Re: Installing linux on axp150

[Sebastian Moeller <sebastian moeller lur rwth-aachen de>]

Hi!

On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Holger van Koll wrote:

> 
> 
> Helmut Oberrauter wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > It works now; I spent hours for something that sounds like a FAQ.
> > >
> > 
> > I´m not as happy as you - I tried to install RedHat 6.2 on my Jensen - but
> > it dont work:
> You are as happy as me ;-)
> "it works now" should say "now I got it to boot"
> 
> 
> > but when the system tells:
> > Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into ramdisk and press ENTER
> > 
> > I insert a disk with generic.img (copied with dd form the RH6.2 CD) the
> > system stops after the Message:
> > VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly

The generic kernels DO NOT work with jensens (I don't think they ever
did). Therefore you need a special jensen kernel aboot combo (for 6.2 the 
kernel HAS to include support for modules, otherwise the installer just
generates aborts due to signal 11...) I have not been successful with 6.2
myself, that is I coulsd install it with the options text and expert, but
can only boot  it in single user mode. As I am having suse6.3 running on
that machine I am not really working hard to make redhat run.
 
> Thats exactly the point where I am now. With no ideas left...
> I also get that with the debian image.
> 
> btw I never made it to up/downgrade to v1.7 (its important to have no
> newer/older firmware)
IIRC v1.7 is only required for the ELSA Winner 1000 ISA/EISA (twinbus), as
this card seems to have a buggy bios that won't work with more recent SRMs
in EISA mode (it is supposed to work in ISA mode though).

> with the 336kb

images you
find everywhere. now I found a 1100kb and at > least the update worked.
> 
> I read on 
> ftp://sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch/mirror/redhat/redhat-6.2/alpha/doc/install-guide/s1-alpha-supportedhardware.htm
> 
> that axp150 is "currently incompatible".
> 
> Can anybody comment this? Did anybody make it to install 6.2 (or 6.1?)
> on a jensen?
> 
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Good luck
	Sebastian Möller

P.S.: The Suse folks are working on jensen support I think. I will try the
6.4 beta release this weekend. I will et you know about my experience
(It might include a CD bootable kernel for the jensen, which wuold take
away the pain of copyboot an minlabel from ARC. It also should provide an
easy way to prepare jensens for the installation of other distibution ).