[parisc-linux] trouble booting from palinux-0.5.iso on 712/80

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sat, Dec 23, 2000 at 04:14:15PM +0100, Jens Trzaska wrote:
> Hello!
> Since yesterday i'm the owner of a HP 712/80 and i've searched along 
> the net to find an OS which is able to run on this box. When i found
> palinux i downloaded the palinux-0.5.iso. But the booting process
> doesn't seem to be successful. In the readme it says that i should
> get a login prompt...but i don't get the prompt. The system stops
> when saying:
> "Switching from PDC console"

This ought to be, but isn't, in the FAQ.  Could someone who knows more about
the 0.5 CD-ROM than I do write up the answer for the FAQ?

Basically, your kernel is using the wrong console device.  try editing the
command line to specify `console=tty0'.

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