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

Pedot, Wolfgang wpedot@harris.com
Wed, 11 Jul 2001 11:28:28 -0400


Thank you very much, my first shot with rbootd works great, I=B4m =
installing right
now :)

greetings
Wolfgang=20
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Hirst [SMTP:rhirst@linuxcare.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, July 11, 2001 4:39 PM
> To:	Pedot, Wolfgang
> Cc:	'Parisc Linux Mailinglist'
> Subject:	Re: [parisc-linux] Install on a 715/75 (wont boot)
>=20
> 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.
> >=20
> > 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:
> >=20
> > Trying scsi.4.0
> > Boot path initialized.
> > Attemption to load IPL.
> >=20
> >=20
> > 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
> >=20
> > Command line: 'root=3D/dev/ram console=3Dtty0 sti=3D0 =
sti_font=3DVGA8x16 TERM=3Dlinux'
>=20
> STI console doesn't work on 715/75, you must use a serial console.
>=20
> > Kernel: partition 0 file /vmlinux
> > Ramdisk: partition 0 file /ramdisk
> > Warning: kernel name doesn=B4t 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
> >=20
> > 	0.9 didn't work on 715/75 anyway, but I would not have expected =
your
> > 	particular error.
> >=20
> > 	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.
> >=20
> > 	=20
> > Well I tried to boot using bootp but it seems the 715 and my =
bootp-Server
> don=B4t
> > 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=B4m new to Parisc-Machine I=B4m 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....
>=20
> 715/75 uses rbootd, not bootp.  There is a copy in
> ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/tgz/
>=20
> Richard
>=20
>=20
>=20
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