Re: boot problem

[Eric Kimminau <eak@detroit.sgi.com>]

William Ellis wrote:
> 
> 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

A MAJOR difference in the ChallengeS is that it has differential SCSI
controllers as well as the Indy SingleEnded controller.


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