RE: installing rh 7.0

["Korinek, Jan" <Jan Korinek compaq com>]

Hello all.

So, it's possible I was wrong in reading, but I have found in some articles,
that anyone who wants to boot from srm console, need supported device for
srm.
I know about ncr for scsi, but don't know about any ide.

Also, you must use IMHO arc for booting from ide drives.

Bye

jan

> 	
> 	Well this is were the trouble starts. His aboot fails while
> loading the kernel. It is in disk.c where load_kernel(void) 
> fails. It is
> the following which produces the error:	
> 
> 	printf("aboot: booting from device '%s'\n", envval);
> 	dev = cons_open(envval);
> 	if (dev < 0) {
> 		printf("aboot: unable to open boot device `%s': %lx\n",
> 		       envval, dev);
> 		return -1;
> 	}
> 
> cons_open comes from cons.c. It is rather short:
> 	long
> 	cons_open(const char *devname)
> 	{
> 		return dispatch(CCB_OPEN, devname, strlen(devname));
> 	}
> 
> CCB_OPEN is defined in /linux/include/asm-alpha/console.h
> 
> 	#define CCB_OPEN                0x10
> 	[...]
> 	extern long callback_open(const char *device, long length);
> 
> The code comes from linux/arch/alpha/lib/callback_srm.S.
> At this point it really shows that I am way out of my league. I do
> recognise assembler when I see it, but that's about it.
> 	Sorry Claes, but I won't be of any help to you, maybe the advise
> to try the boot floppies can help you. Or you could try an scsi cdrom
> drive.
> 
> Sorry and ahoi
> 	Sebastian Moeller
> 
>  
>