From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by neteng.engr.sgi.com (971110.SGI.8.8.8/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via SMTP id PAA16565 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:52:16 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA05463 for linux-list; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:48:58 -0800 Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA05382 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:48:47 -0800 Received: from smtp2.cerf.net (smtp2.cerf.net [192.102.249.31]) by sgi.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/970507) via ESMTP id PAA21211 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:48:44 -0800 env-from (bellis@cerf.net) Received: from maelstrom (maelstrom.cerf.net [198.137.140.16]) by smtp2.cerf.net (8.8.8/8.6.10) with SMTP id PAA19257 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:48:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <34BD4F3E.7F86@cerf.net> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 15:50:22 -0800 From: William Ellis Organization: TCG - CERFNet X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Linux porting team Subject: boot problem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I'm working with a Challenge S, R5000 (Allegedly the same hardware as an Indy without a graphics card) Initially booting via tftp with various errors, I am now trying to just get the sash boot -f to work. I have tried several of the applicable precompiled kernels at ftp.linux.sgi.com/pub/test all with similar errors: Standalone Shell SGI Version 6.2 ARCS Mar 9, 1996 (32 Bit) sash: boot -f /vmlinux root=/dev/sda1 1278928+236160 entry: 0x8800250c newport_probe: read back wrong value ;-( What is the newport_probe? The only non-stock thing about the machine is it has a fddi card in it, (which I do not need to get going for linux). Could this error be an effect of the fddi card being present, or that there is no graphics card present? Or am I missing something else all together? Thanks in Advance, Bill