeren Laursen
2001-08-08 8:45 ` Guido Guenther
2001-08-08 12:59 ` Ian
2001-08-08 12:59 ` Ian
2001-08-08 13:42 ` Guido Guenther
2001-08-08 14:46 ` Ian
2001-08-08 14:58 ` Guido Guenther
2001-08-08 15:43 ` Florian Lohoff [this message]
2001-08-08 19:35 ` Ian
2001-08-08 19:50 ` Thiemo Seufer
2001-08-08 20:39 ` Guido Guenther
2001-08-09 1:27 ` Ian
2001-08-09 2:31 ` Ralf Baechle
2001-08-08 23:23 ` Florian Lohoff
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