Re: [LinuxBIOS] Distros

Quoting Steven James :
> Greetings,
>
> I had the same issue with FC3, but it resolved when I reduced the size of
> the code a bit. For some reason, Fedora's objcopy apparently misses the
> real error and then has another problem.
>
> G'day,
> sjames
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> On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 [e-mail] wrote:
> > Quoting Corey Osgood :
> > > [e-mail] wrote:
> > > > No, I think I am going to just try Gentoo though. It's time for a
> > > > change, I have been using Fedora/Redhat for many years. And I have
> > > >  heard great things about Gentoo.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks - Joe
> > >
> > > Well, just for the record, I've intalled FC6 x86 in QEMU from the DVD
> > > iso, and tried both with and without SELinux enabled, and I had
> > > absolutely no build errors on several targets (via epia, asus p2b, and
> > > a couple tyan boards). I didn't even have to turn off stack protectors,
> > > and this is a fully updated system. I'm not sure where your error was
> > > coming from or even what it was, sorry. Enjoy Gentoo, cya again in a
> > > week or so when you're done compiling the base system ;)
> > >
> > > -Corey
> >
> > Hmm very strange. Both Ron and I tried it on FC5 and FC6 with no luck??
> > This was the error:
> >
> > cp linuxbios_ram.nrv2b linuxbios_ram.rom
> > echo '/*ldoptions*/' > ldscript.ld; cat ldoptions >> ldscript.ld ; for
> > file in  /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src/arch/i386/init/ldscript.lb
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/16bit/entry16.lds
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/entry32.lds
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//cpu/x86/32bit/reset32.lds
> > /root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/src//arch/i386/lib/id.lds ; do echo /* $file
> > */ >> ldscript.ld; cat $file >> ldscript.ld ; done
> > gcc -m32 -nostdlib -nostartfiles -static -o linuxbios -T ldscript.ld crt0.o
> > nm -n linuxbios | sort > linuxbios.map
> > objcopy --gap-fill 0xff -O binary linuxbios linuxbios.strip
> > objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> > objcopy: linuxbios.strip: Bad value
> > make[1]: *** [linuxbios.strip] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory
> > `/root/LinuxBIOSv2-2564/targets/rca/rm4100/rm4100/normal'
> > make: *** [normal/linuxbios.rom] Error 1
> >
> > Maybe I will try a fresh install of FC6???
> >
> > Thanks - Joe

I would like to report I did a fresh install of FC6 and it seems to be  
working fine now. I am able to build just about everything exept one.  
The digitallogic adl855pc. I think the code is broken in the i855pm  
northbridge somewhere but I can't seem to put my finger on it.  
Cananyone confirm this? Would someone try to build it for me to see  
what happens?

Thanks - Joe