new SMP kernel on the old Netra X1

Good luck :


nix#
nix# ls -la
total 56819
drwxr-xr-x  3 root root     1024 Sep  4 21:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root     4096 Sep  3 21:25 ..
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        1 Sep  3 14:47 boot -> .
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    88825 Mar  9  2016 config-3.2.0-4-sparc64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root   201244 Aug 28 08:07 config-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root        1 Sep  3 14:47 etc -> .
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     1024 Aug 19  2012 fd.b
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      512 Aug 19  2012 first.b
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     1024 Aug 19  2012 generic.b
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      692 Aug 19  2012 ieee32.b
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       31 Sep  4 21:33 initrd.img -> 
./initrd.img-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 10112340 Sep  3 14:47 initrd.img-3.2.0-4-sparc64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 21091962 Sep  4 21:23 initrd.img-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     7040 Aug 19  2012 isofs.b
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root    12288 Sep  3 14:06 lost+found
-rw-r--r--  1 root root     7680 Sep  3 14:47 old.b
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    53248 Sep  3 14:47 second.b
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      172 Sep  3 14:47 silo.conf
-rw-r--r--  1 root root    50994 Aug 19  2012 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  1583478 Mar  9  2016 System.map-3.2.0-4-sparc64
-rw-r--r--  1 root root       83 Aug 28 08:07 System.map-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root      512 Aug 19  2012 ultra.b
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root       28 Sep  4 21:33 vmlinux -> 
./vmlinux-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root 22375120 Aug 28 08:07 vmlinux-6.12.3-sparc64-smp
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  2346441 Mar  9  2016 vmlinuz-3.2.0-4-sparc64
nix# cat  silo.conf
root=/dev/sda4
partition=1
default=Linux
read-only
timeout=100

image=/vmlinuz
         label=Linux
         initrd=/initrd.img

image=/vmlinuz.old
         label=LinuxOLD
         initrd=/initrd.img.old
nix#


nix:~# shutdown -hH now

Broadcast message from root@nix (ttyS0) (Thu Sep  4 21:35:58 2025):

The system is going down for system halt NOW!
INIT: Switching to runlevel: 0
root@nix:~[info] Using makefile-style concurrent boot in runlevel 0.
[ ok ] Stopping IPv6 Recursive DNS Server discovery Daemon: rdnssd.
[ ok ] Stopping deferred execution scheduler: atd.
[ ok ] Stopping MTA: exim4_listener.
[ ok ] Asking all remaining processes to terminate...done.
[ ok ] All processes ended within 1 seconds...done.
[ ok ] Stopping enhanced syslogd: rsyslogd.
[ ok ] Stopping NFS common utilities: idmapd statd.
[info] Saving the system clock.
[info] Hardware Clock updated to Thu Sep  4 21:36:01 EDT 2025.
[....] Stopping rpcbind daemon...rpcbind: rpcbind terminating on signal. 
Restart with "rpcbind -w"
. ok
[ ok ] Deconfiguring network interfaces...done.
[ ok ] Unmounting temporary filesystems...done.
[ ok ] Deactivating swap...done.
[ ok ] Unmounting weak filesystems...done.
[ ok ] Unmounting local filesystems...done.
[110526.120794] EXT4-fs (sda4): re-mounted. Opts: (null)
[info] Will now halt.
[110528.454602] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[110528.523759] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Stopping disk
[110528.580413] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Synchronizing SCSI cache
[110528.659167] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Stopping disk
[110528.715798] System halted.
Program terminated
ok

ok
ok boot /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:a  File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.14
boot:
Allocated 64 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel

Cannot find /vmlinuz (error: 4294967295)

Image not found.... try again
boot:

yep .. dead in the water.