[parisc-linux] 712/60: No login, only crashes

[parisc-linux] 712/60: No login, only crashes

[Markus Ungermann]

Hi,

i get an HP 712/60 last week, it has an installed Debian and this works
good. But the HD is to little, only 520MB (with 128MB Swap).

Then i installed PA-Linux 0.9 on a 3.2GB-HD (Quantum Fireball 3200S ),
but after the first reboot:
- the system starts and 
- the Init-Process works, 
- it enter Runlevel 2
- then instead of a login i get an Crash
I get a Dump list (How can i print/copy this?) and the following line:

Kernel Fault Code 26 regs(differents everytime)


Ok, i use another HD 2.1GB (IBM DFRS ...) but, the same ....

I have Bootmon 1.2, i tries to update it (with a tape) but it didn't
work.

If fsck failed, and i must login as root, i have no Problems, it seens
to be an error with the login-script.

Can someone help me to login ?
Or how can i boot into single mode (there is no lilo ;-))) ?

Is the powersupply strong enough for a second intern HD (then i boot
from the 520MB und use the Quantum as /usr) ?


-- 
cu Markus Ungermann

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		 ->> Linus B. Torvalds

Re: [parisc-linux] 712/60: No login, only crashes

[Peter Weilbacher]

Hi Markus!

On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Markus Ungermann wrote:

> Then i installed PA-Linux 0.9 on a 3.2GB-HD (Quantum Fireball 3200S ),
> but after the first reboot:
> - the system starts and
> - the Init-Process works,
> - it enter Runlevel 2
> - then instead of a login i get an Crash
> I get a Dump list (How can i print/copy this?) and the following line:
>
> Kernel Fault Code 26 regs(differents everytime)

I had the same error when I installed it, I think it is in the known
bugs on the webpage. The developers told me to be patient, those are
bugs in the graphical STI interface.

A perhaps related problem is that if you try to go down further than
the end of the file in vi, it crashes with a similar dump screen.

> Can someone help me to login ?
> Or how can i boot into single mode (there is no lilo ;-))) ?

- Press <escape> before booting.
- search for the boot device:
	search scsi
- start the ipl:
	boot <scsi-dev> ipl
- edit the last parameter and add with a space:
	" init=1" or " init=/bin/sh"
Starting the IPL boot should get you booted. You should then perhaps
edit /etc/inittab before trying further.

Can anyone tell me, which script in /etc/init.d starts the virtual
consoles? It's none from the ones in /etc/rc1.d/...

> Is the powersupply strong enough for a second intern HD (then i boot
> from the 520MB und use the Quantum as /usr) ?

Just try it? There is a special room for a second disk in my
machine, which I cannot use because the other disks I have get too
hot.

Gruesse,
	Peter.

Re: [parisc-linux] 712/60: No login, only crashes

[Christoph Plattner]

There is no script starting the virtual console, it is kernel stuff.
But you can remove the login (any thing like "*getty") in the bottom of
the inittab, but then you will not have any login !!

The devices /dev/tty1 up to /dev/tty9 (I think) are the virtual
consoles.
The only way to use the full machine without virtual consoles is the
use of the serial console !
The kernel line must say "console=ttyS0" and in the inittab the "*getty"
should have ttyS0 as paramter ....

With friendly regards
	Christoph P.


Peter Weilbacher wrote:
> 
> Hi Markus!
> 
> On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Markus Ungermann wrote:
> 
> > Then i installed PA-Linux 0.9 on a 3.2GB-HD (Quantum Fireball 3200S ),
> > but after the first reboot:
> > - the system starts and
> > - the Init-Process works,
> > - it enter Runlevel 2
> > - then instead of a login i get an Crash
> > I get a Dump list (How can i print/copy this?) and the following line:
> >
> > Kernel Fault Code 26 regs(differents everytime)
> 
> I had the same error when I installed it, I think it is in the known
> bugs on the webpage. The developers told me to be patient, those are
> bugs in the graphical STI interface.
> 
> A perhaps related problem is that if you try to go down further than
> the end of the file in vi, it crashes with a similar dump screen.
> 
> > Can someone help me to login ?
> > Or how can i boot into single mode (there is no lilo ;-))) ?
> 
> - Press <escape> before booting.
> - search for the boot device:
>         search scsi
> - start the ipl:
>         boot <scsi-dev> ipl
> - edit the last parameter and add with a space:
>         " init=1" or " init=/bin/sh"
> Starting the IPL boot should get you booted. You should then perhaps
> edit /etc/inittab before trying further.
> 
> Can anyone tell me, which script in /etc/init.d starts the virtual
> consoles? It's none from the ones in /etc/rc1.d/...
> 
> > Is the powersupply strong enough for a second intern HD (then i boot
> > from the 520MB und use the Quantum as /usr) ?
> 
> Just try it? There is a special room for a second disk in my
> machine, which I cannot use because the other disks I have get too
> hot.
> 
> Gruesse,
>         Peter.
> 
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Re: [parisc-linux] 712/60: No login, only crashes

[Simeon Walker]

Hi,
  i saw this problem too a few weeks ago (search the list for the thread
'[parisc-linux] Re: Kernel faults on boot'). If you get into run level
one 
(as one of the other replies here shows) you can the finish the install. 
If you download the kernel source from cvs and compile/install that
then you should be able to boot ok. It worked for me.

Regards,
Simeon

Markus Ungermann wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> i get an HP 712/60 last week, it has an installed Debian and this works
> good. But the HD is to little, only 520MB (with 128MB Swap).
> 
> Then i installed PA-Linux 0.9 on a 3.2GB-HD (Quantum Fireball 3200S ),
> but after the first reboot:
> - the system starts and
> - the Init-Process works,
> - it enter Runlevel 2
> - then instead of a login i get an Crash
> I get a Dump list (How can i print/copy this?) and the following line:
> 
> Kernel Fault Code 26 regs(differents everytime)
> 
> Ok, i use another HD 2.1GB (IBM DFRS ...) but, the same ....
> 
> I have Bootmon 1.2, i tries to update it (with a tape) but it didn't
> work.
> 
> If fsck failed, and i must login as root, i have no Problems, it seens
> to be an error with the login-script.
> 
> Can someone help me to login ?
> Or how can i boot into single mode (there is no lilo ;-))) ?
> 
> Is the powersupply strong enough for a second intern HD (then i boot
> from the 520MB und use the Quantum as /usr) ?
> 
> --
> cu Markus Ungermann
> 
>        Look at my website: http://www.tuxhausen.de
>                      !! Ask me for my PGP-Key !
> 
>         `Software is like sex; it's best when it´s free´
>                  ->> Linus B. Torvalds
> 
> _______________________________________________
> parisc-linux mailing list
> parisc-linux@lists.parisc-linux.org
> http://lists.parisc-linux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/parisc-linux


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