Message-ID: <E536C8EE2A1FD31195370008C79FFA1F0C663E@world.cinnober.com> From: Lennart Börjeson <LennartB@cinnober.com> Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:13:31 +0200 Subject: SV: [suse-axp] Boot problems
You should do swriteboot to /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1 !
(I don't remember all particulars concerning the -f switch, but I believe
-f3 is the recommended one.)
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Fran: Harald Beugler-Bell [mailto:hbell@amazon.de]
Skickat: den 4 april 2000 12:08
Till: suse-axp@suse.com
Ämne: [suse-axp] Boot problems
I installed axp-suse linux 6.3 on an Alpha 1200 server and ran into
"some" problems.
1. The system does not boot from disk
2. random system crashes
Any help is welcome. See a more detailed description of problems below.
Here some system data:
Server: Alpha 1200, 2 CPUs (EV56), 768 MB memory
Firmware: Version 5.6-4
Controller: NCR53C810 (CD-ROM)
QLogicISP10X0 (hard disks)
disk type (sda): DS-RZ10F-VW (9,1 GB)
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+ to 1. The system does not boot from disk
-------------------------------------------
I created 6 partitions and changed the blocksize in /boot and / to 1024.
a: /boot, b: /, c: swap, d: /usr, e: /var and f: /opt
I installed Linux with the SMP-Kernel. Then I installed aboot with the
command:
# swriteboot -f1 /dev/sda1 /boot/bootlx
I tried to boot:
>> boot dkb0 -fi 2/boot/vmlinuz -flags root=/dev/sda2
and
>> boot dkb0 0
...setting the following line in aboot.conf:
0:2/boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2"
however boot stops with the message "kernel stack not valid halt"
I reinstalled the kernel - same story. Did I miss something??
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+ to 2. random system crashes
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(after boot from the installation CD ROM) I experience random system
crashes with log messages I cannot interperet (see below). Might be
related to problem 1 ??
The kernel is the SMP Kernel for multi-processor systems. The packet
kernmods.rpm is installed.
from /var/log/messages:
....
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IEV5 BC_TAG_ADDR^I^I^I=
ffffff804c4f6fff
Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IEV5 EI_ADDR: Phys addr of Xfer^I=
ffffff004c002f4f
Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IFill Syndrome^I^I^I=
d200
Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IEI_STAT reg^I^I^I= fffffff005ffffff
Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^ILD_LOCK^I^I^I^I= ffffff0000567d9f
Apr 4 10:46:27 de-linus-2 syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Hari
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