RE: 3305 and RH6 boot problems

["Chris Cohen" <ccohen inmind com>]

Hey, Eric,

Thanks, I tried this boot on the SRM command line:

boot dka400 -file vmlinux.gz -flags "root=dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1"

with my boot floppy and the CD in there.  At this point aboot: asked me
where the kernel image was and was looking for it on the CD!!!.  I got all
excited until I couldn't find anything on the CD that was called vmlinux.gz
(there's a generic.img and a bootlx file?)  So close?!?!?!?

chris cohen



-----Original Message-----
From: Ebinger . Eric [mailto:EEbinger@drc.com]
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 9:41 AM
To: 'axp-list@redhat.com'
Subject: RE: 3305 and RH6 boot problems


I finally got RH6.0 to boot on my DS3305 by booting directly from
the CD (booting from floppy did not work).  I used the commands for
booting from CD that are in the Alpha Addendum.  (Sorry for not giving
the boot command here, the manual is at home, I'm at work.)

Hope this helps.

Eric Ebinger



> -----Original Message-----
> From: chris cohen [mailto:ccohen@inmind.com]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:12 PM
> To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Subject: 3305 and RH6 boot problems
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I've used rawrite to create an SRM bootable disk for my box using the
> generic kernel on the RH6 CD I have and am getting a strange
> error.  I've
> got a DS3305 which currently has NT on it.  It's got a Trio64
> videocard and
> no other special hardware, (no raid) all OEM.  When I follow the
> instructions here (rawrite SRM boot disk):
>
> <http://www.digital.com/alphaserver/linux/install_guide.html>
>
> I get this error:
>
> halted CPU 0
>
> halt code = 5
> HALT instruction executed
> PC = fffffc0000310088
> boot failure
> >>>
>
> Following the above instructions this is what loads onto my
> screen at boot
> time:
>
> (boot dva0.0.0.1000.0 -file vmlinux.gz -flags root=/dev/hda)
> block 0 of dva0.0.0.1000.0 is a valid boot block
> reading 168 blocks from dva0
> bootstrap code read in
> Building FRU table
> FRU table size = 0x982
> base = 1d800, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 15000
> initializing HWRPB at 2000
> initializing page table...
> initializing machine state
> settting affinity to the primary cpu
> jumping to bootstrap code
> aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.5
> aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.23
> aboot: no disklabel found,
> aboot: booted_dev='dva 0 1000 0 0 0 0 0', guessing boot_device='fd0'
> aboot:loading compressed vmlinux.gz
> aboot: ok, now starting the kernel...
>
> then the screen flashes/refreshes (actually turns from a blue
> background to
> black background) a lot of information most of what looks
> like the kernel
> probing the devices on my machine (this happens for about 3
> seconds) I see
> the hard disks I have and the fact that this appears to be a
> Noritake board,
> then back to the afore mentioned problem, namely....
>
> halted CPU 0
>
> halt code = 5
> HALT instruction executed
> PC = fffffc0000310088
> boot failure
> >>>
>
> Any suggestions?  I'm stumped.
>
> Waiting greatfully,
>
> Chris Cohen
>
>
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