[cobalt-developers] Re: more hacking, init problem

[Tim Hockin <thockin@xxxxxxx>]

Dax Kelson wrote:

> >
> > At this point the system sits there, init doesn't seem to be doing it's
> 
> When I take the hard drive out of the Qube 3 and stick in to a PC,
> booting the exact same kernel on a floppy, with a serial console attached
> the PC, it works!
> 
> Is there anything special about "/sbin/init" on the standard software
> load on Qube 3?  If I replaced the Red Hat 7.1 /sbin/init, with /sbin/init
> from a stock Qube 3 would it get me anywhere?

AHA!  I was just alerted to this issue this week, you are in luck!

The glib shipped with RedHat 7.0, 7.1 is compiled for PENTIUMs.  The K6
processor in the Qube3 CAN NOT RUN the standard glibc. 

We've taken up a support issue with red Hat, but they don't seem to care. 

The solution is to recompile glibc or get a binary rpm that is built for
the least-common-denominator.

Tim
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Tim Hockin
Systems Software Engineer
Sun Microsystems, Cobalt Server Appliances
thockin@xxxxxxx