[parisc-linux] problems with burning iso's

[parisc-linux] problems with burning iso's

[Pengelly, Raymond]

Hello everyone

I'm trying to set up a lab of HP series 700 and 735 workstations with
PA-Linux. I've downloaded the sti-32 iso and burned it but when I try to
boot from the cd drive all i get is five lines of what looks like a memory
dump? Anybody had this problem or ca offer any suggestions? I am able to
mount the CD drive and access the files normally.

Also I was wondering what the md5checksums are all about? 
Do I have to change anything in the iso before I burn it?

Ray Pengelly
rpengelly@ati.stlawrencec.on.ca

Re: [parisc-linux] problems with burning iso's

[Christoph Plattner]

As far as I understand your description, this is correct !
You see about file lines, describing, where the modules
(kernel, ramdisk image, etc) is loaded. And now you must be
patient. In former Linux Releases I had to wait up to half or
full minute to get up. The current kernel on the 0.9.1 is
faster and takes 5-10 seconds (depending on the machine ...)

Wait for a longer time...

By the way. You wrote "series 700". Is this a 9000/720 with
50Mhz or a 730 with 66Mhz (my 720 has the model number A1094).
For those "old" machine you might need a patch in the kernel
to handle an old method of page fault, etc.., handling.
A line must be added then in the `arch/parisc/kernel/trap.c'.
This is true for the old PA7000 CPUs.

If your are intersted I will give you more hints to this point.

With friendly regards
	Christoph P.


"Pengelly, Raymond" wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone
> 
> I'm trying to set up a lab of HP series 700 and 735 workstations with
> PA-Linux. I've downloaded the sti-32 iso and burned it but when I try to
> boot from the cd drive all i get is five lines of what looks like a memory
> dump? Anybody had this problem or ca offer any suggestions? I am able to
> mount the CD drive and access the files normally.
> 
> Also I was wondering what the md5checksums are all about?
> Do I have to change anything in the iso before I burn it?
> 
> Ray Pengelly
> rpengelly@ati.stlawrencec.on.ca
> 
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> parisc-linux mailing list
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Re: [parisc-linux] problems with burning iso's

[Andrew Shugg]

Raymond Pengelly said:
> Also I was wondering what the md5checksums are all about? 

The MD5 checksums of the ISO files are provided so that you can verify
the integrity of the file you have downloaded.  You will obviously need
the md5sum program for your operating system to do so.

> Do I have to change anything in the iso before I burn it?

No.

Andrew.

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