Subject: Re: Working 1.6 kernel with sysinst initrd and Z50 fix
To: Andrew Diller <dillera@sudanacid.com>
From: Russell McManus <russell_mcmanus@yahoo.com>
List: port-hpcmips
Date: 10/10/2002 06:45:18
I seem to remember that the install kernel worked for
me on my z50 with no patches, but the 1.6 kernel that
was installed by sysinst did not work.  So maybe you
could grab the unpatched install kernel and try that.

-russ

--- Andrew Diller <dillera@sudanacid.com> wrote:
> Hello:
> 
> I'm not crazy!
> 
> the readme at:
> 
> ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/arch/hpcmips/1.6-z50-fix/README/
> 
> 
> says---------->
> 
> kernel/netbsd-GENERIC.gz	kernel binary (gzip'ed)
> sets/kern-GENERIC.tgz		kernel set for sysinst
> 
> 
> but both of these files are just the working kernels-- the 
> sets/kern-GENERIC.tgz dosen't contain a sysinst ram disk!
> 
> You can tell because they are both the same size (about 3megs) and
> the 
> 1.5.3  kernel + sysinst was 6megs.
> 
> 
> How do you wrap this working kernel around a 1.6 sysinst ram disk for
> 
> hpcmips?
> 
> 
> anyone?
> 
> 
> -andy diller
> 


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