From: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@alpha.franken.de>
To: Jake Griesbach <griesbac@gamera.colorado.edu>
Cc: linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com, ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Subject: Re: Linux/Mips installation
Date: Thu, 11 Mar 1999 01:00:22 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19990311010022.A1006@alpha.franken.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.990310155606.22494A-100000@gamera.colorado.edu>; from Jake Griesbach on Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 04:02:08PM -0700
On Wed, Mar 10, 1999 at 04:02:08PM -0700, Jake Griesbach wrote:
> That was it! I removed the CDROM and internal floptical drive, and the
> installation proceeded. However, now I get the prom error when rebooting
> that is caused by elf kernels on old proms:
>
> Cannot load bootp()/vmlinux
> Illegal f_magic number 0x7f45, expected MIPSELMAGIC or MIPSEBMAGIC.
The kernel worked before the installation and doesn't afterwards ? Strange.
> I tried downloading the ecoff kernel you posted in the test directory, but
> I still get the error. Maybe I haven't installed it correctly, or maybe I
> am not typing the correct boot command.
Really the same error ? The 0x7f45 is part of the elf magic, which the
ECOFF doesnt contain for sure (at least not at the beginning of the file).
> I have unzipped the ecoff kernel and placed it in the installation (remote
> computer's) root directory. (It does boot over NFS into the installation
If you boot via tftp, you need to put new kernel in your /tftp directory
(like you did it with the other kernel).
> script.) I have verified the kernel installed on the local drive after
> installation is the same size. (I simply copied it over to the local
> drive.) Do I have to run something equivalent to lilo??
Right now, you have two choices for booting the kernel. Either use
bootp/tftp or put it on your Irix root partition and boot with
"boot vmlinux root=/dev/sdc1" (or the approriate /dev/sdxx).
Thomas.
--
This device has completely bogus header. Compaq scores again :-|
It's a host bridge, but it should be called ghost bridge instead ;^)
[Martin `MJ' Mares on linux-kernel]
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-03-11 0:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-03-08 16:57 Linux/Mips installation Jake Griesbach
1999-03-09 20:47 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
1999-03-09 21:34 ` Jake Griesbach
1999-03-09 22:11 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
1999-03-09 22:43 ` Jake Griesbach
1999-03-09 23:22 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
1999-03-10 23:02 ` Jake Griesbach
1999-03-11 0:00 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer [this message]
1999-03-11 17:44 ` Jake Griesbach
1999-03-11 22:25 ` ralf
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