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 (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA31280 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:16:31 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id PAA37815 for linux-list; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:15:50 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from sgi.sgi.com (sgi.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.37]) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id PAA07671 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:15:48 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (grim@zigzegv.ml.org) Received: from calypso.saturn (dialup148-3-41.swipnet.se [130.244.148.169]) by sgi.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980304.SGI-aspam: SGI does not authorize the use of its proprietary systems or networks for unsolicited or bulk email from the Internet.) via ESMTP id PAA08758 for ; Thu, 15 Oct 1998 15:15:46 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (grim@zigzegv.ml.org) Received: by zigzegv.ml.org via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.101) for linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:17:17 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19981016001717.B2072@zigzegv.ml.org> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 00:17:17 +0200 From: Ulf Carlsson To: Jeff Coffin , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Partial Success Report References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2 In-Reply-To: ; from Jeff Coffin on Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 01:50:31PM -0700 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Hello, > Last night I got the HardHat kernel to boot via the bootp method > described in the Howto and, as expected from the experiences of > Richard Hartensveld, it hung looking for a console. I then grabbed > newer kernels (2.1.116 and 2.1.121) from the /pub/test on the ftp > server and attmepted to get them loaded by the same mechanism, but > both of them hang after loading via tftp. It *should* find an initial console if you have mounted the root filesystem from the hardhat CD correctly. You can probably install hardhat on a i386 box in your local network if you want, and boot directly into an already installed hardhat via nfs-root. That hardhat default installer is _very_ annoying, it crashes all the time.. (signal 11, out of memory etc..), I don't know if this would solve your problems - but it helped me... :) Give the --root option to rpm, and install the needed rpms from the cd > I don't know where to go from here, so I'm looking for ideas. Hinv > and the boot log from the hardhat kernel boot are below. > > I'm thinking about removing the gfx board entirely and seeing if that > has any effect, will that do me any good? It would probably not make much difference, "Warning: unable to open an initial console" isn't caused by a gfx board neither an old kernel, but from an incorrect /dev/console. I'm currently running hardhat diskless, I'm only using the IRIX harddrive when I boot (the bootp command is loaded from the harddrive). - Ulf