Booting CVS kernel halts at init

[Tim Moss]

I am rebuilding my SS20 with Debian Sparc. When I build a
2.4.18-pre9 kernel from CVS, everything goes OK during the compile.
When I try to boot the kernel, it just halts at init.
I've included the bootup messages below.
The machine with this booting problem is dual Ross 150 CPU's, PROM
2.25, and 384 MB RAM.
I compiled the kernel as SMP but haven't tried UP yet.
I have another SS20 that is dual SM71 CPU's, PROM 2.22 and 192 MB RAM
and the exact same kernels that stop at init on the first machine work
fine on this one.
Does anybody have this problem or any ideas how to fix it?


Uncompressing image...  
PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5  
bootmem_init: Scan sp_banks,
init_bootmem(spfn[24b],bpfn[24b],mlpfn[c000]) 
free_bootmem: base[0] size[c00] 
reserve_bootmem: base[0] size[24b000]   
reserve_bootmem: base[24b000] size[1800]
Booting Linux...
mem_init: Calling free_all_bootmem().  
PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2 
Linux version 2.4.18-pre9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 
(Debian pre release)) #1 SMP Mon Feb 11 21:24:56 PST 2002   

ARCH: SUN4M 
TYPE: Sun4m SparcStation10/20   
Ethernet address: 8:0:20:78:ff:e3   
SRMMU: Using VAC size of 524288 bytes, line size 32 bytes.  
Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).  Patching 
kernel for srmmu[ROSS HyperSparc]/iommu 
 
49037MB HIGHMEM available.  
On node 0 totalpages: 97600 
zone(0): 49152 pages.   
zone(1): 0 pages.   
zone(2): 81806 pages.   
Found CPU 0
Found CPU 1   
Found 2 CPU prom device tree node(s).   
Power off control detected. 
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sda2 ro  
Calibrating delay loop... 149.50 BogoMIPS   
Memory: 380588k available (1560k kernel code, 316k data, 112k init, 196148k 
highmem) [f000,1ff8e000]

Dentry-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)  
Mount-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)   
Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)   
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX 
Entering SMP Mode...
Starting CPU 1 at f01e1c64  
Calibrating delay loop... 149.91 BogoMIPS   
Total of 2 Processors activated (299.41 BogoMIPS).  
Waiting on wait_init_idle (map = 0x2)   
All processors have done init_idle  
IOMMU: impl 1 vers 3 page table at fbf0 of size 262144 bytes
sbus0: Clock 25.0 MHz   
dma0: Revision 2
dma1: Revision 2
Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.68.2.2  
Sun Mouse-Systems mouse driver version 1.00 
tty00 at 0xffede004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530   
tty01 at 0xffede000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530   
tty02 at 0xffedb004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530   
tty03 at 0xffedb000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530   
keyboard: not present   
Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530)  
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4  
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 
Initializing 

Re: Harddisc formating

[Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz]

> 
> There's has to be something odd here. There's no way this can happen
> under normal circumstances.  What version of e2fsprogs do you have
> installed (dpkg -l e2fsprogs)?

it says:
ii  e2fsprogs  1.26-1 The EXT2 file system utilities and
libraries


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Re: Harddisc formating

[Ben Collins]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:02:07AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> 
> > > > Exactly how are you trying to do this? What program are you using?
> > > 
> > > Hi Ben,
> > > 
> > > following things:
> > > 
> > > logged in via gdm as user into gnome
> > > opend a gnome-terminal
> > > typed 'su -'
> > > then
> > > 'fdisk /dev/hdb'
> > > typed 'o' (kernel does handle it)
> > > maked some partitions:
> > 
> > Try logging in as root on the terminal. I bet you are getting bitten by
> > some sort of ulimit. Either that or in gnome-terminal:
> > 
> > exec /bin/login
> 
> hi,
> 

There's has to be something odd here. There's no way this can happen
under normal circumstances.  What version of e2fsprogs do you have
installed (dpkg -l e2fsprogs)?

