Subject: port-arc/11444: ARC port has no sysinst ramdisk kernel
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: None <thorpej@zembu.com>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 11/07/2000 19:53:09
>Number: 11444
>Category: port-arc
>Synopsis: ARC port has no sysinst ramdisk kernel
>Confidential: no
>Severity: serious
>Priority: high
>Responsible: port-arc-maintainer
>State: open
>Class: support
>Submitter-Id: net
>Arrival-Date: Tue Nov 07 19:52:01 PST 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jason R. Thorpe
>Release: NetBSD-1.5_BETA2
>Organization:
Zembu Labs, Inc.
>Environment:
MIPS Magnum 4000-PC
>Description:
The ARC port can be tricky to bootstrap. It's even more
difficult if you don't have NT installed on the system.
A bootable ECOFF kernel with a sysinst ramdisk inside it
would make the process considerably easier.
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: