Re: Debian 3.0 on AS1000A 5/333 won't shutdown/reboot

[Jens Kruse]

Havid, hi all,
David Duminy wrote:
The device /dev/srm allows you to set the srm's variables from linux. 
I think you that
'echo 0  /dev/srm/boot_osflags ' under linux is equivalent to the 
'set boot_osflags 0' under SRM.

the /dev/srm device should be enabled in the kernel. Maybe you have to 
compile a new kernel to enable it. 
I'd like to compile a kernel, but I couldn't find any statement 
regarding '/dev/srm' - does anyone have a hint for me where to find the 
parameter to enable 'dev/srm'?

TIA,
Jens
Hi,
I successfully installed Debian 3.0 on my Alphaserver 1000A 5/333.
Booting/Rebooting with aboot and Kernel 2.2.x works fine.
After i installed kernel-2.4.18-generic I have the problem that the
machine - shuts down to SRM and then
- tries to boot again with flag 0
- normal SRM-commands (i.e. set, boot) don't work anymore
To boot automatically I set 'boot_osflags 0' and 'auto_action boot'.
Even a 'boot cdrom-device' doesn't work anymore, because it calls 
the
flag 0 automatically

My questions:
- What would help to get a 'clean' shutdown/reboot?

Re: Debian 3.0 on AS1000A 5/333 won't shutdown/reboot

[Falk Hueffner]

Jens Kruse [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

 David Duminy wrote:
  The device /dev/srm allows you to set the srm's variables from
  linux. I think you that
 
  'echo 0  /dev/srm/boot_osflags ' under linux is equivalent to the
  'set boot_osflags 0' under SRM.
 
  the /dev/srm device should be enabled in the kernel. Maybe you have
  to compile a new kernel to enable it.
 
 I'd like to compile a kernel, but I couldn't find any statement
 regarding '/dev/srm' - does anyone have a hint for me where to find
 the parameter to enable 'dev/srm'?

It's actually /proc/srm_environment. It's activated with
CONFIG_SRM_ENV in System setup.

-- 
Falk