Re: milo problems

[Jay Estabrook digital com]

>>> "Alexander V. Lukyanov" said:
> 
> First of all, is it possible to build milo based on 2.1 kernels?
> I need this because of several problems with existing milo's on
> PC164 and kernel-2.1.117 (and older 2.1).

Right now, it's not possible. MILO includes object files from a kernel
build to supply some device drivers; the interfaces to these drivers
has most likely changed between 2.0.3x and 2.1.xxx.

> 1. milo cannot load vmlinux.gz from msdos partition, says something
> about corrupted filesystem, but the fs is ok since I can read/write it
> under 2.1 kernel (and actually under 2.0 - it is just milo I think)
> 
> 2. cannot reboot from kernel 2.1 - it hangs during milo re-initialization,
> just after printing amount of RAM.
> 
> 3. Recently I plugged in cd-rom MATSHITA CR-8004A, and milo hangs when scan
> ning
> the scsi bus. It does not happen with kernel 2.1.117. Currently I turn off
> the cd, boot milo, then turn the cd on and kernel finds it.
> The scsi host is adaptec AHA-294X.
> 
> 
> The last one can be probably cured by building milo with the latest adaptec
> driver, which I'm going to do if it is impossible to build it with 2.1.

Have you tried the PC164 MILO found on gatekeeper.dec.com:

	/pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/Kernels/milo-pc164-980602

That is the latest one; if it still doesn't work for you, let me know.

--Jay++

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