Re: RH 7.1 installation on PWS 500a - URGENT HELP

[Jay Estabrook <Jay Estabrook compaq com>]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 04:07:46PM +0200, Ted Lufoma wrote:
> 
> I have burned three CDs but still unable to boot from any of them,
>  below is the results of the sh dev;
> >>> 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;

Remove the TLZ09 (tape) from the SCSI bus, and try again, as someone
else suggested, with "root=/dev/hda etc..." instead. MIATAs (almost)
always have IDE CDROMs, and QLogic SCSI controllers which, under Linux,
have problems with tape drives on the same bus as HDDs.

--Jay++

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