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 QAA17095 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 16:14:02 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) id QAA13540 for linux-list; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 16:11:22 -0800 Received: from dataserv.detroit.sgi.com (dataserv.detroit.sgi.com [169.238.128.2]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/960327.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id QAA13525 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 16:11:21 -0800 Received: from cygnus.detroit.sgi.com by dataserv.detroit.sgi.com via ESMTP (951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/930416.SGI) id TAA14666; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:11:19 -0500 Received: from detroit.sgi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cygnus.detroit.sgi.com (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id TAA20883; Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:11:17 -0500 Message-ID: <34BD5425.42EBC033@detroit.sgi.com> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:11:17 -0500 From: Eric Kimminau Reply-To: eak@detroit.sgi.com Organization: Silicon Graphics, Inc X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04C-SGI [en] (X11; I; IRIX 6.3 IP32) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: William Ellis CC: Linux porting team Subject: Re: boot problem References: <34BD4F3E.7F86@cerf.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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. -- ---------1---------2---------3---------4---------5---------6---------7---------8 Eric Kimminau RTA/RSA eak@detroit.sgi.com Silicon Graphics, Inc Voice: (248) 848-4455 39001 West 12 Mile Rd. Fax: (248) 848-5600 Farmington, MI 48331-2903 VNet Extension - 6-327-4455 "I speak my mind and no one else's." http://www.dcs.ex.ac.uk/~aba/rsa/perl-rsa-sig.html When confronted by a difficult problem, solve it by reducing it to the question, "How would the Lone Ranger handle this?" "I am the great supportfolio, do you have http?"