From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from puffin.external.hp.com (puffin.external.hp.com [192.25.206.4]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1C4EA482A for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:10:34 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mailserv2.iuinc.com (mailserv2.iuinc.com [206.245.164.55]) by puffin.external.hp.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id WAA24261 for ; Mon, 3 Sep 2001 22:08:22 -0600 Message-ID: <3B9453BC.60607@videotron.ca> Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 00:08:28 -0400 From: James Waterhouse MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Richard Hirst Cc: "parisc-linux@thepuffingroup.com" , "debian-hppa@lists.debian.org" References: <3B8FB5EF.3020301@videotron.ca> <20010902101556.W11744@linuxcare.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: [parisc-linux] Re: booting problems List-ID: Hello Richard, Richard Hirst wrote: > On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 12:06:07PM -0400, James Waterhouse wrote: > >>Hello everyone, >> I'm seem to be having trouble booting into linux on my 712/60. I hope >>someone can help. I have built a new kernel (from cvs) and also set up >>an nfs root. When I try to boot the linux boots up to the point where it >>says "Cleaning: /tmp/ /var/lock /var/run" and then it just hangs. Any >>idea what is cause it to hang? Could there be a problem with the nfsroot? >> > > Possible. What are you using for your nfsroot? For an nfsroot I'm using the debian base from ftp://puffin.external.hp.com/pub/parisc/binaries/debian/basetars/base-20010404.tar.gz > Does it still respond to pings? Yes it still responds to pings. > What console are you using? I don't know... (do you mean sti or serial? if so then I think it is sti ... whatever is default the config) > Do you get a prompt if you boot with 'init=/bin/sh'? How do I do that? James > > Richard > > >