Re: RH 7.1 installation on PWS 500a

["Terry A. Bowling" <terry bowling verizon com>]

Ted,
Try this... Don't try to pass the kernel any parameters.  Just type:
>>> boot dka0 -fl 0
or
>>> boot dka0 -fl h

The first will use the default setting from aboot.conf on the cdrom where RH
has defined the parameters to pass to the kernel to get it to boot up.  This
way you don't have to worry about typos.

The second will cause aboot to error out at which point it will give you a menu
to do a variety of things.  Such as list all of the predefined boot options the
RH has preconfigured for you.

My system is settup so that everytime I boot, I can choose from 3 different
kernels and such, and the only thing I do differently is use a different number
for the -fl flag.  Drastically reducing pilot error typos...

Hope this helps,
Terry

Ted Lufoma wrote:

> Hell,
> Iam unable to boot the RedHat CD from SRM console mode, and
> beloow is what am getting;
>
> >>> show dev
> dka0.0.0.107.0            DKA0        Toshiba CDROM XM-62    1110
> dkc0.0.001004.0        DKC0                            RZ1CB-BS        0818
> dkc200.2.0.1004.0     DKC200                       RZ2DC-PA        5520
> dkc400.4.0.1004.0     DKC400                       RZ4DC-PA        5520
> dva0.0.0.0.1                DVA0
> mkc300.3.0.1004.0    MKC300                        TL209                0173
> ewa0.0.0.3.0                EWA0                           00-00-F8-76-25-56
> pkc0.7.0.1004.0          PKC0                             SCSI bUS ID 75.27
> pqa0.0.0.107.0            PQA0                            PCI EIDE
> pqb0.0.0.107.0            PQB0                            PCI EIDE
>
> >>boot dka0 -file kernels/vmlinux.gz -flags "root=/dev/scd0
> initrd=images/ramdisk.img"
>
> The boot command gives me the following error
>
> aboot:  no disklabel found
> ISO:  Max Size: 332353  Log zone size:  2048
> ISO:  First datazone: 28  Root inode number 57344
> aboot: loading compressed kernels/vmlinux.gz ...
>
>  unzip: crc error
> aboot: loading uncompressed kernels/vmlinux.gz
> welcome to aboot 0.7
> aboot>
>
> Please advise.
>
> Ted.
>
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