From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <36E748FC.38A01576@Technologist.Com> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999 22:39:24 -0600 From: Justin Hamilton Reply-To: JHamilton@Earthling.Net MIME-Version: 1.0 To: hppa-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [hppa-linux] Bootstrap take 3 - SUCCESSFUL References: <199903092345.RAA25911@equator.com> Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------F37B0E25A39500AA966A619F" Resent-Message-ID: <"qZP1y.0.9O5.9aqvs"@sod.res.cmu.edu> List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------F37B0E25A39500AA966A619F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Happy to announce my 9000/720 booted & ran the dummy kernel successfully from my 2nd disk. Keep it coming, I have a whole 2nd disk to test this on as it is developed. Wish I had some OS Coding knowledge & experience to add to the project. I will settle for being a tester :) Jason Eckhardt wrote: > If the test runs successfully you should see this at the end: > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Reading parameters...done. > Size = 28672 bytes, entry = 0x00001000, location = 0xnnnnnnnn. > Loading kernel...done. > Transferring control to kernel. > > ********************************************************* > > VMLINUX 0.0: Dummy kernel image loaded and executing! > > It is now safe to reboot. (you should see this at least once, and upto 6 times). > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The very last thing you should see is a "spinning cursor" which means > you reached the last statement in the bootstrap (i.e. passed). (this is > an infinite loop, the cursor will spin forever until you reboot). Got This. > It seems that some characters get dropped on some systems, usually when > booting over the network. I don't know why this is the case, and HPs > documentation doesn't say anything about needing delays during console I/O. Screen looks good, mine is running on a graphics display, not an ASCII terminal. -- Justin Hamilton mailto:JHamilton@Earthling.Net CTOP Computers mailto:CTOP@Technologist.Com -- "Microsoft announced today that the official release date for the new operating system 'Windows 2000' will be delayed until the second quarter of 1901." -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected." - The UNIX Programmer's Manual, Second Edition (June 1972) --------------F37B0E25A39500AA966A619F Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="CTOP.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for Justin Hamilton Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="CTOP.vcf" begin:vcard n:Hamilton;Justin tel;fax:(205) 985-8523 tel;work:(205) 620-CTOP (2867) x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:CTOP Computers adr:;;549, Creekview Drive;Pelham;AL;35124;USA version:2.1 email;internet:JHamilton@Earthling.Net title:Linux Intranet Specialist x-mozilla-cpt:;-16496 fn:Justin Hamilton end:vcard --------------F37B0E25A39500AA966A619F-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe: send e-mail to hppa-linux-request@thepuffingroup.com with `unsubscribe' as the subject.