1 Oct
2002
1 Oct
'02
12:29 p.m.
On Oct 1, 1:37, Ian Molton wrote:
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 09:29:02 +0930
"Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog(a)lemis.com> wrote:
It is indeed a straight port of BSD 4.x, where x depends in whether is it's
RISC iX 1 or 1.2 (R440 used 4.2, I think; R260 used 4.3).
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 :)
Take a look at James Carter's page at
http://www.jfc.org.uk/documents/riscix_clone.html
James and I worked this out when we rescued half-a-dozen R260's in various
states of disrepair and with various not-quite-complete copies of RISC iX.
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.
It is a standard 4.3 filesystem (at least for the verison for an R260). It
even says so when it boots:
RISC iX Release 1.2
ARM3 processor, cache enabled
...
...
Root fstype 4.3, name /dev/sd0a
Swap fstype spec, name /dev/sd0S
...
One of us could copy some stuff for you. I'm not sure you'd be able to get
what you need onto a single floppy, though. That's not how Acorn did it.
We'd certainly be willing to help, especially if you have any RISC iX stuff
we're missing.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York
1 Oct
1 Oct
3:16 p.m.
New subject: Making boot disks
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002 06:29:56 GMT
pete(a)dunnington.u-net.com (Pete Turnbull) wrote:
was the only difference between 1 and 1.2 the kernel?
wont I need a working installation first?
Thats good to know - linux can actually write to that (although attempts
so far have led to kernel panics!)
Do you know of generic source for mkfs ?
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.
It is indeed a straight port of BSD 4.x, where x depends in whether is
it's RISC iX 1 or 1.2 (R440 used 4.2, I think; R260 used 4.3). 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 :)
Take a look at James Carter's page at
http://www.jfc.org.uk/documents/riscix_clone.html 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.
It is a standard 4.3 filesystem (at least for the verison for an
R260). It even says so when it boots: One of us could copy some stuff for you. I'm not
sure you'd be able
to get what you need onto a single floppy, though. That's not how
Acorn did it.
did you see the scripts I attached?
Apparently the create 3 floppies, which can be used to install a system.
We'd certainly be willing to help, especially if
you have any RISC iX
stuff we're missing.
You're certainly welcome to any stuff I have.
Id be eternally grateful if you could run those 3 scripts on a riscix
machine though (even better if you could use a disc image - can risciX
do loopback mounted filesystems?)
once you have 3 floppies [which can be imaged], or 3 disc images, could
you email them to me?
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