Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Andrew Finley]

Thanks Steve,
Should this kernel you provided load on the R5000, if it does can I
continue with the gentoo install documentation provided on gentoo.org. 
Sorry for the dumb questions, but I'm new at this stuff.
-andy

 
On 16 Nov 2004, Stephen P. Becker wrote:
> Andrew Finley wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > I got my little R5000 O2 to netboot the ip32-r5k-20040806.img kernel,
> > then get the message 7774342+160714 entry:oxfffffffff-a0711020, then
> > after a moment my screen completely freaks out, and I have to laterally
> > put the power cord.  Any ideals what I'm doing wrong?
> > 
> > Thanks for your help I can't wait until my O2 is Otoo.
> > 
> > -Andy
> > 
> > --
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> > 
> > 
> 
> I think that might be one of Kumba's old netboots that didn't quite work 
> right.  If I'm not mistaken, he has come up with a new way of making 
> them with an embedded initrd that ActuallyWorks(tm).  You might ask him 
> on our irc channel when he rises from the dead (usually later PM Eastern 
> time).
> 
> If you just want a kernel only, you can try 
> http://dev.gentoo.org/~geoman/vmlinux64-2004-11-06.bz2 for now.  It 
> should work, with the exception of rtc failing.
> 
> Steve
> 
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> 
> 



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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Andrew Finley]

Hi Again,
Steve I tried your kernel, and it boots fine, but I get a kernel panic
when it tries looking for an NFS server.  Do I need an NFS set up? The
online install docs suggest I should be dropped into the ash shell. 
Thanks again for any help.
-Andy

On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 14:32, Andrew Finley wrote:
> Thanks Steve,
> Should this kernel you provided load on the R5000, if it does can I
> continue with the gentoo install documentation provided on gentoo.org. 
> Sorry for the dumb questions, but I'm new at this stuff.
> -andy
> 
>  
> On 16 Nov 2004, Stephen P. Becker wrote:
> > Andrew Finley wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > I got my little R5000 O2 to netboot the ip32-r5k-20040806.img kernel,
> > > then get the message 7774342+160714 entry:oxfffffffff-a0711020, then
> > > after a moment my screen completely freaks out, and I have to laterally
> > > put the power cord.  Any ideals what I'm doing wrong?
> > > 
> > > Thanks for your help I can't wait until my O2 is Otoo.
> > > 
> > > -Andy
> > > 
> > > --
> > > gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > I think that might be one of Kumba's old netboots that didn't quite work 
> > right.  If I'm not mistaken, he has come up with a new way of making 
> > them with an embedded initrd that ActuallyWorks(tm).  You might ask him 
> > on our irc channel when he rises from the dead (usually later PM Eastern 
> > time).
> > 
> > If you just want a kernel only, you can try 
> > http://dev.gentoo.org/~geoman/vmlinux64-2004-11-06.bz2 for now.  It 
> > should work, with the exception of rtc failing.
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > --
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> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> 

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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Pápai Ádám]

Andrew Finley wrote:
> Hi Again,
> Steve I tried your kernel, and it boots fine, but I get a kernel panic
> when it tries looking for an NFS server.  Do I need an NFS set up? The
> online install docs suggest I should be dropped into the ash shell. 
> Thanks again for any help.
> -Andy

I had the same problems. :) You have to set up a NFS server.


Good luck.

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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Andrew Finley]

Thanks Papai,
If I set up the NFS server what should it's export file look like?  


On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 15:27, Pápai Ádám wrote:
> Andrew Finley wrote:
> > Hi Again,
> > Steve I tried your kernel, and it boots fine, but I get a kernel panic
> > when it tries looking for an NFS server.  Do I need an NFS set up? The
> > online install docs suggest I should be dropped into the ash shell. 
> > Thanks again for any help.
> > -Andy
> 
> I had the same problems. :) You have to set up a NFS server.
> 
> 
> Good luck.

