Message-ID: <38E9EAB3.110133A7@amazon.de> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 15:14:27 +0200 From: Harald Beugler-Bell <hbell@amazon.de> Subject: Re: SV: [suse-axp] Boot problems
Lennart Börjeson wrote:
>
> You should do swriteboot to /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1 !
Oh I´m sorry, this was a typo, I wrote to /dev/sda, also the line in
aboot.conf is without " at the end:
0:2/boot/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda2
>
> (I don't remember all particulars concerning the -f switch, but I believe
> -f3 is the recommended one.)
as I understood the option -f is followed by the partition number (here
1 for a) where aboot will write to...
>
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> 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)
>
> -------------------------------------------
> + 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??
>
> ------------------------------
> + to 2. random system crashes
> ------------------------------
> (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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