From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id HAA08972 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 07:59:30 -0600 Received: from tintin.mcom.com (tintin.mcom.com [205.217.233.42]) by netscape.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id GAA18394 for ; Tue, 1 Jun 1999 06:58:49 -0700 (PDT) Sender: shaver@netscape.com Message-ID: <3753E8FA.3B109474@mozilla.org> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 10:06:50 -0400 From: Mike Shaver MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Philipp Rumpf CC: Alex deVries , parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Creating a bootable image. References: <19990601091601.A6399@suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii List-ID: Philipp Rumpf wrote: > > and it'll create a kernel and boot header that should just boot right > > away. That way to do kernel work (and not bootstrap work), you don't need > > HPUX at all. > > I think the vast majority of parisc boxes runs HP-UX at the moment so it > probably would not be a big win. I think that being able to cross your kernel is a big win, since it makes the edit-compile-test cycle much shorter if you've got a spare machine off of which to netboot. I've got the linker script documentation printed and waiting for my move to safely complete, but someone who's got their hands in already should feel free to pre-empt me. Mike -- 40858.97 38157.23