Hi,
I do not have a 433a and mandrake 7.1, but I do have a DS10 and Red Hat
V6.2. I am hoping the Mandrake install is similar enough.
This is a howto for booting/using and installing RH in serial mode (thanks
to Gary):
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To install RedHat Linux V6.2 over a serial line do the following steps:
1. Set the console to serial:
>>> set console serial
>>> init
2. Place the RedHat CD into the CD drive.
3. From a terminal connected to the console line:
>>> boot dqa0 -fi kernels/generic.gz -fl
"root=/dev/hda text expert console=ttyS0"
4. You will then be provided with the standard series of RedHat
installation questions. There are two additional questions
that you probably haven't seen before:
The first is "Insert your driver disk and press OK"
Choose "CANCEL" in response.
The second question deals with loading special
device driver options. Choose "DONE" in response.
5. Once the operating system is installed, boot it under single
user mode, again using the CDROM kernel, but your hard disk
as the root file system:
>>> boot dqa0 -fi kernels/generic.gz -fl
"root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0 single"
(Note - this assumes you installed Linux on partition 3 of the
first hard disk - /dev/sda3. This may be different at your site).
6. Once the operating system is up in single user mode, do the
following:
# mv /etc/securetty /etc/securetty.old
Modify /etc/inittab to include the following:
7:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty ttyS0
7. Shutdown the operating system and reboot from the hard disk:
>>> boot dka0 -fi 3/boot/vmlinux-2.2.14-6.0 -fl
"root=/dev/sda3 console=/dev/ttyS0"
(Assumption - you installed Linux on the third partition of the
first disk - DKA0)
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Steps 5 and 6 are extremely important. It allows a console out the serial
port and ensures root login at the serial port.
This procedure uses the old aboot SRM flags to get the boot from console to
work. I have not discovered the way to pass the "console=/dev/ttyS0" using
the new aboot method. If you don't know what I am talking about, you will
soon.
Hope this helps,
Tim
-----Original Message-----
From: warren daly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 9:51 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: digital 433a & mandrake 7.1
Hello,
I would appreciate any help or suggestions, I'm
running Digital 433a Workstation in SRM console mode (V6.7-250)
trying to install Mandrake 7.1 Beta off bootable CD
here we go!!
Do you know how to force a text install through SRM or ABOOT?
because:
Machine boots to SRM and I enter the following:
>>> boot dqa0 fl -0
this boots my CD and starts installing Mandrake,
get to choice of install media, I choose CDROM the machine goes to
ramdisk load and crashes.
error no screens found.
I change the video card from Powerstorm to a S3 type
still crashes no errors
I want to try and load through text mode.
