From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21563 invoked from network); 27 Feb 2004 21:43:25 +0000 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (128.193.0.39) by eagle.gentoo.oregonstate.edu with DES-CBC3-SHA encrypted SMTP; 27 Feb 2004 21:43:25 +0000 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([128.193.0.34] helo=eagle.gentoo.org) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AwplV-00014z-Ep for arch-gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 27 Feb 2004 21:43:25 +0000 Received: (qmail 4518 invoked by uid 50004); 27 Feb 2004 21:43:24 +0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-alpha-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 26163 invoked from network); 27 Feb 2004 21:43:24 +0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5.6944.0 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2004 16:43:19 -0500 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: [gentoo-alpha] Problems booting, as in the forum Thread-Index: AcP9eS+wv2F/iHv6T02stSroRNzu3wAATuRg From: "Donsbach, Jeff" To: "Fluff" , X-OriginalArrivalTime: 27 Feb 2004 21:43:20.0524 (UTC) FILETIME=[B7A2C0C0:01C3FD7A] Subject: RE: [gentoo-alpha] Problems booting, as in the forum X-Archives-Salt: fe858bba-a059-4a61-9a7f-3b21236e427b X-Archives-Hash: 7cfbd8f9486febdd222171091cab22e0 Timeout. "DEC 3300"? As in DEC 3000 Model 300? I.e. one of the old turbochannel bus boxes? If so, Linux is not supported on the turbochannel architecture machines. You could run one of the *BSD variants however. If it is some other "DEC 3300", let us know. Jeff D -----Original Message----- From: Fluff [mailto:fluff@fluff.se]=20 Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 4:34 PM To: gentoo-alpha@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-alpha] Problems booting, as in the forum I tought I'd give it a try posting here as well as in the forums. My problem persists :( I even tried booting of the kernel provided for me on Jay Maynard's LiveCD previously today. TIA, /Fluff Original post follows: "Hello,=20 I've been trying to install Gentoo on one of my alpha-computers, a DEC 3300. But I've been having problmes with the boot-procedure. I've installed the system and compiled a kernel but when I try to boot the kernel I get:=20 aboot>b boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-alpha.nogz root=3D/dev/sdc2 aboot: loading uncompressed boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-alpha.nogz...=20 aboot: segment 0, 3407452 bytes at 0xfffffc0000310000=20 aboot: zero-filling 291180 bytes at 0xfffffc000064fe5c=20 dboot: starting kernel boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-alpga.nogz with arguments root=3D/dev/sdc2=20 Then the screen flicks black for a second and then I get thrown out to the SRM console again with the following code:=20 halted CPU 0=20 halt code =3D 6=20 double error halt=20 PC =3D 200000000=20 boot failure=20 But when I'm booting the kernel from the cd (2.4.19) The kernel boots of nice untill i get a Kernel panic:=20 VFS: Cannot open root device "sdc2" or 08:22=20 Please append a correct "root=3D" boot option=20 Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:22" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- Fluff Abrahamsson TIMELESS SOLUTIONS T: 070 88 88 708 F: 070 88 88 701 E: dune@fluffigt.net W: www.fluffigt.net #: 4049844 -- gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org mailing list -- gentoo-alpha@gentoo.org mailing list