[parisc-linux] installing linux on HP systems

[Carlos O'Donell Jr.]

> > Hi, I've got a C180 and a 715 that I'm trying to install linux on.  The
> > C180 has various issues that I belive are being worked on, so I moved on
> > to the 715.  On the 715 I get errors allong the lines of:
> > Writing inode tables: done                            
> > Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
> > # 
> > # # EXT2-fs error (device sd(8,2)): ext2_readdir: bad entry in directory
> > #2: rec_len % 4 != 0 - offset=0, inode=1701996660, rec_len5
> > 
> > This happens every time I try and mount a partition.  Is the 715 scsi
> > unsupported as well?
> 
> 715 scsi is supported, and works for many people.  Sorry, I don't know
> what might be causing your problem.
> 
> Richard


We generally insert scsi-wrangling-magic as kernel parameters:

sim700=noneg:0xff,nodisc:0xff

And it works beautifully after that.

Cheers,
Carlos.