Re: 2.2.17pre6 on UP2000 with SRM console

[G. Hugh Song]

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Michal Jaegermann wrote:

> > Does the location of the file in a big / partition matter?
> 
> I do not know if there is around any version of a loader (be it milo or
> aboot) which will load a kernel located further then 2 GB offset from a
> beginning of a _partition_.  This is one of _many_ reasons why dumping
> everything into one huge partition is not a good idea.
> 
> Nothing says that you have to load your kernels from the same
> partition, or even the same device, as used by a root file system.
> In particular, for test purposes, you can load your kernel from a
> floppy.
> 
>   Michal
>   [e-mail]

The vendor partitioned the hard disk for me that way.  I would not do
that way if I were him.  The vendor dismisses such a limitation 
in the case of Alphas.  Who is right?

Anyway, my observation so far does not say that the above comment made by 
Michal is correct.  Distinction is clearly there between 2.2.15 and
2.2.16.  It appears that it does not matter where the kernel is located in
a partition greater than 4GB.

I heard that there is a format change in the compressed kernel for 
aboot or milo to pick up between 2.2.x and 2.3.x.  This kind of thing
really dissuade me to work with Linux/Alpha.

I would not tamper with glibc myself.  Is it one of those things which 
I should I rely on the distro version update of RedHat or SuSE?

Please help.

Regards,

G. Hugh Song