RE: [suse-axp] Boot hangs when installing on AS 250/4

From: Tim Duggan (tduggan@dekaresearch.com)
Date: Tue Mar 14 2000 - 06:44:00 PST

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From: Tim Duggan <tduggan@dekaresearch.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2000 09:44:00 -0500
Subject: RE: [suse-axp] Boot hangs when installing on AS 250/4

    Just a guess, does it have a TGA video card? I remember some time ago
    there was a problem with kernel images not having TGA support. The fix
    was to download a different image, IIRC it was called vm_full (or
    something like that). Scan through the archives looking for TGA in the
    subject line.

    Sorry I can't be of more help,
    Tim

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Stefan.Gasteiger@Gendorf.de [SMTP:Stefan.Gasteiger@Gendorf.de]
    > Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 7:46 AM
    >
    > Hi out there!
    >
    > At first I've got to say that I'm not experienced with Alphas at all.
    >
    > I just tried to install SuSE on an AS250/4.
    > Therefore I created a "aboot" disk with rawrite and the file
    > "aboot_xx" from
    > ftp.suse.com.
    >
    > To boot the disk I enter at the SRM console:
    > boot dva0 -f vmlinuz.gz -flags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
    > /bootdevice=/dev/fd0"
    >
    > This is the screen output I get:
    >
    > reading 156 blocks from dva0.0.0.0.1
    > bootstrap code read in
    > base = lf2000, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 13800
    > Initializing HWRPB at 2000
    > Initializing page table at 1e4000
    > Initializing machine stab
    > Setting affinity to the primary CPU
    > Jumping to bootstrap code
    >
    > Then the machine hangs up.
    >
    > Thank you for any tips!
    >

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