Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 06:16:24PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: [boot-floppies showing crashes on MIPS R3000-based machines] It *will* fail. R3k needs a little patch to ./include/asm-mips/pgtable.h to successfully handle swap access. Otherwise, the kernel will Oops in seconds:-( I have built current CVS boot-floppies with a current Linux/MIPS CVS kernel (including Ralf's R3k-cache handling changes and Maciej's version of the pagetable-patch). Could you please test it on your R3k-based machines? The build is available at ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de/pub/mipsel-linux/woody-bootfloppies/bf-pre3.0.21cvs20020306[.packed]/ Regards, Karsten -- #include standard_disclaimer Nach Paragraph 28 Abs. 3 Bundesdatenschutzgesetz widerspreche ich der Nutzung oder Uebermittlung meiner Daten fuer Werbezwecke oder fuer die Markt- oder Meinungsforschung. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 06:29:01PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: Another question: install-info (or Perl?) is still broken. Any hints on debugging this? update-menus is broken - c++ exeption handling. We had a perl bug once which seemed to be R4600 based - It seemed to have disappeared. Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium msg15971/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Fri, 2002-02-22 17:37:56 +0100, Karsten Merker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 05:43:48PM +0100, Karsten Merker wrote: On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 03:46:57PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: Well, I've now compiled my own kernel (linux_2_4) with the toolchain I found on oss.sgi.com. It's quite _a lot_ more stable now. Maybe the boot-floppy guys would like to use a different kernel for boot-up? I have looked through the Linux/MIPS cvs logs - Ralf has done modifications to the R3k cache handling a few days ago. I am currently building a current cvs kernel and will build new boot-floppies with it. A recompile of 3.0.19 with a current Linux/MIPS cvs snapshot is available for testing at ftp://bolugftp.uni-bonn.de/pub/mipsel-linux/woody-bootfloppies/bf-3.0.19-recompile-unofficial This is mostly untested due to time constraints on my part (I have only booted it and tried whether the menu works on a 5000/150). Could you try it on your R3k machines? It *will* fail. R3k needs a little patch to ./include/asm-mips/pgtable.h to successfully handle swap access. Otherwise, the kernel will Oops in seconds:-( MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15988/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Wed, 2002-02-20 15:16:53 +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, 2002-02-19 19:58:56 +0100, Karsten Merker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:21:59PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: I've just tested the boot floppies. System is a DS 5000/125 with serial keyboard LK401AA attached, 16MB RAM. 1. Booting via graphical console (PMAGB-B) results in an Oops in default_be_board_handler(). 2. Booting via serial line, I get as far as formatting the freshly partitioned 3.1GB HDD: [SNIP] Writing inode tables: 1/22 Could not write 8 blocks in inode table starting at 33212: Attempt to write bloc k from filesystem resulted in short write -- The system freezes here, without an Oops:-( Looks like the kernel has a general problem on R3000-based machines. Unfortunately I do not own a working and supported R3k box, so I can Well, I've now compiled my own kernel (linux_2_4) with the toolchain I found on oss.sgi.com. It's quite _a lot_ more stable now. Maybe the boot-floppy guys would like to use a different kernel for boot-up? MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15943/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Tue, 2002-02-19 19:58:56 +0100, Karsten Merker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:21:59PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: I've just tested the boot floppies. System is a DS 5000/125 with serial keyboard LK401AA attached, 16MB RAM. 1. Booting via graphical console (PMAGB-B) results in an Oops in default_be_board_handler(). 2. Booting via serial line, I get as far as formatting the freshly partitioned 3.1GB HDD: [SNIP] Writing inode tables: 1/22 Could not write 8 blocks in inode table starting at 33212: Attempt to write bloc k from filesystem resulted in short write -- The system freezes here, without an Oops:-( Looks like the kernel has a general problem on R3000-based machines. Unfortunately I do not own a working and supported R3k box, so I can Well... I'm possibly a step forward. When my machine freezed during mkfs, I got this message: tcsetpgrp failed, errno=9 I'm now grepping through sources, but it would be nice if anybody could give me some hint... