From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-Id: <199903030920.KAA29596@be3334.schering.de> From: "Strelow, Ulrich" To: ",'hppa-linux@thepuffingroup.com' " , ",Mandachi, Dorin \(Omaha\) " Subject: Betr.: RE: [hppa-linux] Another bootstrap test Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 10:18:00 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="---- =_NextPart_000_01BE6557.1254A0AE" Resent-Message-ID: <"z0n_A3.0.1c3.XyFts"@sod.res.cmu.edu> Reply-To: hppa-linux@thepuffingroup.com List-Id: linux-parisc.vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE6557.1254A0AE Content-Type: text/plain Hello Dorin, sorry for the late answer. You have two possiblities to test the bootstrap program on your 712/100: 1. If you have a second disk on that machine, you can follow Jason's original instructions. I have attached them to this mail in case you have not been on the mailing list at that time. 2. The easiest way is to use rbootd. For this test you need a linux-x86 machine connect to the 712/100 via LAN: Download rbootd from ftp://sod.res.cmu.edu/pub/parisc/tools/RPMS/rbootd-2.0-2.i386.rpm and install with rpm -i rbootd-2.0-2.i386.rpm. Create directory /export/hp/rbootd/ and copy BOOTSTRA.BIN to this directory as vmlinux. Edit /etc/rbootd.conf and insert the MAC-address of the ethernet card of your 712/100 in this file. In case you don't know that, you can use HP-UX's landiag(1M). Start rbootd on the linux-x86 machine. Reboot the 712/100, stop the automatic boot process, and let the machine search for potential boot devices. You should get at least two possibilities: your hp-ux disk and the lan-boot linux machine. Select the lan-boot machine and the bootstrap test should be loading. Greetings Ulrich --------------------------------------------- Ulrich Strelow Berlin, Germany ____________________________ Antwort-Abtrennung _______________________________ Betreff: RE: [hppa-linux] Another bootstrap test Autor: ,Mandachi, Dorin (Omaha) [SMTP:Dorin.Mandachi@cox.com] bei BE2183 Datum: 01.03.99 22:26 I apologize for my ignorance, can sbdy give me a few pointers on what I need to do to load the bootstrap on a 712/100 with no floppy? Dorin Mandachi ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE6557.1254A0AE Content-Type: text/plain; name="bootstra.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="bootstra.txt" Autor: ,Jason Eckhardt [SMTP:jason@equator.com] bei BE2183 Datum: 18.02.99 00:09 Priorit=E4t: Standard Blindkopie: Ulrich Strelow bei BE0103_1 An: ,hppa-linux@puffingroup.com [SMTP:hppa-linux@puffingroup.com] bei = BE2183 An: ,jason@equator.com [SMTP:jason@equator.com] bei BE2183 Betreff: [hppa-linux] bootstrap test ------------------------------- Nachrichteninhalt = ------------------------------ Greetings HPPA hacks: I have enclosed a simple bootstrap test binary for HPPA/Linux. At this = point,=20 it is not much more than a "hello world" type program but shows that we can get a bootstrap going. I would be grateful if one or two of you would test it on your systems. = I have=20 tested it on my C160 which is a PA2.0-based system and would like to = make sure it works correctly on PA1.1 systems before doing more work. =20 Instructions: 1. uudecode the enclosed "bootstrap.bin" binary. 2. Write bootstrap.bin to a unused harddisk in raw mode (at the = beginning of the media). On my HPUX system, I use "dd if=3Dbootstrap.bin of=3D/dev/rdsk/c0t5d0" to write the boot = image to=20 my scratch disk. (You might also be able to burn a CDROM instead, = but=20 I haven't tried it). Be careful and make sure this is a scratch drive -- or at least = backup=20 the sectors that will be overwritten (about 40Kbytes) and restore = them=20 later! 3. Reboot the system. Stop the autoboot and ask the ROM to boot from the scratch disk (I just set this disk up as the "alternate boot = path"=20 and then use "bo alt" at the boot prompt). 4. Hopefully you will then see a message "HPPA/Linux Bootstrap" which = means it worked. There will also be a line printed "CPU x: (yyyyyyyy)". = This=20 is your CPUID. =20 Your feedback would be appreciated, i.e. did it work or not on your = system.=20 Please send the CPU line as well. =20 Thanks very much for your time, Jason. =20 =20 =20 ----------------------------------------------------------------------=20 To unsubscribe: send e-mail to hppa-linux-request@puffingroup.com with=20 `unsubscribe' as the subject. ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE6557.1254A0AE-- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe: send e-mail to hppa-linux-request@thepuffingroup.com with `unsubscribe' as the subject.