[parisc-linux] 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable

[parisc-linux] 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable

[Nick Papadonis]

I just tried installing 0.9.3 off the Debian installation CD.  On the
make system bootable option, nothing happened.  It appears that no
bootloader was installed.

I have a 712/80.

Where can I find a floppy 'rescue' image to boot into my root
filesystem?

Thanks

-- 
Nick

Re: [parisc-linux] DISREGARD 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable

[Nick Papadonis]

Sorry, I didn't create a F0 partition.  Disregard.

One other thing I noticed, is that more then 4 partitions couldn't be
created on my 2 gigabyte drive.  The disk partition utility informs
that the unused space is 'unusable'?

- Nick

Nick Papadonis <npapadon@yahoo.com> writes:

> I just tried installing 0.9.3 off the Debian installation CD.  On the
> make system bootable option, nothing happened.  It appears that no
> bootloader was installed.
> 
> I have a 712/80.
> 
> Where can I find a floppy 'rescue' image to boot into my root
> filesystem?
> 
> Thanks

Re: [parisc-linux] DISREGARD 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable

[Christian Suder]

On 01 Jan 2002 23:21:27 -0500
"Nick Papadonis" <npapadon@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> One other thing I noticed, is that more then 4 partitions couldn't be
> created on my 2 gigabyte drive.  The disk partition utility informs
> that the unused space is 'unusable'?
> 

The standard fdisk utility in Linux is pretty PC-ish, so you can only have
4 primary partitions. However you can create one of them as "extended"
partition, and within this partition you can create additional ones,

	Christian 

Re: [parisc-linux] DISREGARD 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, Jan 01, 2002 at 08:38:48PM -0800, Christian Suder wrote:
> The standard fdisk utility in Linux is pretty PC-ish, so you can only have
> 4 primary partitions. However you can create one of them as "extended"
> partition, and within this partition you can create additional ones,

this was a deliberate decision on our part to use the PC partition format
by default.  i don't think it's one to be ashamed of.  hpux's partitioning
scheme wasn't appropriate, and there are more tools which understand pc
partitioning than understand, say, sgi disklabels.

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Re: [parisc-linux] DISREGARD 0.9.3 installer didn't set 712 bootable

[Grant Grundler]

Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> hpux's partitioning scheme wasn't appropriate

I'll go a step further: hpux boot loader supports two disk partitioning
schemes and both are unusable for linux. "hard partitioning" just
plain sucks and is unmaintainable. HPUX LVM partitions are unreadable by
linux since HP can't (not HP's IP) release the spec.

grant

[parisc-linux] 712/80 and Quantum Fireball 1050MB HD problem

[Sorin Ghinescu]

Help with the following problem would be much appreciated:

I boot parisc-linux from cd-drive and everything goes fine except the HD
is not detected. All other hardware is correctly detected. The
installation program recommends passing args to boot: or load
appropriate module.

Has anyone experienced this kind of problem?
Thanks
Sorin

[parisc-linux] 53c700 SCSI Driver Problems ~?= 712/80 and Quantum Fireball 1050MB HD problem

[Carlos O'Donell Jr.]

> Help with the following problem would be much appreciated:
> 
> I boot parisc-linux from cd-drive and everything goes fine except the HD
> is not detected. All other hardware is correctly detected. The
> installation program recommends passing args to boot: or load
> appropriate module.
> 
> Has anyone experienced this kind of problem?
> Thanks
> Sorin
>

Can you try to get a snip of text printed by the SCSI driver?

I seem to be having some issues with the newer SCSI driver
(October merge) on my 715/50's ... I'll post my info tommorow.

In particular (0.9.3 Install with apt-get updates):

Kernel 2.4.16-pa21 (Will be updating tommorow)

- Most of the drives I put into the box refuse to spinup.
	= E.g. "spinning up....." until timeout

- Boxes with 525MB HP Quantum ProDrive HD's lockup solid in
  mke2fs while writing superblocks (always happens).

- Drives that do spinup are reported as 0MB's because the 
  sector size was invalid (4GIG Barracudas)

- Random lockups accessing the drive on 712/50's that 
  seem to have functional drives. Usually manifested as
  a solid lock at a Random time during Init scripts.
  (I know cause I ran init=/bin/sh and straced evertyhing)

Most of our cluster is running 2.4.9-pa25 <= Very Stable.

Mind you, the latest kernel runs fine on our 712/60. 
And since the problem _looks_ to be SCSI related...
that's what I'm going to try investigate.

=-= Help investigating =-=

I'm wondering if I'll need to get kgdb??
Or something other than serial?
The box _locks_ solid, no response, and I'm not quite sure
how to diagnose that.

c.

Re: [parisc-linux] 712/80 and Quantum Fireball 1050MB HD problem

[Phil Anderson]

two of my 3 712/80's have had this happen. I write this letter from the
3rd working one. I think it's just dead SCSI drives, because on at least 1
of the 2 I have I fail to hear the HDD spin up as the machine powers on.

-phil



On Tue, 8 Jan 2002, Sorin Ghinescu wrote:

> Help with the following problem would be much appreciated:
>
> I boot parisc-linux from cd-drive and everything goes fine except the HD
> is not detected. All other hardware is correctly detected. The
> installation program recommends passing args to boot: or load
> appropriate module.
>
> Has anyone experienced this kind of problem?
> Thanks
> Sorin
>
>
>
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