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 DAA97618 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 03:08:21 -0800 (PST) Return-Path: Received: (from majordomo-owner@localhost) by cthulhu.engr.sgi.com (980427.SGI.8.8.8/970903.SGI.AUTOCF) id DAA31359 for linux-list; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 03:07:40 -0800 (PST) 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 DAA20347 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 03:07:37 -0800 (PST) mail_from (milos@insync.net) Received: from insync.net (vellocet.insync.net [204.253.208.10]) 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 DAA01537 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 03:07:37 -0800 (PST) mail_from (milos@insync.net) Received: from insync.net (miloshm@209-113-28-46.insync.net [209.113.28.46]) by insync.net (8.9.3/8.7.1) with ESMTP id FAA05733 for ; Sat, 27 Feb 1999 05:07:35 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <36D7D1F6.506C5421@insync.net> Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 11:07:34 +0000 From: Miles Lott Reply-To: milos@insync.net Organization: KPRC X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.1 i586) X-Accept-Language: en, ex-MX MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com" Subject: new to list - boot problem Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux@cthulhu.engr.sgi.com Precedence: bulk I have an Indy R5000, so says the case anyway. I was able to setup bootp/tftp/nfs. I can mount the nfs dir from within IRIX. I tried booting from the nfs partition using bootp, and during the boot message it seems to identify the machine and hardware ok. Then I get the "unable to open initial console" message( read: hang ). I'm sure you have seen this before. Have I buggered the unpacking of HardHat? TIA