[parisc-linux] Re: booting problems

[James Waterhouse]

Hello Richard,

Richard Hirst wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:06:07PM -0400, James Waterhouse wrote:
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>>Hello everyone,
>>	I'm seem to be having trouble booting into linux on my 712/60. I hope 
>>someone can help. I have built a new kernel (from cvs) and also set up 
>>an nfs root. When I try to boot the linux boots up to the point where it 
>>says "Cleaning: /tmp/ /var/lock /var/run" and then it just hangs. Any 
>>idea what is cause it to hang? Could there be a problem with the nfsroot?
>>
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> Possible.  What are you using for your nfsroot?


For an nfsroot I'm using the debian base from
ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/debian/basetars/base-20010404.tar.gz

> Does it still respond to pings?


Yes it still responds to pings.

> What console are you using?


I don't know... (do you mean sti or serial? if so then I think it is sti 
... whatever is default the config)

> Do you get a prompt if you boot with 'init=/bin/sh'?


How do I do that?

James


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