From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (IDENT:qmailr@mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA04674 for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:23:40 -0600 Received: from unknown (HELO smtp.linuxcare.com) (216.88.157.131) by mailserv2.iuinc.com with SMTP; 23 Aug 2000 19:23:33 -0000 Received: from dis.i.linuxcare.com (HELO vodka.thepuffingroup.com) (192.168.1.57) by db1.i.linuxcare.com with SMTP; 23 Aug 2000 19:22:58 -0000 Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:08:22 -0400 From: Matthew Wilcox To: Andrew Park Cc: Andrew Shugg , parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] disk required? Message-ID: <20000823130822.M14529@vodka.thepuffingroup.com> References: <20000824014831.A25471@neep.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from Andrew Park on Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:02:07PM -0400 List-ID: On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 02:02:07PM -0400, Andrew Park wrote: > I asked that because I wanted to narrow down the possibility of my > machine's inability to boot from the net. It gets to a part where it says > > pdc_cons die !! this is rapidly becoming a FAQ... maybe I should add it to the FAQ page (do you all promise to look at it if I do?) ... there you go: 6.I'm using the Alpha 0.1 release CD and the machine stops after printing pdc_cons die !! what's going on? The kernel on the CD is set up for serial port console. If you attach a serial cable to the back of your machine then you should see messages appearing on that console instead. You should be able to replace this kernel with one which uses the STI console instead. -- Revolutions do not require corporate support.