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Re: Harddisc formating

[Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz]

> > > Exactly how are you trying to do this? What program are you using?
> > 
> > Hi Ben,
> > 
> > following things:
> > 
> > logged in via gdm as user into gnome
> > opend a gnome-terminal
> > typed 'su -'
> > then
> > 'fdisk /dev/hdb'
> > typed 'o' (kernel does handle it)
> > maked some partitions:
> 
> Try logging in as root on the terminal. I bet you are getting bitten by
> some sort of ulimit. Either that or in gnome-terminal:
> 
> exec /bin/login

hi,

did  control+alt F1 to get to a terminal (tty1)
logged in as root

same error message,
when i say 'ulimit -c unlimited' and make a
mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1 it says

File size limit exceeded (core dump)
hmm?

regards
-- 
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Re: Harddisc formating

[Ben Collins]

On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 12:26:29AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 23:03, Ben Collins wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 10:47:12AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > yesterday I tried to repartition and format my 40GB Harddisc but
> > > for partitions >2GB it says:
> > > 'File size limit exceeded'
> > > 
> > > I tried with a Sun Disklabel, with Dos Label, logged in via ssh, made su -
> > > logged in as root, tried ext2 and ext3, - still same error.
> > > 
> > > I have a UltraSparc10 with debian/sid 2.4.17 running. Is this a kernel
> > > related 'feature', because the disc was running with a 40GB partition on 
> > > ext3 before yesterday.
> > 
> > I've no idea why you are getting this. At home, I have a 36gig ext3
> > partition (Ultra30). For Debian's archive server (Ultra60) we have a
> > ~250gig ext2 partition.
> > 
> > Exactly how are you trying to do this? What program are you using?
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> following things:
> 
> logged in via gdm as user into gnome
> opend a gnome-terminal
> typed 'su -'
> then
> 'fdisk /dev/hdb'
> typed 'o' (kernel does handle it)
> maked some partitions:

Try logging in as root on the terminal. I bet you are getting bitten by
some sort of ulimit. Either that or in gnome-terminal:

exec /bin/login


Ben

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Re: Harddisc formating

[Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz]

On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 23:03, Ben Collins wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 10:47:12AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > yesterday I tried to repartition and format my 40GB Harddisc but
> > for partitions >2GB it says:
> > 'File size limit exceeded'
> > 
> > I tried with a Sun Disklabel, with Dos Label, logged in via ssh, made su -
> > logged in as root, tried ext2 and ext3, - still same error.
> > 
> > I have a UltraSparc10 with debian/sid 2.4.17 running. Is this a kernel
> > related 'feature', because the disc was running with a 40GB partition on 
> > ext3 before yesterday.
> 
> I've no idea why you are getting this. At home, I have a 36gig ext3
> partition (Ultra30). For Debian's archive server (Ultra60) we have a
> ~250gig ext2 partition.
> 
> Exactly how are you trying to do this? What program are you using?

Hi Ben,

following things:

logged in via gdm as user into gnome
opend a gnome-terminal
typed 'su -'
then
'fdisk /dev/hdb'
typed 'o' (kernel does handle it)
maked some partitions:

/dev/hdb1 1 10403   5243080+  83  Linux
/dev/hdb2 10404 14516   2072952   83  Linux
/dev/hdb3 14517 17637   1572984   83  Linux
/dev/hdb4 17638 77545  30193632   83  Linux

then
if I type mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1
it says: 'File size limit exceeded'

if I type mke2fs -j /dev/hdb3
everything goes fine

same behavior with sun disclabel

if i type 'ulimit -c unlimited'
it says after mke2fs -j /dev/hdb1
'File size limit exceeded (core dumped)'

any hints?

regards
-- 
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Tecnomatix Technologies Germany | Tel: +49 711 1389- 257
Mittlerer Pfad 9| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
70 499 Stuttgart| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Studenten, Absolventen und Young Professionals 

Re: Harddisc formating

[Ben Collins]

On Tue, Feb 12, 2002 at 10:47:12AM +0100, Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> yesterday I tried to repartition and format my 40GB Harddisc but
> for partitions >2GB it says:
> 'File size limit exceeded'
> 
> I tried with a Sun Disklabel, with Dos Label, logged in via ssh, made su -
> logged in as root, tried ext2 and ext3, - still same error.
> 
> I have a UltraSparc10 with debian/sid 2.4.17 running. Is this a kernel
> related 'feature', because the disc was running with a 40GB partition on 
> ext3 before yesterday.

I've no idea why you are getting this. At home, I have a 36gig ext3
partition (Ultra30). For Debian's archive server (Ultra60) we have a
~250gig ext2 partition.

Exactly how are you trying to do this? What program are you using?

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Re: Sun Support for Linux

[Bill Schoolcraft]

At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 it looks like Andrew Sharp composed:

> I guess I'm just confused.  Say again why anyone is waiting for a
> Sun version of Linux for SPARC?  

