nightmorph 07/05/01 06:23:17 Modified: hb-install-mips-disk.xml Log: mips updates, bug 176526
Revision Changes Path 1.14 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml file : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml?rev=1.14&view=markup plain: http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml?rev=1.14&content-type=text/plain diff : http://sources.gentoo.org/viewcvs.py/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml?r1=1.13&r2=1.14 Index: hb-install-mips-disk.xml =================================================================== RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml,v retrieving revision 1.13 retrieving revision 1.14 diff -u -r1.13 -r1.14 --- hb-install-mips-disk.xml 14 Mar 2007 07:31:43 -0000 1.13 +++ hb-install-mips-disk.xml 1 May 2007 06:23:17 -0000 1.14 @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ <!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> <!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5 --> -<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml,v 1.13 2007/03/14 07:31:43 nightmorph Exp $ --> +<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/hb-install-mips-disk.xml,v 1.14 2007/05/01 06:23:17 nightmorph Exp $ --> <sections> <version>2.0</version> -<date>2007-02-16</date> +<date>2007-04-30</date> <section> <title>Introduction to Block Devices</title> @@ -223,15 +223,6 @@ image allowed eight-character names. </p> -<note> -On SGI systems, there are two bootloaders available: <c>arcboot</c> and -<c>arcload</c>. Currently, only the Indy, Indigo2 (R4k variety), Challenge S -and O2 are capable of using <c>arcboot</c> as a bootloader, whereas -<c>arcload</c> runs on all the Linux-supported SGI machines. Unlike -<c>arcboot</c> however, <c>arcload</c> cannot presently read EXT2/3 partitions, -and thus, loads its kernels from the volume header. -</note> - <p> The process of making the volume header larger isn't exactly straight-forward; there's a bit of a trick to it. One cannot simply delete and re-add the volume @@ -655,13 +646,6 @@ partition using the command: <c>mke2fs -r 0 /dev/hda1</c>. </warn> -<warn> -Also, be aware that arcboot currently is not able to read any filesystem other -than EXT2, EXT3 and ISO9660 (recent versions). For that reason, -<path>/boot</path> on SGI machines must also reside on an EXT2 or EXT3 -partition. -</warn> - </body> </subsection> <subsection> -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
