Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 01:44:43 +0200 (MEST) From: Ruediger Oertel <ro@suse.de> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0004140139180.28569-100000@fatou.suse.de> Subject: Re: [suse-axp] The usual JENSEN INSTALL Problems
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 moeller.s@lur.rwth-aachen.de wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Werner Posselt wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I know this is a FAQ but I cannot find proper information on how
> > to install linux on the axp150.
> > Is it possible to boot from CD-Rom ?
> Yes the Jwensen is able to boot from cds, only the generic kernels do not
> work on jensens. But I guess using the kernel from khubla should allow you
> to run the installer, but I remember that there is one option in debug or
> something where you can disable, the the ramdisk gets reloaded from cd. As
> the khubla aboot-kernel-disk sports too small a ramdisk, you have to stick
> to the ramdisk on floppy.
> > I have a copy of Suse AXP 6.1 but a readme says that jensen is not yet
> > supported. True ?
> Yup, no support, well Rüdiger sure is helpfull, it is just no real support
> out of the box.
> > www.khubla.com/jensen.html contains some information but I had no success so
> > far.
> >
> > Does the boot Partition have to be of type boot (1) or ext2 (8) when
> > partitioning with minlabel ?
> I would recommend to create a first partition of around 64M as home for
> the /boot tree of the filesystem starting around cylinder 4. That leaves
> room for aboot and an initial kernel before that partition.
> > The instructions provided by Compaq/Digital disappeared at the gatekeeper
> > ftp-site.
> > There is just a note that the procedure is being improved.
> >
> > Is there any other documentation available ???
> Have a look at http://tuddv2.ced.tudelft.nl/jensen, there is more recent
> documentaion, although regarding rh 6.2.
> > Appreciating any hints,
> >
> > Werner Posselt
>
> Rüdiger I would be happy to supply a jensen kernel made from SuSEs kernel
> config for the next release. If we had such a beast It would not be a
> problem to boot from your cd even with jensens.
What kind of hardware (i.e. SCSI-Controller / Network-Card) do these
machines usually run ? It should not be too much of a problem to add
a jensen kernel, although I'll never understand why nobody fixes "generic"
for the jensen.
> BTW, does the SuSE installer in any way require a moularised kernel (as
> the rh 6.2 installer does, even when you have all you need on board of
> your monolithic kernel...)
I don't really see a problem there (at worst an ignorable error message
when trying to load a nonexistent module)
> Ahoi
> Sebastian Moeller
>
> P.S.: Werner I will try to assemble a new aboot-kernel disk soon, with the
> large ramdisk enabled. I will post where to get it once it is ready.
> Thjere might be some delay as I try to incorporate the new aboot 0.7 and
> hopefully the 2.2.15 kernel...
is aboot-0.7 out ? I'm still at aboot-6a ...
>
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with kind regards (mit freundlichem Grinsen),
Ruediger Oertel (ro@suse.de)
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does "DONT PANIC" give a hint ?
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