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 (970903.SGI.8.8.7/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id WAA251926 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:24:55 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id WAA13928 for linux-list; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:24:05 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id WAA13923 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:24:04 -0800 Received: from netscape.com (h-205-217-237-47.netscape.com [205.217.237.47]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id WAA11066 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:24:03 -0800 env-from (shaver@netscape.com) Received: from dredd.mcom.com (dredd.mcom.com [205.217.237.54]) by netscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA13942 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:23:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from netscape.com ([208.12.32.37]) by dredd.mcom.com (Netscape Messaging Server 3.0) with ESMTP id AAA12930 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 1997 22:23:39 -0800 Message-ID: <349B6479.81090131@netscape.com> Date: Sat, 20 Dec 1997 06:23:53 +0000 From: Mike Shaver Organization: Package Reflectors X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.03 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.0.31 i686) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: back in the saddle Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Just booted my borrowed Indy to Linux, and then proceeded to destroy its e2fs partition with some excessive use of Alan's installer. It looks like it's a viable install setup though, so I'm going to try an produce a more managable kit tonight: - minimal root.cpio to boot to (no kernel source, for example, and no compiler =) ) - rpm.cpio with everything you need to do further installs via ftp://ftp.linux.sgi.com/pub/mips-linux/RPMS/... - a handful of ext2tools (mke2fs, e2fsck -- you need to e2fsck at each step, it seems) I'll bundle it all up in a nice tarball and stick it on linus for people to play with. (There are a bunch of folks here at Netscape who are interested in playing with it as well.) Mike -- 346388.73 321677.24