Re: error on boot up
It's working now, I'm now able to resume my installation via http. Thank you very much for all your help, Nathan and Ben. On Thu, 2003-04-03 at 21:16, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:32:03PM +0800, lito lampitoc wrote: > > Hi Nathan, > > > > Thank you for answering my questions. I followed every step you told me > > but it didn't work. Running 'silo -r /boot' gives me the following > > error: > > > > Fatal error: cannot open second stage loader /boot/second.b > > > > I have the following partitions: > > > > sda1/boot 10MB > > sda2/ 2GB > > sda3Whole Disk > > sda4swap512M > > sda5/var4GB > > sda6/home 10G > > > > Do this before running silo: > > ln -s . /boot/etc > ln -s . /boot/boot > mv /etc/silo.conf /boot > ln -s /boot/silo.conf /etc/silo.conf > > That should take care of thing for you. I'm starting to think I should > do this by default for the sparc stuff. Makes life easier and works in > both cases. > > -- > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ >
Re: XFS Was: Custom tftpboot images
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 05:37:11PM -0400, Marco Rodriguez wrote: > On 3 Apr 2003, Dave Love wrote: > > For interest, what's the big advantage of XFS over ext3, especially on > > a system disk? > > > this may be a good reading: > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs&m=104623484026425&w=2 > > > any way XFS is in testing over sparc, i've tested it whith no so good > results. parse error! ~:^) Actually, I really want to know for sure what you were saying here, so, are you saying that you had good results, or not good results with XFS on sparc? a
Re:[2] Xserver on Ultra Enterprise 450
I've sent the files you've requested, but something is happen... Btw, I'll send them again tomorow, from my work. The distro I use is the LASTEST Debian (Woody)... With XFree 4.something... What about? Fab Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 03/04/2003 17.22.09: > >On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:57:05PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Thanx for the reply, I've just taked the docs you asked... >> It seems there's nothing wrong! >> Otherwise, knows anybody where to find xfree-common-v3 and xserver-mach64 >> for SPARC architecture? > >Neither of those will work on current distributions. You'd have to run a >dist so old that it wouldn't work on an E450. > >Could you please send the files I requested? I want this to work with >the current xserver. If something is broken, I want to fix it. I would >appreciate your cooperation in this. > >-- >Debian - http://www.debian.org/ >Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ >Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ >Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: XFS Was: Custom tftpboot images
On 3 Apr 2003, Dave Love wrote: > For interest, what's the big advantage of XFS over ext3, especially on > a system disk? > this may be a good reading: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-xfs&m=104623484026425&w=2 any way XFS is in testing over sparc, i've tested it whith no so good results. Marco Rodriguez M. [EMAIL PROTECTED] U. Bio Bio Concepcion Chile
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Re: SUN RAY 1 WITH LINUX
I have been running Gentoo on my Sun Blade 100 at work for 6mths, but have reverted back to Solaris 9. Solaris seems to perform better under severe memory contraints (measly 256MB in this machine). You are correct. Cheers, W. Ben Collins wrote: On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 09:12:29AM +1200, Warren Hughes wrote: Sun Ray server software for Linux is a lab project and not available for release. Questions over market for this. WANRay (Sun Rays over routable WAN's with compressed protocol) is in a similar position, but more likely to ship. And I am betting the Linux server software runs on x86, since they don't want to promote Linux on their lovely UltraSPARC systems. -- = Warren Hughes Technical Account Manager SolNet Ltd - http://www.solnet.co.nz v:+64 9 9775837 f:+64 9 9775801 m:+64 21 633324 =
Re: Custom tftpboot images
Irvin Probst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm doing this because I want to try XFS support with sun4u > computers, For interest, what's the big advantage of XFS over ext3, especially on a system disk?
Re: Xserver on Ultra Enterprise 450
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 01:57:05PM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Thanx for the reply, I've just taked the docs you asked... > It seems there's nothing wrong! > Otherwise, knows anybody where to find xfree-common-v3 and xserver-mach64 for > SPARC architecture? Neither of those will work on current distributions. You'd have to run a dist so old that it wouldn't work on an E450. Could you please send the files I requested? I want this to work with the current xserver. If something is broken, I want to fix it. I would appreciate your cooperation in this. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: error on boot up
> Do this before running silo: > > ln -s . /boot/etc > ln -s . /boot/boot > mv /etc/silo.conf /boot > ln -s /boot/silo.conf /etc/silo.conf > > That should take care of thing for you. I'm starting to think I should > do this by default for the sparc stuff. Makes life easier and works in > both cases. Also, edit /etc/kernel-img.conf, and add "link_in_boot = Yes" in it. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: error on boot up
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 08:16:52AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:32:03PM +0800, lito lampitoc wrote: > > Hi Nathan, > > > > Thank you for answering my questions. I followed every step you told me > > but it didn't work. Running 'silo -r /boot' gives me the following > > error: > > > > Fatal error: cannot open second stage loader /boot/second.b > > > > I have the following partitions: > > > > sda1/boot 10MB > > sda2/ 2GB > > sda3Whole Disk > > sda4swap512M > > sda5/var4GB > > sda6/home 10G > > > > Do this before running silo: > > ln -s . /boot/etc > ln -s . /boot/boot ^^ This was the step I forgot to mention to lito. Thanks, Ben. I was going on memory since I no longer have any machines with a seperate /boot :-) > mv /etc/silo.conf /boot > ln -s /boot/silo.conf /etc/silo.conf > > That should take care of thing for you. I'm starting to think I should > do this by default for the sparc stuff. Makes life easier and works in > both cases. I think this would be a good idea. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Never tell people how to do things. Tell them WHAT to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. -- Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
