Re: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
Well, it might be that there was a syntax error somewhere. Try help set | more at the SRM prompt. set auto_action to BOOT or boot, whatever. then type boot dka0 -fl 0 like Richard Fillion suggested. This will also set boot_dev, boot_osflags Co. On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 07:45:07PM -0400, Keith Grider wrote: I tried the first suggestion and was unsuccessful. KeithG Ionut Georgescu wrote: either type: set auto_action boot at the SRM console, or load the srm_env module: modprobe srm_env and set the variable from linux: echo BOOT /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/auto_action Never tried the last one, I hope it works :) Ionut On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:32:55PM -0400, Keith Grider wrote: That is great, thanks. I am not yet familiar with initrd. How do I set it to immediately boot to this, though. Is there a way, in SRM, to force a direct boot instead of doing it interactively by typing '0' at the aboot prompt? KeithG Jens Kruse wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- *** * Ionut Georgescu * http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/ * Registered Linux User #244479 * * In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix you *can do anything the computer is able to do.
Re[2]: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
Hi Keith From http://www.alphalinux.org I found those instructions, which worked for my machine (Digital Server 7000R): set bootdef_dev dkb0 Sets the boot device set boot_file 1/vmlinux Sets which file to boot from set boot_action boot Sets the boot action to autoboot set boot_osflags root=/dev/sda1 Tells the kernel where root is set auto_action bootAuto boot I know it seems it's a double definition...but usually when things work, people do not care about it no more...:-) Try it. Greetings, Adrian. On Wed, 04 Jun 2003 19:45:07 -0400 Keith Grider [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried the first suggestion and was unsuccessful. KeithG Ionut Georgescu wrote: either type: set auto_action boot at the SRM console, or load the srm_env module: modprobe srm_env and set the variable from linux: echo BOOT /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/auto_action Never tried the last one, I hope it works :) Ionut On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:32:55PM -0400, Keith Grider wrote: That is great, thanks. I am not yet familiar with initrd. How do I set it to immediately boot to this, though. Is there a way, in SRM, to force a direct boot instead of doing it interactively by typing '0' at the aboot prompt? KeithG Jens Kruse wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
So far so good. I have not had time to check X yet, but will see later. As for booting and getting it back on the LAN, the 'modconf' script worked very well, thanks Adrian. Now, booting with SRM and having Debian automatically come up is my only issue. As it is, I have to tell aboot that my image file is 'initrd.img' and then type '0' to have it boot up. I have read the SRM howto and the Alpha howto and am still a bit hazy on getting this. Oh, I am not booting any other OS on this machine. my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Regards, KeithG Wm. Josiah Erikson wrote: Keith, Do a modprobe -l as root to see what modules are available, then modprobe modulename to insert it. Then add that module name to the file /etc/modules if you want it to get inserted on boot automatically. The stock video card that came with the XP1000 might be unsupported - it depends. There were a couple of different cards that came with that machine, depending on configuration. I had to replace mine. I just put in a Matrox Millennium MGA and things work perfectly. To re-setup the X server, do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 -Josiah On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Keith Grider wrote:
Re: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens
Re: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
That is great, thanks. I am not yet familiar with initrd. How do I set it to immediately boot to this, though. Is there a way, in SRM, to force a direct boot instead of doing it interactively by typing '0' at the aboot prompt? KeithG Jens Kruse wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens
Re: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
either type: set auto_action boot at the SRM console, or load the srm_env module: modprobe srm_env and set the variable from linux: echo BOOT /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/auto_action Never tried the last one, I hope it works :) Ionut On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:32:55PM -0400, Keith Grider wrote: That is great, thanks. I am not yet familiar with initrd. How do I set it to immediately boot to this, though. Is there a way, in SRM, to force a direct boot instead of doing it interactively by typing '0' at the aboot prompt? KeithG Jens Kruse wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- *** * Ionut Georgescu * http://www.physik.tu-cottbus.de/~george/ * Registered Linux User #244479 * * In Windows you can do everything Microsoft wants you to do; in Unix you *can do anything the computer is able to do.
Re: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
boot dka0 -fl 0 where dka0 is your device to boot off of. Richard Fillion [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:32:55PM -0400, Keith Grider wrote: That is great, thanks. I am not yet familiar with initrd. How do I set it to immediately boot to this, though. Is there a way, in SRM, to force a direct boot instead of doing it interactively by typing '0' at the aboot prompt? KeithG Jens Kruse wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SRM booting issue was: Re: xp1000 problems with upgrade to 2.4.18-generic
I tried the first suggestion and was unsuccessful. KeithG Ionut Georgescu wrote: either type: set auto_action boot at the SRM console, or load the srm_env module: modprobe srm_env and set the variable from linux: echo BOOT /proc/srm_environment/named_variables/auto_action Never tried the last one, I hope it works :) Ionut On Wed, Jun 04, 2003 at 03:32:55PM -0400, Keith Grider wrote: That is great, thanks. I am not yet familiar with initrd. How do I set it to immediately boot to this, though. Is there a way, in SRM, to force a direct boot instead of doing it interactively by typing '0' at the aboot prompt? KeithG Jens Kruse wrote: Hi Keith, Keith Grider wrote: my /etc/aboot.conf is one line: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 Try this: 0:1/vmlinuz ro root=/dev/sda1 initrd=initrd.img Regards, Jens -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