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15910/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:16:53PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: tcsetpgrp failed, errno=9 Hmmm - terminal/console stuff man tcsetpgrp How does the box die - Does it still receive interrupts ? Ethernet/ping ? Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium msg15912/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Wed, 2002-02-20 18:24:49 +0100, Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 03:16:53PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: tcsetpgrp failed, errno=9 Hmmm - terminal/console stuff man tcsetpgrp Well, I know this - but who _uses_ this? How does the box die - Does it still receive interrupts ? Ethernet/ping ? I think it would. However, I've build a small nfsroot environment and currently, I'm bootstrapping an on-disk-system (dpkg-deb -X, then reboot, then normal install...) MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15913/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Wed, Feb 20, 2002 at 07:29:41PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: man tcsetpgrp Well, I know this - but who _uses_ this? I guess ncurses, glibc, busybox, getty, login, bash, ssh, telnet, telnetd. Flo -- Florian Lohoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] +49-5201-669912 Nine nineth on september the 9th Welcome to the new billenium msg15921/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
Hi! I've just tested the boot floppies. System is a DS 5000/125 with serial keyboard LK401AA attached, 16MB RAM. 1. Booting via graphical console (PMAGB-B) results in an Oops in default_be_board_handler(). 2. Booting via serial line, I get as far as formatting the freshly partitioned 3.1GB HDD: -- Creating Ext2 filesystem (for 2.2 and newer kernels only)... mke2fs 1.25 (20-Sep-2001) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) 354112 inodes, 708171 blocks 35408 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 22 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 16096 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912 Writing inode tables: 1/22 Could not write 8 blocks in inode table starting at 33212: Attempt to write bloc k from filesystem resulted in short write -- The system freezes here, without an Oops:-( MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15874/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
* Karsten Merker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20020219 19:58]: Martin, what is your experience with your 5000/125 after we got your problem with the cursor keys resolved? Unlike Jan-Benedict, I have been able to format my root partition (500 MB) without any problems. My overall experience wasn't much better, though. I've never been able to complete debootstrap. I ran it by hand and there are quite reproducible seg faults when installing packages (the gzip -c process dies, I don't have the exact message here). Also, I see random freezes. However, I'm not sure this is the kernel or my hardware. (I think the NetBSD on my machine freezes too from time to time, so I suspect the hardware. However, I cannot tell for sure since I'm not using the machine much.) -- Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Tue, 2002-02-19 19:58:56 +0100, Karsten Merker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 06:21:59PM +0100, Jan-Benedict Glaw wrote: [Freeze during HDD I/O] The system freezes here, without an Oops:-( Looks like the kernel has a general problem on R3000-based machines. Unfortunately I do not own a working and supported R3k box, so I can only do the tests on my 5000/150 (which is exactly the same machine as the 5000/125, just with an R4000 CPU board instead of the R3000 board in the 5000/125). Hmmm... Is there any real way to debug this? Well, I've got one more info on this: the reset switch on the machine's back is still (or again?) functional. From my experience, this is not always the case. When does it keep functional, when doesn't it? That would maybe help in nailing the bug down... I'm so far clueless... MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15885/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: bootfloppies on DECstation 5000/125
On Tue, 2002-02-19 20:17:15 +0100, Martin Michlmayr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]: * Karsten Merker [EMAIL PROTECTED] [20020219 19:58]: Martin, what is your experience with your 5000/125 after we got your problem with the cursor keys resolved? exact message here). Also, I see random freezes. However, I'm not Any way to track this down? I'm to take this machine (for reference) to an install fest these days, so it would be nice to have it somewhat up'n'running:-) MfG, JBG -- Jan-Benedict Glaw . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . +49-172-7608481 -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ msg15887/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
