From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from viefep16-int.chello.at (viefep16-int.chello.at [213.46.255.17]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66F92482A for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 14:52:17 -0700 (MST) Message-ID: <3C435308.19B3FA00@gmx.at> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:52:08 +0100 From: Christoph Plattner MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rodolfo Baselli Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org, willy@debian.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Installation console problem References: <3C42D90E.20909@deaprofessionale.it> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hello ! Your machine needs a very new kernel with my new driver handling the console. The multi-serial board, which is used on the server (I have an E55) is not supported by Linux yet, but you can use the PDC console driver on the server to boot. For the SCSI and the parallel port, you have no chance, yet, to boot the machine. So you can only boot the machine diskless via NFS root, but it runs OK (ok, diskless server is quite a bit for hackers only ...) You need a current kernel (I don't know, if the PCD console driver is already installed on the 0.9.3, so fetch a kernel, and activate the PDC console driver under non-standard serial devices under the character device stuff. There you also get a help, how to setup all that stuff (mknod /dev/ttyB0, etc....). The hole configuration is quite simple to do, if you know some basics. But the problem you see, is not directly the problem concerning the serial console (but you will come to this problem some seconds later ...). Very often my PA RISC boxes block after the sentence "If this is the last message you see, ...", but simple wait here, half a minute or some. But after a couple of further lines, you will have the console problem, and then you need the setup with the PDC console driver. With friendly regards Christoph P. Rodolfo Baselli wrote: > > Hi out there! > I'm trying to install the 0.9.3 CD on a HP9000/E45/A3130AW. > I managed to boot the image, but then I got this message on the serial > line console: > "If this is the last message you see, you may need to switch your > console. This is a common symptom - search the FAQ and mailing lists" > but I found nothing, since I'm asking you... :-( > What's happened? > > Thank you for your patience. > > Rudy > (Italy) > > _______________________________________________ > parisc-linux mailing list > parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org > http://lists.parisc-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux -- ------------------------------------------------------- private: christoph.plattner@gmx.at company: christoph.plattner@alcatel.at