Newbie Question, Please help

Newbie Question, Please help

[Robert Rusek]

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I just got a SGI Challenge S.  I need advice on which flavor of Linux I should install, RedHat or Debian.  Which is the better choice.  I also need to find out how to install this.  I already attempted and failed to install the RedHat 5.1.  I am using a RedHat 7.0 box to do the install (bootp/tftp/nfs) but I am not even able to get the setup to run.  I am using the latest version of DHCP/BOOTP (ics 2.0) to try to boot.  It gets the address then claims it is sending the vmlinux file via tftp.  On the SGI it just times out.

Any advice, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Robert Ruserk

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Newbie Question, Please help

[Robert Rusek]

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I just got a SGI Challenge S.  I need advice on which flavor of Linux I should install, RedHat or Debian.  Which is the better choice.  I also need to find out how to install this.  I already attempted and failed to install the RedHat 5.1.  I am using a RedHat 7.0 box to do the install (bootp/tftp/nfs) but I am not even able to get the setup to run.  I am using the latest version of DHCP/BOOTP (ics 2.0) to try to boot.  It gets the address then claims it is sending the vmlinux file via tftp.  On the SGI it just times out.

Any advice, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Robert Ruserk

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Re: Newbie Question, Please help

[John D. Davis]

You should make sure that the vmlinux kernel is nfsroot configured. Check
the config-* file for CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y.  Also read the nfsroot.txt in the
cvs Documentation directory for more info.  I found that getting the linux
filesystem from a linux box works best.  The major and minor nodes for the
/dev directory are correct.  Also, a useful installation page is located
at:

http://www.stafwag.f2s.com/indy/?lang=eng

I found this helpful.
john davis

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Robert Rusek wrote:

> I just got a SGI Challenge S.  I need advice on which flavor of Linux I should install, RedHat or Debian.  Which is the better choice.  I also need to find out how to install this.  I already attempted and failed to install the RedHat 5.1.  I am using a RedHat 7.0 box to do the install (bootp/tftp/nfs) but I am not even able to get the setup to run.  I am using the latest version of DHCP/BOOTP (ics 2.0) to try to boot.  It gets the address then claims it is sending the vmlinux file via tftp.  On the SGI it just times out.
>
> Any advice, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Robert Ruserk
>

Re: Newbie Question, Please help

[John D. Davis]

You should make sure that the vmlinux kernel is nfsroot configured. Check
the config-* file for CONFIG_ROOT_NFS=y.  Also read the nfsroot.txt in the
cvs Documentation directory for more info.  I found that getting the linux
filesystem from a linux box works best.  The major and minor nodes for the
/dev directory are correct.  Also, a useful installation page is located
at:

http://www.stafwag.f2s.com/indy/?lang=eng

I found this helpful.
john davis

On Tue, 5 Jun 2001, Robert Rusek wrote:

> I just got a SGI Challenge S.  I need advice on which flavor of Linux I should install, RedHat or Debian.  Which is the better choice.  I also need to find out how to install this.  I already attempted and failed to install the RedHat 5.1.  I am using a RedHat 7.0 box to do the install (bootp/tftp/nfs) but I am not even able to get the setup to run.  I am using the latest version of DHCP/BOOTP (ics 2.0) to try to boot.  It gets the address then claims it is sending the vmlinux file via tftp.  On the SGI it just times out.
>
> Any advice, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Robert Ruserk
>

Re: Newbie Question, Please help

[Chris Ruvolo]

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On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 03:08:42PM -0700, Robert Rusek wrote:
> It gets the address then claims it is sending the vmlinux file via tftp.
> On the SGI it just times out.
> 
> Any advice, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

From the HOWTO (http://www.oss.sgi.com/mips/mips-howto.html):

7.6 My machine doesn't download the kernel when I try to netboot

Your machine is replying to the BOOTP packets (you may verify this using a
packet sniffer like tcpdump or ethereal), but doesn't download the kernel
from your BOOTP server. This happens if your boot server is running a kernel
of the 2.3 series or higher. The problem may be circumvented by doing a
"echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc" as root on your boot server.


Good luck.
-Chris

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Re: Newbie Question, Please help

[Adrian.Hulse]

Robert,

Maybe you've already tried this but.

Do you know for sure that tftp works on your RedHat 7.0 box OK ? Can you
use tftp to get files from directory /tftpboot ?

When I installed RedHat 7.0 and tried to use tftp it wouldn't work. I think
it comes with a rpm that is tftp-0.17-??.i386.rpm or something like that.
To check your version type :

rpm -q tftp

According to bugzilla at the time you have to back install to
tftp-0.16-5.i386.rpm. After doing this you will be able to use tftp.





                                                                                                                        
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the setup to run.  I am using the latest version of DHCP/BOOTP (ics 2.0) to
try to boot.  It gets the address then claims it is sending the vmlinux
file via tftp.  On the SGI it just times out.

Any advice, pointers, etc would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Robert Ruserk

Re: Newbie Question, Please help

[Ralf Baechle]

On Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 03:24:11PM -0700, Adrian.Hulse@taec.toshiba.com wrote:
> From: Adrian.Hulse@taec.toshiba.com
> Subject: Re: Newbie Question, Please help
> To: "Robert Rusek" <robru@teknuts.com>
> Cc: linux-mips@oss.sgi.com, owner-linux-mips@oss.sgi.com
                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I wonder who is spreading the idea to send postings to the owner-linux-mips
address?  That address is only for contacting the listadmin and nothing
else.

  Ralf