Xserver on Ultra Enterprise 450
Thanx for the reply, I've just taked the docs you asked... It seems there's nothing wrong! Otherwise, knows anybody where to find xfree-common-v3 and xserver-mach64 for SPARC architecture? Thanks to all, Fab File allegati: XF86Config-4 [3 Kb] XFree86.0.log [50 Kb] XFree86.8.log [50 Kb] lspci.output [5 Kb] I file ti sono stati inviati attraverso il superdrive di superEva. Clicca sul link sottostante per scaricarli: http://superdrive.supereva.it/cgi-bin/fm_main.cgi?share_dir=share+lists.freemail+1049378225-189 (Questa pagina scade tra 30 giorni) - Invia un sms gratis! http://freesms.supereva.it/index.php messaggio inviato con Freemail by www.superEva.it - Allegati - Freemail - SuperevaTi sono stati spediti i seguenti file:XF86Config-4 [3 Kb]XFree86.0.log [50 Kb]XFree86.8.log [50 Kb]lspci.output [5 Kb]che puoi trovare all'indirizzo:http://superdrive.supereva.it/cgi-bin/fm_main.cgi?share_dir=share+lists.freemail+1049378225-189";>http://superdrive.supereva.it/cgi-bin/fm_main.cgi?share_dir=share+lists.freemail+1049378225-189(Questa pagina scade tra 30 giorni)
Re: SUN RAY 1 WITH LINUX
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 09:12:29AM +1200, Warren Hughes wrote: > Sun Ray server software for Linux is a lab project and not available for > release. Questions over market for this. > WANRay (Sun Rays over routable WAN's with compressed protocol) is in a > similar position, but more likely to ship. And I am betting the Linux server software runs on x86, since they don't want to promote Linux on their lovely UltraSPARC systems. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: error on boot up
On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:32:03PM +0800, lito lampitoc wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > Thank you for answering my questions. I followed every step you told me > but it didn't work. Running 'silo -r /boot' gives me the following > error: > > Fatal error: cannot open second stage loader /boot/second.b > > I have the following partitions: > > sda1 /boot 10MB > sda2/ 2GB > sda3Whole Disk > sda4swap 512M > sda5/var4GB > sda6/home 10G > Do this before running silo: ln -s . /boot/etc ln -s . /boot/boot mv /etc/silo.conf /boot ln -s /boot/silo.conf /etc/silo.conf That should take care of thing for you. I'm starting to think I should do this by default for the sparc stuff. Makes life easier and works in both cases. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: error on boot up
Hi Nathan, Thank you for answering my questions. I followed every step you told me but it didn't work. Running 'silo -r /boot' gives me the following error: Fatal error: cannot open second stage loader /boot/second.b I have the following partitions: sda1/boot 10MB sda2/ 2GB sda3Whole Disk sda4swap512M sda5/var4GB sda6/home 10G Here's the content of my silo.conf partition=1 image=1/vmlinuz-2.2.20-sun4cdm label=linux root=/dev/sda2 read-only Does it have any error? I've been trying to solve this problem for a week now, and I can't still find any working solution. My machine is Sun Netra i20 (MicroSparc II), is it supported by debian? Thank you. On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 22:52, Nathan E Norman wrote: > On Tue, Apr 01, 2003 at 03:15:38PM +0800, lito lampitoc wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Sorry if this is OT, but I seems to be the only one on debian-sparc > > list, that why I'm cross posting this. > > Er, I never saw your post on debian-sparc ... taking it back there. > > > I installed debian 3 on my Sun sparc netra i20 using only the first > > disk. But during boot up to complete my installation I received the > > following errors: > > > > SILO buggy old PROMs don't allow reading past 1GB from start of the > > disk.. > > Read error on block 327684 > > Cannot find /etc/silo.conf (Attempt to read block from filesystem > > resulted in short read) > > Could'nt load /etc/silo.conf > > > > prior to this, I created a /boot partition of 10MB and the rest was for > > the system, "So I guess that SILO buggy old PROM.." error shouldn't > > appear, but it did. > > Of course it did; even though you installed your kernel in /boot, SILO > still thinks it's installing from / (the large partition). Thus, SILO > cannot read its own config file due to the buggy boot PROM problem. > > Solution: > > First, edit /etc/silo.conf and make the following changes: > > * the "partition" directive should specify the partition /boot is on. > Thus if /boot is /dev/sda1. silo.conf should have "partition=1". > > * each "image" directive needs to be changed so that it lists the > kernels _as they appear in /boot_; the symlinks in / _are not visible > to silo_. THIS IS IMPORTANT! You'll end up with something lioke > this: > > image=1/vmlinuz-2.4.18 > label=2.4.18 > root=/dev/sda2 > read-only > > * run the following commands > > # mkdir /boot/etc > # cp /etc/silo.conf /boot/etc > # ln -sf /boot/etc/silo.conf /etc/silo.conf > # silo -r /boot > > > Also, I'm confused about the start cylinder, in debian, it says that it > > should start at cylinder 0, but in Mandrake 7.1 for sparc, it says it > > should start at cylinder 1 because starting from 0 will damage the > > partition. What is the correct one?. Though I tried both it didn't make > > any difference. > > cylinder 0 works fine for ext2, ext3 partitions. I had some trouble > when experimenting with other filesystems; for instance creating an > XFS filesystem on a partition starting on cylinder 0 overwrote the Sun > disklabel. > > -- > Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small > minds discuss people. > -- Laurence J. Peter
