RE: 3305 and RH6 boot problems

[Xiaozhou Qiu <xq mars iol unh edu>]

Yes.

              

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Chris Cohen wrote:

> Sooo, when I do this it asks me to put a "root disk" into the floppy drive
> to be loaded into RAM.  Is this the ramdisk that I can create with rawrite?
> 
> chris cohen
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Xiaozhou Qiu [mailto:xq@mars.iol.unh.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 3:21 PM
> To: axp-list@redhat.com
> Subject: RE: 3305 and RH6 boot problems
> 
> 
> 
> I think the following boot command is what you need if you try to use the
> generic image.
> 
> P00>>boot dka400 -fi kernels/generic.gz -fl "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1"
> 
> Xiaozhou Qiu
> 
> On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Chris Cohen wrote:
> 
> > 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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