From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from brev.stud.ntnu.no (brev.stud.ntnu.no [129.241.56.70]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24A94829 for ; Sat, 31 May 2003 15:40:31 -0600 (MDT) Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 23:40:29 +0200 From: Stian =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8iland?= To: "Siraj 'Sid' Rakhada" Cc: parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] Installation on a K370 with Debian 3.0r1 + RAID1 boot. Message-ID: <20030531214029.GD9267@itea.ntnu.no> References: <56739.194.131.108.2.1054389276.squirrel@ssl.mindless.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 In-Reply-To: <56739.194.131.108.2.1054389276.squirrel@ssl.mindless.co.uk> 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: On 2003-05-31 15:54:36, Siraj 'Sid' Rakhada wrote: > If you skip this step, Debian will boot, but you will be unable to use the > console. > Note I have not actually done the above when I was installing - I cheated > and installed sshd via a chroot setup - because I did not realise the > ttyB0 major number was incorrect on the install CD. I'm expecting that > modifying the device as above should work. If I had more time I would have > tried the above method. For later boots, devfs and devfsd should be able to handle this if your kernel supports it. > This is also the first time I've ever really used a HP box, and they are > ... interesting :) e.g. is it normal that the machine will take about 10+ > minutes to boot up? (just to get to the boot ROM, nothing to do with linux > - self tests are enabled, though disabilng them does not make too much of > a difference). Oh yeah, my K250 takes ages just to get started, the LCD display and status line on the serial console changes with different numbers. Any idea of what all those numbers mean? I suppose they are different parts that are tested, but a translation would be nice.=20 My manuals does not explain these messages in detail.. How ever, nice guide, I wish I had it when I set up my system =3D) =2E.. goes off-topic: I have 6 SCSI disks connected, distributed in two raid1-sets for / and /usr, and a raid5-set for /home. Some of the disks are 4 GB, the rest 2 GB, so I've done dirty tricks with partitions to get the whole thing up, and not waisting any space, and I now even have a spare disk, although tests reveal the disk is broken.. I've managed to get two more 2 GB-disk to replace it.. =3D) Ah, yes, the K250 is BIG, but there's only room for 4 disks! Stupid! I've placed one disk beside the CD-rom, connected to the other controller, and the last disk in an external cabinet =3D) I've wondered if it would not be possible to modify the housing to get room for more disks... Would it be immoral of me to destroy the beauty of a K250 by cutting some holes here and there? =3D) --=20 Stian S=F8iland Work toward win-win situation. Win-lose Trondheim, Norway is where you win and the other lose. http://www.soiland.no/ Lose-lose and lose-win are left as an exercise to the reader. [Limoncelli/Hogan] K250 at http://beist.ntnu.nu/ =3D) =20