Re: debootstrap install with etch

2007-03-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 01:09:10AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: >This has got to be the most problematic install I've ever had, I > think. I have no idea how many times I've had to reboot to the "good" > install on the internal scsi drive to try to fix something on the > debootstrap install on t

Re: Installing aboot ?

2007-03-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Mar 03, 2007 at 12:54:49AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: >Thanks, that helped get it a little further along, then it actually > was finding aboot.conf, but couldn't find vmlinuz, finally I realized > that the aboot.conf was screwed up, it had > 0/3 /vmlinuz when it should have been 0/1 /v

Re: Installing aboot ?

2007-03-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:03:28AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: > >> If I try to do it from inside the chroot, if doesn't work because it can't >> see the drive really, just like you can't fdisk from in the chroot. > > Presumably because you don't have a populated /dev. T

debootstrap install with etch

2007-03-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
This has got to be the most problematic install I've ever had, I think. I have no idea how many times I've had to reboot to the "good" install on the internal scsi drive to try to fix something on the debootstrap install on the external drive. The docs at http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/alph

Re: Installing aboot ?

2007-03-02 Thread Harmon Seaver
Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:03:28AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: > >> If I try to do it from inside the chroot, if doesn't work because it can't >> see the drive really, just like you can't fdisk from in the chroot. > > Presumably because you don't have a populated /dev. T

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out

2007-03-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 03:46:05PM -0500, Jay Estabrook wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 11:56:43AM -0700, Will Rosecrans wrote: > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out > > e100: eth1: e100_watchdog: link up, 100 Mbps, full duplex > There have been a number of kernels that show this symptom

Re: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out

2007-03-02 Thread Jay Estabrook
On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 11:56:43AM -0700, Will Rosecrans wrote: > > NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out > e100: eth1: e100_watchdog: link up, 100 Mbps, full duplex There have been a number of kernels that show this symptom - it's a problem with the e100 driver. One option is to use the eep

NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth1: transmit timed out

2007-03-02 Thread Will Rosecrans
I am having a problem with my Alpha Server, and I'm not sure why. The machine is an AlphaServer 1200 running Debian. It has an EV56 / ~533 MHz. The kernel is 2.6.15-1-alpha-generic It is used as a general purpose file (NFS, Samba), Web, MySQL and whatnot server. It used to work fairly well, b

Re: Installing aboot ?

2007-03-02 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Mar 01, 2007 at 09:03:28AM -0600, Harmon Seaver wrote: >Does anyone have any pointers for installing the bootloader in alpha? > I'm pretty familiar with changing the master bootrecord on intel disks, > and grub and lilo, and I've read the man pages and /usr/share/docs and > googled on a