I am trying to install Linux on my Risc PC / SA110 for the first time, and
all is not going swimmingly :( If this is not the correct forum for sorting
this sort of thing out, then I hope you will let me know:
I have installed a second 420MB IDE hard disc (identical to the main hard
disc which came with the machine) on a Simtec Dual-IDE expansion card and
have created a 6MB Filecore partition on it which I can access without any
difficulty. I then ran !PartMan and created a Linux Native and a Swap
partitions as per the install instructions. No problems so far.
I then fired up the kernel, again following the instructions to the letter,
and tried to specify CD ROM as the install media. Unfortunatly It wouldn't
recognise the old Cumana drive and its patch board which I had in the
machine. So I got hold of a much newer 32x drive. This drive, however, reads
glacially slowly on RISC PC's on-board IDE interface - slaved to the master
hard disc, (It works fine on the Simtec Dual-IDE card, but which the kernel
can not recognise.) Anyway, I fired up the kernel again and selected the new
CD ROM as the install media - so far, so good. After a second, an error box
poped up with:
Fatal Error - Unable to start second stage installer:
Exec format error
When I clicked on [OK] it read 'rebooting system' and just sat there. Not
good :(
I re-ran !PartMan to check that the partitions were ok and this is where
things go banana shaped. !Partman reports:
File system: IDEFS
Hard Drive : 4
Disc size : 406MB
Sector size: 512
Cylenders : 825
Heads : 16
Sectors : 63
Partition Start End Size Type
1 0 1209 6MB Filecore
2 12096 12096 0KB RISCiX Table
12097 831599 400MB Free
Wierd - Where did my partitions go, and where did the RISCiX Table come from?
I double clicked on 'Free' to recreate the partitions and the 'New
Partitions' window opens up showing:
Cylinder Head Sector Sector Offset
Start 12 0 1 = 12097
End 825 15 62 = 832607
Type RISCiX Size 401MB
[Cancel] [OK]
However, this dialogue box will not allow me to either change any of the
numbers - they automatically revert back - or to change the partition type
from RISCiX using the bump icons. There is also no [Create] button as per the
install instructions.
Can anyone offer any help or suggestions as I am now at a dead end and
haven't a clue as to what's going on.
As to the 32x CD ROM taking up to a minute to open a directory, could this be
a problem with the length of the IDE cable - can I fix this?
Thanks in advance,
Philip
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