[parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[Witvliet, Hans]

High all,

Just downloaded 0.9.2 image, burned it, and gave it a try on my C110.
(should work afaik)
For  the broad picture:
C110, 256MB mem PS/2 keyboard & mouse, two lan interface, neither connected
(yet) and no serial console)

Booting went well, switched to STI-console (nice tux  in upperleft corner)
In a blink boot (cpu, mem, disks, lan) info flashed across the screen, and
then, instead of login, a graphic screen with a general debian message that
it is experimental software.

After that the system seems to be frozen...

Am i missing something?

Hans.

Re: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[Andy Walker]

Quoting "Witvliet, Hans" <Hans.Witvliet@Alcatel.nl>:

> High all,
> 
> Just downloaded 0.9.2 image, burned it, and gave it
> a try on my C110.
> (should work afaik)
> For  the broad picture:
> C110, 256MB mem PS/2 keyboard & mouse, two lan
> interface, neither connected
> (yet) and no serial console)
> 
> Booting went well, switched to STI-console (nice tux
>  in upperleft corner)
> In a blink boot (cpu, mem, disks, lan) info flashed
> across the screen, and
> then, instead of login, a graphic screen with a
> general debian message that
> it is experimental software.
> 
> After that the system seems to be frozen...
> 
> Am i missing something?
> 
> Hans.

Not really - its the PS/2 keyboard hang that currently
affects B-class and apparently C-class machine. Possibly
others too. My B132 does the same. Some people have had
success unplugging and replugging the keyboard at this
point - trying to provoke a reset. This hasn't worked for
me though :-(

-Andy

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Re: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[Richard Hirst]

On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 02:40:19PM +0200, Witvliet, Hans wrote:
> High all,
> 
> Just downloaded 0.9.2 image, burned it, and gave it a try on my C110.
> (should work afaik)
> For  the broad picture:
> C110, 256MB mem PS/2 keyboard & mouse, two lan interface, neither connected
> (yet) and no serial console)
> 
> Booting went well, switched to STI-console (nice tux  in upperleft corner)
> In a blink boot (cpu, mem, disks, lan) info flashed across the screen, and
> then, instead of login, a graphic screen with a general debian message that
> it is experimental software.

That is correct, you are about to install linux from CD, so you are seeing
the first screen of the installer output.

> After that the system seems to be frozen...

There are problems with the keyboard driver; for some people unplugging
the keyboard and this point and then plugging it in again clears the
problem.  I found that an old Compaq keyboard did not lock up at all.
You should be able to press <space> or <return> on that screen and get
the main menu of the installer displayed.

Richard

RE: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[Witvliet, Hans]

Thanks Richard,

Tried it straight away, but no luck!
Neither keyboard or mouse unplug/replug, nor space, return, escape, ctrl-c,
ctrl-d or any function key seems to be noticed.
I'll try to find an other idle-hp-machine to see if i see the identical
behaviour....

Hans

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Richard Hirst [SMTP:rhirst@linuxcare.com]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:47 AM
> To:	Witvliet, Hans
> Cc:	parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
> Subject:	Re: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110
> 
> On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 02:40:19PM +0200, Witvliet, Hans wrote:
> > High all,
> > 
> > Just downloaded 0.9.2 image, burned it, and gave it a try on my C110.
> > (should work afaik)
> > For  the broad picture:
> > C110, 256MB mem PS/2 keyboard & mouse, two lan interface, neither
> connected
> > (yet) and no serial console)
> > 
> > Booting went well, switched to STI-console (nice tux  in upperleft
> corner)
> > In a blink boot (cpu, mem, disks, lan) info flashed across the screen,
> and
> > then, instead of login, a graphic screen with a general debian message
> that
> > it is experimental software.
> 
> That is correct, you are about to install linux from CD, so you are seeing
> the first screen of the installer output.
> 
> > After that the system seems to be frozen...
> 
> There are problems with the keyboard driver; for some people unplugging
> the keyboard and this point and then plugging it in again clears the
> problem.  I found that an old Compaq keyboard did not lock up at all.
> You should be able to press <space> or <return> on that screen and get
> the main menu of the installer displayed.
> 
> Richard

RE: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[Witvliet, Hans]

Hi all,

Update to previous message, tried 0.9.2 on following other machines:

B180: identiacl behaviour to C110; system freezes after the "debian/gnu"
messages

B2000 system decided to load 32-bit kernel instead of 64-bit kernel: did not
boot at all.

