Set of bootstrap utilities Fri Feb 9 12:34:32 MSK 1996 Introduction I boot from a floppy which is created at a native i386 system. I used Solaris/SPARC earlier. The tools should be robust enougth for different environments. Compilation Compile silo and elftoaout. Install elftoaout with 'cp'. Note that I issue "make bootfd.image" manualy in order to keep bootfd.image from an acidential destruction. Usage cd linux make cd ../silo ./makefloppy /dev/fd0 You may wish to issue "./genlab > /dev/fd0". Now you may eject the boot floppy and make a root floppy. Booting On SS-1(+), IPC, SLC: boot fd() On SS-2, ELC: boot floppy My IPC does not boot if I program its PROM to boot Linux by default. I burned the shown above line into PROM anyway. Now I break its POST sequence and enter "boot" by hands. It works this way... What now? Feel free to hack the stuff. A true Silo which keeps kernels inside of a filesystem is the aim. Also it bores me to change directories continuosly. A some sort of "make image" is desirable. Pete Zaitcev