Message-ID: <38EA08FD.91925A6B@amazon.de> Date: Tue, 04 Apr 2000 17:23:41 +0200 From: Harald Beugler-Bell <hbell@amazon.de> Subject: [Fwd: failure notice]
"Ward, Jonathan" wrote:
> =
> Actually the -f flag is needed for any and all partitions with overlap =
the
> REGION you are writing the boot sector to. If you use a standard UNIX =
BSD
> label with partition c =3D whole disk (0-xxx), then you need -f3. If y=
ou
> create a boot partition (most people do, but it is not needed) you wil=
l
> ALSO need -f1.
> =
> The result is
> swriteboot -f1 -f3 /dev/sda /boot/bootlx
> =
> swriteboot should report an error if there are other overlapping partit=
ions.
> =
> What command are you using to boot? Are you booting from SRM or AlphaB=
IOS?
> Was this an NT or UNIX machine before? SRM requires BSD style disklabe=
ls,
> AlphaBIOS requires DOS style.
I'm booting from SRM. I had True64 on the machine before. I wrote a new
disklabel with the Linux fdisk utility (bsd-type) and deleted c: as
whole-disk-partition before I created the other partitions:
a: /boot, b: /, c: swap, d: /usr, e: /var and f: /opt
again the boot commands I used:
>> boot dkb0 -fi 2/boot/vmlinuz -flags root=3D/dev/sda2
and
>> boot dkb0 0
=2E..setting the following line in aboot.conf:
0:2/boot/vmlinuz ro root=3D/dev/sda2
> =
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Harald Beugler-Bell [mailto:hbell@amazon.de]
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 9:14 AM
> > To: Lennart B=F6rjeson
> > Cc: suse-axp@suse.com
> > Subject: Re: SV: [suse-axp] Boot problems
> >
> >
> > Lennart B=F6rjeson wrote:
> > >
> > > You should do swriteboot to /dev/sda, not /dev/sda1 !
> >
> > Oh I=B4m sorry, this was a typo, I wrote to /dev/sda, also the line i=
n
> > aboot.conf is without " at the end:
> > 0:2/boot/vmlinuz ro root=3D/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
> > > =C4mne: [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=3D/dev/sda2
> > > and
> > > >> boot dkb0 0
> > > ...setting the following line in aboot.conf:
> > > 0:2/boot/vmlinuz ro root=3D/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 syste=
m
> > > 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 packe=
t
> > > kernmods.rpm is installed.
> > >
> > > from /var/log/messages:
> > > ....
> > >
> > ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> > ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> > >
> > ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> > ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> > > ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@
> > > Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IEV5 BC_TAG_ADDR^I^I^I=3D
> > > ffffff804c4f6fff
> > > Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IEV5 EI_ADDR: Phys addr
> > of Xfer^I=3D
> > > ffffff004c002f4f
> > > Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IFill Syndrome^I^I^I=3D
> > > d200
> > > Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^IEI_STAT reg^I^I^I=3D
> > fffffff005ffffff
> > > Apr 4 10:41:27 de-linus-2 kernel: ^ILD_LOCK^I^I^I^I=3D
> > ffffff0000567d9f
> > > Apr 4 10:46:27 de-linus-2 syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
> > >
> > > Hari
> > > --
> > > | Harald Beugler-Bell
> > > | IT * UNIX Systems *
> > > | ++49-(0)941-78878-181
> > > | http://www.amazon.de
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