[gentoo-hppa] Ramdisk error and the mux board

[gentoo-hppa] Ramdisk error and the mux board

[Dieter Ries]

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hi, I am new to the list, but ive read something in the archive which seems 
very important to me:

i have exactly the same ramdisk problem as described on this email:
http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-hppa@lists.gentoo.org/msg00008.html


could you please describe to a newbie what that mux-board is, what it looks 
like, where i can find it and how i can remove it?
That would be great!

cu
Dieter

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Re: [gentoo-hppa] Ramdisk error and the mux board

[Guy Martin]

Dieter,


The mux board is a serial adapter board. The one I have has a connector similar to a paralel port but wider and with more pins.

Removing it shouldn't be too hard provided you got the right screwdriver :)

  Guy


On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:06:43 +0200
Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> wrote:

> hi, I am new to the list, but ive read something in the archive which seems 
> very important to me:
> 
> i have exactly the same ramdisk problem as described on this email:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-hppa@lists.gentoo.org/msg00008.html
> 
> 
> could you please describe to a newbie what that mux-board is, what it looks 
> like, where i can find it and how i can remove it?
> That would be great!
> 
> cu
> Dieter
> 
> -- 
> Frank Castle is dead!
> Call me 'The PUNISHER'!
> 


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Re: [gentoo-hppa] Ramdisk error and the mux board

[Dieter Ries]

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Great, thank you.

I think tomorrow evening there will be another HP 9000 running linux ...

cu
Dieter

Am Sonntag 23 April 2006 21:13 schrieb Guy Martin:
> Dieter,
>
>
> The mux board is a serial adapter board. The one I have has a connector
> similar to a paralel port but wider and with more pins.
>
> Removing it shouldn't be too hard provided you got the right screwdriver :)
>
>   Guy
>
>
> On Sun, 23 Apr 2006 21:06:43 +0200
>
> Dieter Ries <clip2@gmx.de> wrote:
> > hi, I am new to the list, but ive read something in the archive which
> > seems very important to me:
> >
> > i have exactly the same ramdisk problem as described on this email:
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-hppa@lists.gentoo.org/msg00008.html
> >
> >
> > could you please describe to a newbie what that mux-board is, what it
> > looks like, where i can find it and how i can remove it?
> > That would be great!
> >
> > cu
> > Dieter
> >
> > --
> > Frank Castle is dead!
> > Call me 'The PUNISHER'!
>
> --
> Guy Martin
> Gentoo Linux - HPPA port Lead / IPv6 team

-- 
Frank Castle is dead!
Call me 'The PUNISHER'!

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Re: [gentoo-hppa] Ramdisk error and the mux board

[Brett Johnson]

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 09:06:43PM +0200, Dieter Ries wrote:
> could you please describe to a newbie what that mux-board is, what it looks 
> like, where i can find it and how i can remove it?
> That would be great!
> 
The mux board I removed was model J2092A. It has a giant 73 pin female
DB type connector in it, and other markings like an LED with Mux Status,
RS-232-C Direct Connect MUX.

As a side not, while I was configuring the kernel for my system, I
noticed the max number of mux ports was set to 16. I thought this may
have been the problem since the MPD has 8 ports (even though I can only
find 1), and the J2092A has an addition 16 ports, so I was looking at 24
ports total. When I configured my kernel, I set this value to 32, hoping
that would resolve the issue. I just tried putting the J2092A back in,
and I saw simiar problems. I am continuing to research this issue as I
would like to have the Mux card installed, and I don't have a filler
plate to cover the hole where the mux card should be. It is starting to
look like a nice piece of Duct Tape may be neede to full the hole though
:(

Brett
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Re: [gentoo-hppa] Ramdisk error and the mux board

[Dieter Ries]

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Hi,

removing the MUX board solved the ramdisk problem at my HP, too, but i have 
another Kernel panic afterwards. The 32Bit Kernel as well as the 64Bit kernel 
(which outputs some strange pages before but kept running into the 
ramdisk-error, too) seems mainly to work, but after

freeing unused kernel memory: 320k freed

it shows a message like that:

Failed to execute /linuxrc'. Attempting defaults...
Setting up filesystem, please wait...

after minutes of waiting i pressed CR/LF , and there was

Kernel panic - not syncing: Kernel Fault.

This error occurred with the debian-etch iso, because i was not able to boot 
from the gentoo-isos, i dont know why, 


And there is another problem., after switching the machine off and on again 
after kernel panic, the display of tha machine said something like 

PS /*I dont know*/
cpus=3333 ps=4

I removed the third CPU and it worked again, could you tell me whats wrong 
with my Powersupply?

cu
Dieter


Am Montag 24 April 2006 00:38 schrieb Brett Johnson:
> On Sun, Apr 23, 2006 at 09:06:43PM +0200, Dieter Ries wrote:
> > could you please describe to a newbie what that mux-board is, what it
> > looks like, where i can find it and how i can remove it?
> > That would be great!
>
> The mux board I removed was model J2092A. It has a giant 73 pin female
> DB type connector in it, and other markings like an LED with Mux Status,
> RS-232-C Direct Connect MUX.
>
> As a side not, while I was configuring the kernel for my system, I
> noticed the max number of mux ports was set to 16. I thought this may
> have been the problem since the MPD has 8 ports (even though I can only
> find 1), and the J2092A has an addition 16 ports, so I was looking at 24
> ports total. When I configured my kernel, I set this value to 32, hoping
> that would resolve the issue. I just tried putting the J2092A back in,
> and I saw simiar problems. I am continuing to research this issue as I
> would like to have the Mux card installed, and I don't have a filler
> plate to cover the hole where the mux card should be. It is starting to
> look like a nice piece of Duct Tape may be neede to full the hole though
>
> :(
>
> Brett

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