From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from rotapile (CPE-203-45-167-61.qld.bigpond.net.au [203.45.167.61]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB1D54839 for ; Mon, 27 May 2002 16:53:00 -0600 (MDT) Received: from rob by rotapile with local (Exim 3.22 #1 (Red Hat Linux)) id 17CTMB-0003ZI-00 for ; Tue, 28 May 2002 08:52:51 +1000 Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] New testing ISO available with recent boot-floppies From: Robert Stanford To: PA/Linux Content-Type: text/plain Date: 28 May 2002 08:52:51 +1000 Message-Id: <1022539971.12551.20.camel@rotapile> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: I tried the iso on my K580 (PDC console only) and no joy. Is there any chance of enabling the PDC console (and/or device node in the ramdisk) in the default kernel or does this introduce issues for other machines? Robert Stanford *CUT* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Boot IO Dependent Code (IODC) revision 1 HARD Booted. palo ipl 1.0 root@palinux Mon Apr 1 10:02:53 MST 2002 Boot image contains: 0/vmlinux32 3699025 bytes @ 0x458800 0/vmlinux64 4733474 bytes @ 0x7e0000 0/ramdisk 2656804 bytes @ 0xc64000 Information: No console specified on kernel command line. This is normal. PALO will choose the console currently used by firmware (serial).Current comman: 0/vmlinux ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram initrd=0/ramdisk console=ttyS0 TERM=v2 0: 0/vmlinux 1: ramdisk_size=8192 2: root=/dev/ram 3: initrd=0/ramdisk 4: console=ttyS0 5: TERM=vt102 Edit which field? (or 'b' to boot with this command line)? 4 console=ttyB0 Current command line: 0/vmlinux ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram initrd=0/ramdisk console=ttyB0 TERM=v2 0: 0/vmlinux 1: ramdisk_size=8192 2: root=/dev/ram 3: initrd=0/ramdisk 4: console=ttyB0 5: TERM=vt102 Edit which field? (or 'b' to boot with this command line)? b Command line for kernel: 'ramdisk_size=8192 root=/dev/ram console=ttyB0 TERM=vt' Selected kernel: /vmlinux from partition 0 Selected ramdisk: /ramdisk from partition 0 Warning: kernel name doesn't end with 32 or 64 -- Guessing... This box can boot either 32 or 64-bit kernels...Both kernels available, choosine Entry 00100000 first 00100000 n 6 Segment 0 load 00100000 size 2028032 mediaptr 0x1000 Segment 1 load 002f0000 size 299424 mediaptr 0x1f1000 Segment 2 load 0033c000 size 393548 mediaptr 0x23b000 Segment 3 load 003a0000 size 8192 mediaptr 0x29c000 Segment 4 load 003a8000 size 32768 mediaptr 0x29e000 Segment 5 load 003d1538 size 102176 mediaptr 0x2a6538 Loading ramdisk 2656804 bytes @ 3fd66000... Branching to kernel entry point 0x00100000. If this is the last message you see, you may need to switch your console. This is a common symptom -- search the FAQ and mailing list at parisc-linux.org