Re: as200 4/233 RH 6.1 Install Problems...

[David Holley <polaris_club yahoo com>]

  Try putting in at least 32 MB ram.

--- "Ryan A. Krenzischek" <rkrenzis@bigblue.nu> wrote:
> 
> I have a as200 4/233 with 16 MB ram, and a 250 mb
> scsi hard drive.  I'm
> trying to do a "test" install to make sure I can
> even run rh linux before
> I shove more money into this system to do upgrades
> (e.g. hdd, ram).
> 
> At the srm 6.9-4 console, I type:
> 
> b dva0 -file vmlinux.gz -fl "root=/dev/fd0
> load_ramdisk=1 expert text mem=16M"
> 
> system responds with:
> 
> (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -file vmlinux.gz -flags
> root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
> expert text mem=16M)
> block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block
> reading 168 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
> bootstrap code read in
> base = 13a000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 15000
> initializing HWRPB at 2000
> initializing page table at 12c000
> initializing machine state
> setting affinity to the primaryt CPU
> jumping to bootstrap code
> aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.5
> aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.46
> aboot: no disklabel found.
> aboot: booted)dev=`dva 1 0 0 0 0 0 0', guessing
> boot_device=`fd0'
> aboot: loading compressed vmlinux.gz...
> 
> ...The linux kernel loads from this point.  I then
> insert the ramdisk
> floppy image when prompted.
> 
> I'm doing an installation via http.  I supply the
> install program w/ ip,
> subnet, gateway, and dns.
> 
> The second stage image file loads fine from the
> intranet web server.
> 
> The 3rd virtual console reports:
> 
> * 75 keymaps are available
> * loaded 9 keymap tables
> * going to insmod de4x5.o (path is NULL)
> * reverse name lookup worked
> * transferring
> http://192.168.0.9/cdrom1/RedHat/base/stage2.img to
> a fd
> * created inode
> * done laoding 4194304 bytes
> 
> I press "Done" to the Devices screen that prompted
> me that it found my
> network interface.
> 
> Then, the system works for a little bit then: 
> 
> Console 1 reports:
> 
> install exited abnormally -- recieved signal 9
> sending termination signals...done
> sending kill signals...done
> unmounting filesystems...
> 	/mnt/runtime
> 	/proc
> you may safely reboot your system
> 
> Console 3 reports:
> 
> (in addition to what was posted above, previously)
> 
> * going to insmod raid0.o (path is NULL)
> * going to insmod raid1.o (path is NULL)
> * going to insmod raid5.o (path is NULL)
> 
> 
> Console 4 reports: (all standard messages cut, just
> errors and warnings
> here)
> 
> When probing the hard drive:
> <6>ncr53c810-0-<0,*>: device did not report SYNC.
> 
> After loading the stage2.img:
> <4>EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running
> e2fsck is recommended
> 
> 
> Additional Information/Questions:
> 
> Why is raid being initialized?  I only have one hard
> drive in the machine.
> 
> The following messages appear on console 4 after
> loading stage2.img in
> regards to raid:
> 
> <6> raid0 personality registered
> <6> raid1 personality registered
> <6> raid5 personality registered
> 
> 
> Any ideas as to why this machine dies after laoding
> stage2.img (loading
> was successful, transferring to the machine from the
> intranet server and
> executing the mount command to get stage2.img
> available to the system)
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Ryan
> 
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