1 Oct
2002
1 Oct
'02
6:37 a.m.
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:29:02 +0930
"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog(a)lemis.com> wrote:
Done. whats the subscribe address, btw?
Well, heres the mkkernel and other scripts (attached).
is it possible for someone else to make a filesystem image for me that I
could dd onto a floppy? I suspect that this system uses an old variant
of ufs.
the system is little-endian, if that helps?
I just had an evil thought...
one way to get this system up would be to finish my port of ARMlinux to
the Archimedes (naerly done but lots to do still). then write a RISCiX
personality and run RISCiX newfs on armlinux ;-)
No. too evil. I think best to try easier methods first ;-)
Well, it would be nice to know what you're really
trying to do.
What's the hardware? If the file system is UFS, it's unlikely to be a
good fit for Linux. I'd say "try FreeBSD", but without knowing more
about your software and hardware, it's not clear if that would be any
better. Google suggests that it runs on ARMs. Is that correct?
The hardware is an obscure british platform from back when the ARM was
young. - The Archimedes.
The CPU is the ARM2 or 3 (either work) and the systems have SCSI,
ethernet, and (up to) 16Mb of RAM.
I dont actually know what the filesystem is, but my guess is UFS based
on the newfs command in the mkkernel script, and a rumour it is BSD
derived.
I have everything from a machines filesystem in a tarball.
I simply have no bootdisk, and cant create one without a suitable newfs
any advice
from the list would be appreciated :)
In that case you should copy us.