Re: [parisc-linux] booting on 712/60

[James Waterhouse <james.waterhouse@videotron.ca>]

Hello Helge,

Helge Deller wrote:
> 
> Am Wednesday 18 October 2000 19:04 schrieb David Huggins-Daines:
> > Grant Grundler <grundler@cup.hp.com> writes:
> >
> > > James Waterhouse wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >   I just compiled a ramdisk using mondays cvs src for everything. I'm
> > > > using the graphics console ramdisk file off the puffin.external.hp.com
> > > > (ramdisk20000530-sticon.tgz) to make the ramdisk. Now when I got to boot
> > > > it boots up until the point where the kernel says...
> > >
> > > iirc, ramdisk20000530-sticon.tgz uses a "kluge" /dev/tty major/minor
> number.
> > > I was reading old mail on this and the kluge to use a different
> > > major/minor confused me. I was told this was no longer needed.
> > > So you can use a newer/regular ramdisk.
> >
> > Ah!  Actually that triggers my memory.  You *must* append
> > 'console=tty' to the kernel command line in order to use sticon (or
> > probably fbcon too for that matter), or else it will default to
> > serial.
> >
> > Usually the PALO makefile handles this for you though.
> 
> Yeah, that was the problem ! I just found it too !
> (And you need to enable getty in /etc/inittab).

So what did you do to get it to work? You gave 'console=tty' to the
kernel command line? Where is it that you give the command line? Do you
have to modify a make file or what? Or are you just running palo/palo
with args as given in the palo doc? Which ramdisk did you have to modify
inittab in?

Jame




> 
> Thanks,
> Helge
> 
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