From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: by oss.sgi.com id ; Wed, 31 May 2000 04:00:09 -0700 Received: from pneumatic-tube.sgi.com ([204.94.214.22]:21115 "EHLO pneumatic-tube.sgi.com") by oss.sgi.com with ESMTP id ; Wed, 31 May 2000 03:59:54 -0700 Received: from nodin.corp.sgi.com (fddi-nodin.corp.sgi.com [198.29.75.193]) by pneumatic-tube.sgi.com (980327.SGI.8.8.8-aspam/980310.SGI-aspam) via ESMTP id DAA00992; Wed, 31 May 2000 03:44:06 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com) Received: from cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (cthulhu.engr.sgi.com [192.26.80.2]) by nodin.corp.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/980728.SGI.AUTOCF) via ESMTP id DAA16101; Wed, 31 May 2000 03:38:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id DAA95300 for linux-list; Wed, 31 May 2000 03:30:53 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (owner-linux@relay.engr.sgi.com) Received: from 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 DAA88718 for ; Wed, 31 May 2000 03:30:52 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (jbglaw@ev-stift-gymn.guetersloh.de) Received: from belgarath.esg-guetersloh.mediapoint.de ([193.189.251.50]) by 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 DAA02325 for ; Wed, 31 May 2000 03:26:16 -0700 (PDT) mail_from (jbglaw@ev-stift-gymn.guetersloh.de) Received: by belgarath.esg-guetersloh.mediapoint.de (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8210C51315; Wed, 31 May 2000 12:25:27 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 12:25:27 +0200 From: Jan-Benedict Glaw To: Chris Ruvolo Cc: fisher@sgi.com, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Subject: Re: Problems booting Indigo... Message-ID: <20000531122527.A26328@lug-owl.de> Reply-To: jbglaw@lug-owl.de Mail-Followup-To: Chris Ruvolo , fisher@sgi.com, linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com References: <200005310410.VAA00290@hollywood.engr.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-md5; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0" X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from csr6702@grace.rit.edu on Wed, May 31, 2000 at 04:23:59AM -0400 X-Operating-System: Linux belgarath.esg-guetersloh.mediapoint.de 2.0.35 Sender: owner-linuxmips@oss.sgi.com Precedence: bulk Return-Path: X-Orcpt: rfc822;linuxmips-outgoing --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, May 31, 2000 at 04:23:59AM -0400, Chris Ruvolo wrote: > On Tue, 30 May 2000, William Fisher wrote: > > Ok, I looked at the ARCS prom code for the Indy series machine > >aka an IP22 > > in SGI hardware speak. > Bill, > Thanks for looking this up for us. The port 69 issue was > speculation on our part. I've been talking with someone that has the boot > PROM working with tftp, and it doesn't use port 69 exclusively. Unless > the tftp code changed with different PROM versions, I think we can rule > that out. I hacked the BSD tftpd last night (-> standalone and send from #69) but you're right. It makes no difference at all. This morning, I played with the transceiver again -- 2 switches, 4 possibilities. Tested all, but no success. Some two month ago I booted that Indigo over net (okay, it crashed immediately;) but the only difference is that we used a switched port there... It's brain-dead, but I'll fetch a switch from my old school and test it... MfG, JBG PS: Is there a way to boot the linux kernel off DAT tape or from local HDD? If so, HowTo? --=20 Fehler eingestehen, Gr=F6=DFe zeigen: Nehmt die Rechtschreibreform zur=FCck= !!! /* Jan-Benedict Glaw -- +49-177-5601720 */ keyID=3D0x8399E1BB fingerprint=3D250D 3BCF 7127 0D8C A444 A961 1DBD 5E75 83= 99 E1BB "insmod vi.o and there we go..." (Alexander Viro on linux-kernel) --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEAREBAAYFAjk06JYACgkQHb1edYOZ4btktgCfe0MBLjRISv6mopYNGMBnB2MQ 8bcAnilGchVqUy5rdGmG59EFXvTREEaL =QKiR -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --k+w/mQv8wyuph6w0--