Re: Linux Mips SGI O2 R5000 IP32 INSTALL

[Damian Presswell <damian@clown-fish.com>]

Hi Ilya -

thanks for coming back to me -

I have managed to build a root filesystem using the gentoo sources that 
you suggested - however -
I am unable to boot off the hardisk -
I have fdisked the first scsi disk, created a 50 meg vlhdr, where I have 
copied my pre-compiled vmlinux binaries  -
it  appears to load and provide an entry point but then just hangs and 
goes no further -
I have also added the original netboot vmlinux  binary that I use to 
boot via tftpboot to the HD's volume header but it does the same thing - 
just hangs after the entry point -

I can boot the system using bootp(): and the kernel binary located  in  
the tftpboot using  root=dev/sda3 - but  cannot figure why it  doesnt 
seem to work off the volume header of the HD -

 once again -

any help would be appreciated -

thanks



ilya@theIlya.com wrote:

>Use Gentoo.
>Also, Glaurung's kernels are bit out-od-date. Use self-built
>kernel from recent linux-mips.org CVS. In worst case, use
>one of Gentoo's kernel binaries.
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>	Ilya.
>
>On Mon, Apr 26, 2004 at 09:07:24PM +0100, Damian Presswell wrote:
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>>My apologies if this is the wrong mailing list for this question -
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>>I have recently aquired an SGI  O2 ip32 R5k box that I am trying to 
>>install linux onto -
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>>I have managed to get a binary 64bit kernel to boot vis nfs and bootp() 
>>that I downloaded from Glaurungs website:
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>>http://www.linux-mips.org/~glaurung/
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>>however I am unsure as to the correct rootfs that I am suposed to use - 
>>I pulled down the redhat 7.1 rootfs from somewhere but it hangs when 
>>trying to start the 'local' service - and wont boot if this service is 
>>switched off -
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>>I would be grateful if you could suggest where I may download a suitable 
>>rootfs and ecoff boot image that will work together on my O2 box - would 
>>hate to give in at this stage - and indeed any other help you may be 
>>able to give me as a linux mips O2 user - I will put together an updated 
>>HOWTO once I am sure exactly what I am supposed to be doing - the 
>>information and resources on this subject do seem to be a little vague -
>>
>>thanks for your time
>>
>>Damian
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