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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Stephen P. Becker]

Andrew Finley wrote:
> Thanks Papai,
> If I set up the NFS server what should it's export file look like?  
> 
> 

The share just needs to be (rw,no_root_squash) so that the remote 
machine has proper access.

Steve


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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Oscar Almer]

Hi

in my humble experience, it is possible to get an O2 to boot off a CD
instead of a NFS partition by setting a PROM variable (OSLoadOptions
or something like it) to point to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. It saves the
hassle of having to set up a NFS server thing if you never have done
so before (like me).
Disclaimer: I am not a developer, nor anything else. It just happened
that that worked for me, so i thought i'd mention it.


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:07:40 -0500, Stephen P. Becker <geoman@gentoo.org> wrote:
> Andrew Finley wrote:
> > Thanks Papai,
> > If I set up the NFS server what should it's export file look like?
> >
> >
> 
> The share just needs to be (rw,no_root_squash) so that the remote
> machine has proper access.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Stephen P. Becker]

Oscar Almer wrote:
> Hi
> 
> in my humble experience, it is possible to get an O2 to boot off a CD
> instead of a NFS partition by setting a PROM variable (OSLoadOptions
> or something like it) to point to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. It saves the
> hassle of having to set up a NFS server thing if you never have done
> so before (like me).
> Disclaimer: I am not a developer, nor anything else. It just happened
> that that worked for me, so i thought i'd mention it.
> 

We actually do have a livecd now.  It should be in the experimental 
folder on the gentoo mirrors.  Make sure to read the documentation in 
the directory with it, as it doesn't automagically work.  You have to 
set prom variables first.

Steve

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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Andrew Finley]

Thanks Guys,
I'll try those options.

On Tue, 2004-11-16 at 16:41, Stephen P. Becker wrote:
> Oscar Almer wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > in my humble experience, it is possible to get an O2 to boot off a CD
> > instead of a NFS partition by setting a PROM variable (OSLoadOptions
> > or something like it) to point to /dev/cdroms/cdrom0. It saves the
> > hassle of having to set up a NFS server thing if you never have done
> > so before (like me).
> > Disclaimer: I am not a developer, nor anything else. It just happened
> > that that worked for me, so i thought i'd mention it.
> > 
> 
> We actually do have a livecd now.  It should be in the experimental 
> folder on the gentoo mirrors.  Make sure to read the documentation in 
> the directory with it, as it doesn't automagically work.  You have to 
> set prom variables first.
> 
> Steve
> 
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> 
> 

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[gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Andrew Finley]

Hi all,
I got my little R5000 O2 to netboot the ip32-r5k-20040806.img kernel,
then get the message 7774342+160714 entry:oxfffffffff-a0711020, then
after a moment my screen completely freaks out, and I have to laterally
put the power cord.  Any ideals what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks for your help I can't wait until my O2 is Otoo.

-Andy

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Re: [gentoo-mips] SGI O2 R5000 on initial boot screen freaks out

[Stephen P. Becker]

Andrew Finley wrote:
> Hi all,
> I got my little R5000 O2 to netboot the ip32-r5k-20040806.img kernel,
> then get the message 7774342+160714 entry:oxfffffffff-a0711020, then
> after a moment my screen completely freaks out, and I have to laterally
> put the power cord.  Any ideals what I'm doing wrong?
> 
> Thanks for your help I can't wait until my O2 is Otoo.
> 
> -Andy
> 
> --
> gentoo-mips@gentoo.org mailing list
> 
> 

I think that might be one of Kumba's old netboots that didn't quite work 
right.  If I'm not mistaken, he has come up with a new way of making 
them with an embedded initrd that ActuallyWorks(tm).  You might ask him 
on our irc channel when he rises from the dead (usually later PM Eastern 
time).

If you just want a kernel only, you can try 
http://dev.gentoo.org/~geoman/vmlinux64-2004-11-06.bz2 for now.  It 
should work, with the exception of rtc failing.

Steve

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