Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 03:09:34PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 02:33:57AM -0800, Joshua Uziel wrote: > > * Tommy Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001215 00:56]: > > > 1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't > > > boot correctly except I add a append="mem=512m" to let kernel use > > > only 512MB. Is there any configuration that I miss ? (I've try > > > 2.4.0-test9 to test12, they will use all 1024MB RAM correctly) > > > > This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of > > RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. > > That's strange. We have an Ultra60 with 1.5 gigs running under 2.2.17-pre20 > with no problems. Why the difference? Different PCI chipset. You basically have either PSYCHO, which has 32K entries in IOMMU TSB, or SABRA, which has either 8K, 16K or 32K (depending on which box this is). You can either set 8K or 64K granularity in this translation table. 2.2.x uses 64K and sets 1:1 mapping of all memory in this table, which means you can have at most 2GB (resp. 1GB resp. .5GB) of OS usable memory. 2.4.x does dynamic DMA mapping (so this is history). Jakub
Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc
On Fri, Dec 15, 2000 at 02:33:57AM -0800, Joshua Uziel wrote: > * Tommy Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001215 00:56]: > > 1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't > > boot correctly except I add a append="mem=512m" to let kernel use > > only 512MB. Is there any configuration that I miss ? (I've try > > 2.4.0-test9 to test12, they will use all 1024MB RAM correctly) > > This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of > RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. That's strange. We have an Ultra60 with 1.5 gigs running under 2.2.17-pre20 with no problems. Why the difference? -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
[Solved] Re: SILO confusion...
Hi, Got it, PROM misconfigured (well not reconfigured after I shuffled disks) Nice :) -Jon
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SILO confusion...
Hi, just trying to get my first Debian Sparc install done on a Sparcstation20, but it won't boot from disk, and it has no floppy. I got it up with the install CD (freshly burned from my rdist collection) and chrooted to /target and installed man-db so I could man silo, but I can't see what's wrong. I know this isn't much to go on, but any ideas? TIA, -Jon ps: please cc me on responses, I'm not sure if I'm subscribed yet (if not will be soon)
Re: Sparcstation 5/110mhz installationtroubles
Hmm, I found the auto partitioning method will simply create /dev/sda1 as / (Linux Native - type 83), /dev/sda2 as Linux Swap (type 82), and /dev/sda3 as Whole Disk and I'm unsure of the type right now. I don't particularily care for a single root partition to hold /usr, /var, and /home... evil. I ended up partitioning manually making /dev/sda3 first to use the Whole Disk. Then I made /dev/sda1 as /, /dev/sda2 and Linux Swap, /dev/sda5 as /usr, /dev/sda6 as /var, and /dev/sda7 as /home. You don't necessarily define them as /, /usr, /var, and /home at this point... that's done when you Initialize the partitions... after partitioning. Hopefully someday someone will file a wish-list bug report to have a more robust auto partitioning scheme. Good luck. - Ken Jimmy Lantz wrote: > Hi, > I'm trying to install Debian/potato on my Sparcstation 5 / 110 mhz, > I' not very successful, I'm having troubles to get the partition > working ( i had it working erlier but then when I rebooted for the > first time started the system I got too many errors when downloading > pacages, so I was forced to restart and then I had to boot from the > CD again, just to realize that the installation process hangs and now > for the x time I realize that the partitioning wont work it gives me > error messages when I tries to partition sda2, then claimes that it > doesnt know if the /root is at sda1 or not but it so presumes, then > it wont work any more. > > Does anyone have any ideas or suggestion to what I may do to get it > to work again? > > Yours sincerely > Jimmy Lantz > Sweden. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sparcstation 5/110mhz installationtroubles
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian/potato on my Sparcstation 5 / 110 mhz, I' not very successful, I'm having troubles to get the partition working ( i had it working erlier but then when I rebooted for the first time started the system I got too many errors when downloading pacages, so I was forced to restart and then I had to boot from the CD again, just to realize that the installation process hangs and now for the x time I realize that the partitioning wont work it gives me error messages when I tries to partition sda2, then claimes that it doesnt know if the /root is at sda1 or not but it so presumes, then it wont work any more. Does anyone have any ideas or suggestion to what I may do to get it to work again? Yours sincerely Jimmy Lantz Sweden.
Which floppy drive
Hello, because I'm not able to burn a Debian sparc boot CD just now I wonder if I could insert a floppy drive into my brandnew E250 server to install Debian from floppy. Any hints if I could use normal PC IDE hardware? Kind regards Andreas.
Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Joshua Uziel wrote: > > > This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of > > > RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. > > Huh, because we are at it. I'm going to install an E250 with 2GB memory. > > Is this also true for this machine??? > > Yep, should be. Hmm, than I really, really hope that 2.4 becomes stable soon! I do note hope that I would have to stay with Solaris because Linux doesn't support all memory. I expect to go into production after about 5 or 6 month. Hope to get kernel 2.4.x with x >= 5 or so because I don't trust even 2.4.[0-4]. Kind regards Andreas.
