Hi n p, I'm forwarding this report to the debian-alpha mailing list, where it's likely to get more attention from folks who might be familiar with the particularities of this hardware.
Thanks, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 08:36:59PM -0400, n p wrote: > Package: debian-40r1-alpha-CD-1.iso and > debian-40r1-alpha-kde-CD-1.isoinstallation-reports (tried both iso) > > Boot method: CD-rom via SRM console (V5.7-83) > Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r1/a;pha/iso-cd/ > Date: 2007-10-08 and 2007-10-10 (each iso CD-rom respectively) > > Machine: DEC AlphaServer 1000A 4/266 RM > Processor: (see Machine above) > Memory: 1024 Meg of System Memory (from SRM show memory command) > Partitions: 2 GBytes SCSI disk x 3; all 3 were detected during partitioning > phase but only the first drive was used by the default set-up > > Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: (do not understand this question) > Not sure if the following information is helpful: the console displayed > these lines after bus probe on power up > > bus 2, slot 0 -- pka -- QLogic ISP10x0 > bus 2, slot 1 -- pkb -- NCP 53C810 > bus 0, slot 12 -- ewa -- DECchip 21041-AA > bus 0, slot 13 -- tga -- DECchip ZLXp 21030 > > Base System Installation Checklist: > > Initial boot: OK > Detect network card: OK > Configure network: OK > Detect CD: OK > Load installer modules: OK > Detect hard drives: OK > Partition hard drivers: OK - only one out of three was partitioned by the > installer using guided partitioning > Install base system: OK > Clock/timezone setup: OK > User/password setup: OK > Install tasks: OK > Install boot loader: OK > Overall install: not sure - see below > > Comments/Problems: > > Booting and installing from the CD seemed to be all right until instructed > to reboot the server. Only default values from the installer were used (I > am very new to Linux installation) > Upon reboot, the server booted into the aboot after typing boot from the SRM > >>> prompt. > Got "Welcome to aboot 0.9b ....." and the aboot> prompt. > Typed in 0 and the following was shown: > > aboot: loading uncompressed vmlinuz... > aboot: loading compressed vmlinuz... > aboot: zero-filling 869018 bytes at 0xfffffc0001715ec6 > aboot: loading initrd (6384427 bytes/6234 blocks) at 0xfffffc003f8a6000 > aboot: starting kernet vmlinuz with arguments ro root=/dev/sda3 > > After this point the keyboard LEDs (Num Lock, Caps Lock and Scroll Lock) > would flash a few times, then the screen/console became frozen. No further > activities. > Tried left-Alt F4, left-Alt F2, nothing happened. > > The machine was working before only the os was too old (Digital UNIX 3.2g). > Tried both the Debian first iso CD-rom and the KDE iso CD-rom, both had the > same problem. > > Would someone be kind enough to help please? Thank you very much in > advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]