From: Ulf Carlsson <grim@zigzegv.ml.org>
To: Jeff Coffin <jcoffin@sv.usweb.com>, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com
Subject: Re: Partial Success Report
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:46:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <19981016214659.A2754@zigzegv.ml.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m3pvbt8k2y.fsf@lil.sv.usweb.com>; from Jeff Coffin on Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 04:46:29PM -0700
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 04:46:29PM -0700, Jeff Coffin wrote:
> > 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.
>
> That's what I thought. I was speculating that the hardware trouble
> was causing the kerel hangs.
Are we sure that the XZ chipset you have is supported? Get a newport one :)
> > I'm currently running hardhat diskless, I'm only using the IRIX
> > harddrive when I boot (the bootp command is loaded from the
> > harddrive).
>
> Not from the PROM? How does that work? (I'm new to SGI's and getting
> IRIX up at all from just a CD and a new hard drive was a "learning
> experience")
I thought the bootp command was loaded from the IRIX partition, because it
didn't work when I removed the IRIX harddrive, atleast it didn't with my old
PROM. It claimed that it couldn't find the bootp() command - maybe I'm out of
my mind, I'll check next time I remove the cover...
- Ulf
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1998-10-16 19:46 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1998-10-15 20:50 Partial Success Report Jeff Coffin
1998-10-15 22:17 ` Ulf Carlsson
1998-10-15 23:46 ` Jeff Coffin
1998-10-16 19:46 ` Ulf Carlsson [this message]
1998-10-17 1:15 ` XZ Jeremy John Welling
1998-10-17 9:17 ` XZ Thomas Bogendoerfer
1998-10-17 23:56 ` XZ ralf
1998-10-18 17:32 ` XZ George Kyriazis
1998-10-18 23:10 ` XZ ralf
1998-10-19 0:15 ` XZ William J. Earl
1998-10-19 6:44 ` XZ Fernando D. Mato Mira
1998-10-19 19:53 ` XZ George Kyriazis
1998-10-19 19:53 ` XZ George Kyriazis
1998-10-20 1:41 ` XZ ralf
1998-10-17 2:01 ` Partial Success Report ralf
1998-10-18 0:09 ` Ulf Carlsson
1998-10-19 0:15 ` William J. Earl
1998-10-19 0:13 ` William J. Earl
1998-10-17 9:16 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1998-10-22 0:56 Jeff Coffin
1998-10-22 19:06 ` Thomas Bogendoerfer
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