Re: openprom modified, then lockup. ;(
Mandi! Marco Gaiarin In chel di` si favelave... > The problem now are that... everytime i try to access some file in > /proc/openprom, system LOCKUP, only thing i can do is Stop-B. Problem solved. I've restored the factory default (with set-default), and instead of modifing the disk alias, i've set the boot-device to be disk1. Now /proc/openprom in linux works and the machine boot. I've not understood why i cannot modifiy disk alias (was a system alias?), but now works! :))) -- dott. ing. Marco Gaiarin[EMAIL PROTECTED] La Nostra Famiglia - Polo FVG root @ CED
Re: Debian On Sparc
* Canavan, Paul (O&M) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001215 03:35]: > I have a Sparc 5 Model 170 and I wish to install Linux onto it, could > some one confirm that the Debian version is a good path to go down for > this Machine. It has been said that the Model 170 is not very good > with Linux because of it's Turbosparc chip. I would also appreciate > any tips regarding this bearing in mind that I am new to Linux and > Sparc workstations. Most distributions available for SPARC should work (to some extent) on an ss5/170... but don't expect stability with any of them. The issues are with kernel support for it...
Debian On Sparc
Hi all I have a Sparc 5 Model 170 and I wish to install Linux onto it, could some one confirm that the Debian version is a good path to go down for this Machine. It has been said that the Model 170 is not very good with Linux because of it's Turbosparc chip. I would also appreciate any tips regarding this bearing in mind that I am new to Linux and Sparc workstations. Thanks Paul.
Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001215 03:14]: > > This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of > > RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. > Huh, because we are at it. I'm going to install an E250 with 2GB memory. > Is this also true for this machine??? Yep, should be.
Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Joshua Uziel wrote: > This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of > RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel. Huh, because we are at it. I'm going to install an E250 with 2GB memory. Is this also true for this machine??? Kind regards Andreas.
Re: Getting started via serial line connection
On Fri, 15 Dec 2000, Jean-Paul Blaquiere wrote: > > There is no graphics card in the machine and I have to connect via > > serial line. I found a searial cable which I used to connect a laptop > > with a desktop years ago and adapted it via gender-changer and > > 25pin to 9 pin adapter to a Linux laptop. There I started minicom. > > > the cable has to be a null modem. the gender bender you've got there might be > doing interesting things to the wires. Simplest method (which i have used > successfully many times with both alphas and suns) is the 3 wire cable. > tx<-->rx, rx<--> and ground<-->ground :) > 9600,8,1,n IIRC. (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, one stop bit) Thanks, got it working with seyon. Now I have to search for the documentation for a valid password of the default installation :). Kind regards Andreas.
Re: Debian problem on UltraSparc
* Tommy Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [001215 00:56]: > 1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't > boot correctly except I add a append="mem=512m" to let kernel use > only 512MB. Is there any configuration that I miss ? (I've try > 2.4.0-test9 to test12, they will use all 1024MB RAM correctly) This is expected and known... your only options are to use only 512MB of RAM with 2.2.x or to have all 1024MB with 2.4.0-testX kernel.
Re: Getting started via serial line connection
> On Dec 15, Andreas Tille scratched in indelible ink : > There is no graphics card in the machine and I have to connect via > serial line. I found a searial cable which I used to connect a laptop > with a desktop years ago and adapted it via gender-changer and > 25pin to 9 pin adapter to a Linux laptop. There I started minicom. > the cable has to be a null modem. the gender bender you've got there might be doing interesting things to the wires. Simplest method (which i have used successfully many times with both alphas and suns) is the 3 wire cable. tx<-->rx, rx<--> and ground<-->ground :) 9600,8,1,n IIRC. (9600 baud, 8 bits, no parity, one stop bit) /Jp... -- Jean-Paul Blaquière || Avatar of Computational [EMAIL PROTECTED] || Thaumaturgy Words are fingers that point at the moon. Once you see the moon, you no longer need the fingers. -- someone, somewhere
Getting started via serial line connection
Hello, I've got my fine E250 machine, but run in trouble before thinking about installing Debian. There is no graphics card in the machine and I have to connect via serial line. I found a searial cable which I used to connect a laptop with a desktop years ago and adapted it via gender-changer and 25pin to 9 pin adapter to a Linux laptop. There I started minicom. But after switching on the E250 server I can't see anything on my laptop minicom terminal. Is there any document to read or any starting help. I really don't know what is installed in the Sun and I'm looking for a way to get the console output. Another way would be to insert a graphics card. I've found a PC Matrox G200 card in our shelf but don't know if it works. Any hint how to start up with this beast is really welcome. Kind regards Andreas.
Debian problem on UltraSparc
1. I've 1024MB RAM on my box. But when I use kernel 2.2.18, it won't boot correctly except I add a append="mem=512m" to let kernel use only 512MB. Is there any configuration that I miss ? (I've try 2.4.0-test9 to test12, they will use all 1024MB RAM correctly) 2. Does anyone use iptables on a sparc box ? I've try to use iptables on my space box for kernel 2.4.0-test9 to test12, but all of them don't work. When I load the ip_conntrack, ip_tables, iptable_nat modules, it will display a kernel bug message in my console like: bug: kernel timer added twice at 0110052c. And the NAT, Filter function for iptables won't work. The script I've used in my i386 box, it's ok and work fine. How to solve it ? -- Tommy Wu mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.teatime.com.tw/~tommy ICQ: 22766091 Mobile Phone: +886 936 909490 TeaTime BBS +886 2 31515964 24Hrs V.Everything
