From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:17:53 -0700 Received: from pneumatic-tube.sgi.com ([204.94.214.22]:63551 "EHLO pneumatic-tube.sgi.com") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:17:31 -0700 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (gate3-relay.engr.sgi.com [130.62.1.234]) by pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id PAA07444; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:23:08 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (smash@sgi.com) Received: from greywolf.engr.sgi.com (greywolf.engr.sgi.com [198.29.76.67]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA43260; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:17:20 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (smash@sgi.com) Received: from sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by greywolf.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA26575; Sun, 9 Jul 2000 15:34:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <3968FDE8.3443ED5@sgi.com> Date: Sun, 09 Jul 2000 15:34:17 -0700 From: Bryan Manternach X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.5 IP32) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ralf Baechle CC: "J. Scott Kasten" , linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, linux-mips@fnet.fr, linux-mips@vger.rutgers.edu Subject: Re: Kernel boot tips. References: <20000709062927.A5609@bacchus.dhis.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linux-mips-outgoing Ralf Baechle wrote: > On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 10:10:59AM -0300, J. Scott Kasten wrote: > > > I learned 3 slick booting tips for booting an Indy from disk without a > > regular Linux boot loader that might be useful to some of the newbies. A fourth means is to change the nvram to boot the file you want. Leave /unix there,and call your linux kernel something like /linux2.2.0 and change the "kernname" nvram. kernname=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)/unix becomes kernname=pci(0)scsi(0)disk(2)rdisk(0)partition(0)/linux2.2.0 This should work on the IRIX efs/xfs filesystem on the IRIX partition. Then you can create a script that resets the NVRAM variable before reboot. All we would need to make back and forth boots of IRIX/LINUX is an "nvram" tool that runs under LInux. (Which would be handy for other porposes as well. > > >-- > THE USE OF EMAIL FOR THE TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED COMMERICAL > MATERIAL IS PROHIBITED UNDER FEDERAL LAW (47 USC 227). Violations may > result in civil penalties and claims of $500.00 PER OCCURRENCE > (47 USC 227[c]). Commercial spam WILL be forwarded to postmasters.