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diff --git a/sys-apps/milo/files/README-gentoo b/sys-apps/milo/files/README-gentoo deleted file mode 100644 index 0cfb48786c42..000000000000 --- a/sys-apps/milo/files/README-gentoo +++ /dev/null @@ -1,99 +0,0 @@ -# Copyright 1999-2003 Gentoo Technologies, Inc. -# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 -# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/milo/files/README-gentoo,v 1.1 2003/06/03 12:06:46 taviso Exp $ -# -############################################## -# Gentoo Linux MILO images. -#################################################### -# -# What is MILO? -# -### - -MILO is an AlphaLinux bootloader, which is usually used to load the Linux -Operating System on Alpha machines that dont have SRM. - -There are two families of firmware on Alpha, ARC and SRM. ARC was developed -for use with Windows NT, and cannot support Linux. Some Alpha's were -distributed with only ARC firmware, for use specifically with Windows NT, -these machines would not be able to run any OS except for Windows NT without -MILO. - -If you do have SRM, or the option of using SRM, you should be using the aboot -bootloader, unless you really know what you are doing. - -NOTE: if you have srm, but would like to dual boot with Windows NT, or use ARC - firmware, you might find MILO more useful than aboot. There are other - reasons also, booting a kernel from a reiserfs partition, for example. - -NOTE: The Gentoo MILO images are slightly different to the standard - MILO images, they have been patched to compile with gcc3 and - work with the latest linux-2.2 kernel and drivers. You can - also optimise your MILO image, to maximise the performance of the - MILO pager! woooo! - -FIXME: will there be a boot speed improvement from optimising MILO? -FIXME: what about performance of the call_pal routines (or at least the - overhead of calling them, as they are hand coded asm), will - that improve system performance? - -##################################################### -# -# How do i use these images to boot? -# -#### - -NOTE: Read the MILO-HOWTO in this directory now! - There is an explanation and description of all the ways you can - start MILO, including SRM, Floppy, Flash and Debug Monitor. - -In this directory you will find the MILO images, you can use these to -make MILO boot floppies, or install them to a FAT partition. - -There are instructions below for making a MILO boot floppy. - - -1. insert the disk you would like to make a MILO floppy. - -2. fdformat /dev/fd0 - - Obviously, if the disk is already formatted you can skip - this step. - -3. mformat a: - - this will create a MSDOS file system (FAT) on the floppy. - -4. mcopy milo-2.4.18-gentoo-<your alpha> a:\milo - - install the milo image for your machine onto the new floppy. - -5. mcopy linload.exe a:\linload.exe - _OR_ if you have a Ruffian machine: - mcopy ldmilo.exe a:\ldmilo.exe - - install the milo loader, note that ruffians dont use ldlinux.exe - by default, if your system expects ldlinux.exe, just copy that file - instead. the ldmilo included in this ebuild contains the fixes by Jay - Eastabrook, sometimes called "Jay's Hacked Version". - -6. echo -ne '\125\252' | dd of=/dev/fd0 bs=1 seek=510 count=2 conv=notrunc - - this might not be nescessary on all machines, but some ARCs expect the - floppy to be marked bootable, this fakes the magic. - -7. reboot, and set ARCs to boot your shiny new MILO floppy! - -##################################################### -# -# BUGS -# -#### - -These MILO images are not extensively tested, if you use one -PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE tell me! i need to know which systems -it works on and which ones it doesnt. - -if you dont want to enter a bug in http://bugs.gentoo.org/ - -you can just email me a quick note to taviso@gentoo.org |