[parisc-linux] Install on a 715/75 (wont boot)

[Richard Hirst]

On Wed, Jul 11, 2001 at 08:29:54AM -0400, Pedot, Wolfgang wrote:
> 	For 0.9.1 it sounds like you picked up one of the broken versions
> 	of the ISO.  A new image was posted yesterday, so if you downloaded
> 	before that, please try again.
> 
> Ok, i downloaded the new one and it works better but still no installer because
> my machine freezes at "branching to kernel at <addr>". Heres the output:
> 
> Trying scsi.4.0
> Boot path initialized.
> Attemption to load IPL.
> 
> 
> Hard bootet.
> palo ipl 0.92 root@spqr Mon Jun 25 23:03:13 CEST 2001
> 0/vmlinux32 2853588 bytes @ 0x6ad6800
> 0/vmlinux64 3585851 bytes @ 0x6d8f800
> 0/ramdisk 1991209 bytes @ 0x70fb000
> 
> Command line: 'root=/dev/ram console=tty0 sti=0 sti_font=VGA8x16 TERM=linux'

STI console doesn't work on 715/75, you must use a serial console.

> Kernel: partition 0 file /vmlinux
> Ramdisk: partition 0 file /ramdisk
> Warning: kernel name doesn´t end with 32 or 64... Guessing Annoyance: Firmware
> does not support PDC_MODEL_CAPABILITIES call
> 32
> ELF32 executable
> Entry 00100000 first 00100000 n 4
> Segment 0 load 00100000 size 1606948 mediaptr 0x1000
> Segment 1 load 0028a000 size 468472 mediaptr 0x18a000
> Segment 2 load 00300000 size 8192 mediaptr 0x1fd000
> Segment 3 load 0034bea8 size 80688 mediaptr 0x1ffea8
> Loading ramdisk 1991209 bytes @ 03e09000...
> branching to kernel entry point 0x00100000
> 
> 	0.9 didn't work on 715/75 anyway, but I would not have expected your
> 	particular error.
> 
> 	I have never booted my 715/75 from CD; I've always booted it from
> 	the network.  The README on the CD should explain (briefly) how to
> 	do that.
> 
> 	 
> Well I tried to boot using bootp but it seems the 715 and my bootp-Server don´t
> understand each other. I have a running bootpd but it wont get anything from the
> 715 because it doesnt send UDP-Pakets but LLC-Pakets directly to the given MAC.
> Since I´m new to Parisc-Machine I´m maybe doing something wrong, I press ESC at
> bootup and enter "a" to get to the Boot-Admin-Menu, then I say "boot
> lan.<mac_of_bootp_server>" and I see that there are some LLC-Pakets coming to
> the Bootp-Server but there are no responses....

715/75 uses rbootd, not bootp.  There is a copy in
ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/tgz/

Richard