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 MAA80213 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:46:15 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id MAA27903 for linux-list; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:45:33 -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 MAA95104 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:45:31 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (grim@zigzegv.ml.org) Received: from calypso.saturn (dialup122-1-42.swipnet.se [130.244.122.42]) 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 MAA09377 for ; Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:45:28 -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 21:46:59 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <19981016214659.A2754@zigzegv.ml.org> Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:46:59 +0200 From: Ulf Carlsson To: Jeff Coffin , linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Partial Success Report References: <19981016001717.B2072@zigzegv.ml.org> 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 04:46:29PM -0700 Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk 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