[parisc-linux] installing linux on HP systems

[nick@snowman.net]

I only have one device connected (a single 1gig scsi disk), which appeared
to work fine in HP-UX.  Are there any debugging options I could/should
enable?
	Nick

On Wed, 5 Sep 2001, Richard Hirst wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 10:19:37AM -0400, Carlos O'Donell Jr. wrote:
> > > > 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.
> 
> Ah, yes, I'd forgotten about that issue.  That is potentially needed if
> you have more than one device active on the bus, at least.
> 
> Thanks,
>  Richard
> 
> 
> 
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