712/100: system boots, and switches nicely to sti console, continues after
the "debian/gnu" screen

735/125: system fails to see the cdrom during the "search" (probably
scsi/hardware problem)

I tried to reboot the K-server and the R-server, but somehow people were not
all that pleased with me any more ;-)))
So i have to postpone that attempt, but as they are also 64-bit machines, i
expect same results as with the B2000.

Two other C110 systems also freezes after the  "debian/gnu" screen



Kind regards, Hans

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Witvliet, Hans [SMTP:Hans.Witvliet@alcatel.nl]
> Sent:	Tuesday, July 17, 2001 11:00 AM
> To:	'Richard Hirst'; Witvliet, Hans
> Cc:	parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
> Subject:	RE: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110
> 
> Thanks Richard,
> 
> Tried it straight away, but no luck!
> Neither keyboard or mouse unplug/replug, nor space, return, escape,
> ctrl-c,
> ctrl-d or any function key seems to be noticed.
> I'll try to find an other idle-hp-machine to see if i see the identical
> behaviour....
> 
> Hans
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Richard Hirst [SMTP:rhirst@linuxcare.com]
> > Sent:	Tuesday, July 17, 2001 10:47 AM
> > To:	Witvliet, Hans
> > Cc:	parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
> > Subject:	Re: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110
> > 
> > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 02:40:19PM +0200, Witvliet, Hans wrote:
> > > High all,
> > > 
> > > Just downloaded 0.9.2 image, burned it, and gave it a try on my C110.
> > > (should work afaik)
> > > For  the broad picture:
> > > C110, 256MB mem PS/2 keyboard & mouse, two lan interface, neither
> > connected
> > > (yet) and no serial console)
> > > 
> > > Booting went well, switched to STI-console (nice tux  in upperleft
> > corner)
> > > In a blink boot (cpu, mem, disks, lan) info flashed across the screen,
> > and
> > > then, instead of login, a graphic screen with a general debian message
> > that
> > > it is experimental software.
> > 
> > That is correct, you are about to install linux from CD, so you are
> seeing
> > the first screen of the installer output.
> > 
> > > After that the system seems to be frozen...
> > 
> > There are problems with the keyboard driver; for some people unplugging
> > the keyboard and this point and then plugging it in again clears the
> > problem.  I found that an old Compaq keyboard did not lock up at all.
> > You should be able to press <space> or <return> on that screen and get
> > the main menu of the installer displayed.
> > 
> > Richard
> 
> 
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Re: [parisc-linux] Booting 0.9.2 on C110

[Grant Grundler]

"Witvliet, Hans" wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Update to previous message, tried 0.9.2 on following other machines:
...
> B2000 system decided to load 32-bit kernel instead of 64-bit kernel: did not
> boot at all.

CD-Drive on systems with suckyio isn't supported yet. Randolph Chung
committed a first cut of support for it but it's not working yet.
(suckyio is in B/C/J with 4 digits behind it.eg B2000, C3000)

I expected the B2000 to boot with a 64-bit kernel too.
Perhaps the firmware needs to be updated? (See parisc-linux FAQ)
But you can build/install a 64-bit kernel later if you think it will help...
(See previous thread on this in the mail archive)

...
> I tried to reboot the K-server and the R-server, but somehow people were not
> all that pleased with me any more ;-)))

Yeah...I can imagine :^)
K, D, R class are architecturally very similar to C110/C200/C240 machines.
But no one plans on writing drivers for HP-PB devices (K-class).

> So i have to postpone that attempt, but as they are also 64-bit machines, i
> expect same results as with the B2000.

I wouldn't - they are quite different.

grant

Grant Grundler
parisc-linux {PCI|IOMMU|SMP} hacker
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