install problem cont'd

alex@chem.ufl.edu
Date: Mon Sep 27 1999 - 09:49:41 PDT

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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 1999 11:49:41 -0500 (EST)
From: alex@chem.ufl.edu
Subject: install problem cont'd

    Hi list,

    thanks for the helpful comments I got so far. They inched me a little
    bit closer to get SuSE 6.1 installed. After booting with -fl 0 enabled
    I get the following messages:

    (boot dva0.0.0.0.1 -flags 0)
    block 0 of dva0.0.0.0.1 is a valid boot block
    reading 216 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
    bootstrap code read in
    base = 148000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 1b000
    Initializing HWRPB at 2000
    Initializing page table at 13a000
    Initializing machine state
    setting affinity to the primary CPU
    jumping to bootstrap code
    aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.5
    aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.35
    aboot: no disklabel found
    aboot: booted_dev=`dva 1 0 0 0 0 0 0'. guessing boot_device=`fd0'
    aboot: loading compressed /vmlinux.gz...
    aboot: ok, now starting the kernel...

    After this the machine reads from the floppy for a little while, hangs,
    i.e., just sits there apparently doing nothing for half an hour by now.
    So, something must be wrong. I tried to swap the diskette to the
    install diskette (suggested by the manual on page 17) even though aboot
    didn't prompt me to, with no result.

    I guess, my questions are the following:
    1. does this look like a hardware problem?
    2. if aboot is just waiting for the install diskette, how do I tell it
    that it is in the drive after I swap?
    3. would it be possible at this point to boot from the CD? If so, what
    flags would be needed?
    4. In order to educate myself better on the boot process, can someone
    give me a pointer to the inner workings, man page, docs, etc. of aboot?
    Obviously I don't have the machine up and running so can't use it to
    look into the man pages.

    Thanks for your help, Alex. 

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