That was not a thought provoked from my wants or needs, I was making
a feeble attempt of placing myself in SUN's shoes and figuring how I
would attempt to keep some income coming in from a (example) client
like Kaiser, who may or may not have a few million dollars worth of
Sparc hardware, support contracts etc.  If they concede to just
letting it all go, well then that's the end of their presence both
physically and financally in the Kaiser "space."  

Ironically I just bought a new Ultra-10 for $322 (headless) from
http://www.solarsystems.com and put Linux on it, then dual booted
it, then just dedicated the whole box to just Solaris and took it
home from work after fiddling with it and I'm typing this email from
home on it just for the experience.  I anticipate alot of sparc
hardware out there is not going to be tossed and I needed some
exposure to it.

I try and keep Unix centered during this whole period and run
FreeBSD and Solaris at work with of course Linux and run the same
suspects at home, one never knows what forward slash env you'll be
tossed into.

Take care.

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Re: Sun Support for Linux

[Andrew Sharp]

Bill Schoolcraft wrote:
> 
> At Mon, 11 Feb 2002 it looks like Bob Van Cleef composed:
> 
> >
> > Has anyone seen any indication of a sea change since the press release
> > stating the Sun was embracing Linux?
> >
> 
> Hmm, well there have been actually two announcements in the last two
> weeks that have raised havoc on the SUN mailing lists,
> Solaris-On-Intel to be exact.
> 
> Sun announced that they were NOT going to release Solaris-9 for
> Intel but only Solaris-9 for Sparc, they also pulled the free
> downloads for Solaris-8 Intel ISO's but Sparc downloads are still
> free.
> 
> That lit off a rage on the
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/solarisonintel/messages list which
> caught SUN off gaurd and they had a big meeting today, that is 6 of
> the top posters of the Solaris-On-Intel lists and some big folks at
> SUN, they will announce the results tomorrow or shortly after.
> 
> Posters to the list are divided, not on the Solaris OS but on what
> SUN should do since it buckled in per-se'.  Some say SUN is losing
> it, (see stock prices) some say they are just in a flux.
> 
> I posted once stating that SUN would do good to invest in Linux on
> Sparc hardware to help salvage the possibly soon to come "Sparc
> Auctions" but my idea wasn't received well.  Jeez I see companies
> with hundred of thousands of dollars of pre-existing sparc hardware
> just waiting to install a Sparc version of Linux but Sun as we know
> it doesn't have a Linux release for Sparc.  For orientation purposes
> I posted the url of http://www.ultralinux.org/
> 
> We'll see. :)


I guess I'm just confused.  Say again why anyone is waiting for a
Sun version of Linux for SPARC?  Debian and others work pretty
well.  And as far as Sun supporting Linux on SPARC, they've been
doing it for many years, in one form or another.  They've supported
open source ftp and web sites seemingly since time began.  They've
donated SPARC hardware to Debian on at least two occassions that I
know of.  I've read articles in supposedly respectable newspapers
about how Sun was going to change Cobalt machines to Solaris just a
few months after buying them, even though that was obviously not
going to happen.  If I had bought Sun stock every time I've heard
some ignoramus predict that Sun was going to get rid of SPARC over
the years, well, I probably could've retired to Maui by now.

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Harddisc formating

[Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz]

Hello,

yesterday I tried to repartition and format my 40GB Harddisc but
for partitions >2GB it says:
'File size limit exceeded'

I tried with a Sun Disklabel, with Dos Label, logged in via ssh, made su -
logged in as root, tried ext2 and ext3, - still same error.

I have a UltraSparc10 with debian/sid 2.4.17 running. Is this a kernel
related 'feature', because the disc was running with a 40GB partition on 
ext3 before yesterday.

Any hints are welcome

regards
--
Hakan Kuecuekyilmaz, presently intern at 
Tecnomatix Technologies Germany | Tel: +49 711 1389- 257
Mittlerer Pfad 9| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
70 499 Stuttgart| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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tftboot and serial console

[Ed Schaller]

I tried doing a tftp boot on an old ss2 with a serial line and no frame
buffer. No problem getting the image and tilo showed up fine, but after
the kernel was loaded, no serial console. Is a serial console supported
for a network install?

I can dig up a frame buffer and a floppy if I have too, but I have
several of these that I would like to get running and it would be nice
if it worked.

On a similar note, my ultra30 install off of tftp could not configure
dhcp at all do to lack of packet_socket and such in the kernel.

Anyone seen any of these problems? I guess I could look into fixing it
if someone could point me at the sources for the tftp installs (moving
from redhat->debian so I'm not sure where to look).

Thanks.

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