Re: I have Perl 5.6 and I need 5.8

r.pacific.net.au/debian/ testing main contrib non-free deb-src http://mirror.pacific.net.au/debian/ testing main contrib non-free -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it. - Michel de Montaigne signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: MULTIA/UDB questions.

Thus spake Ted Goodridge, Jr.: > I thought this was caused by default runlevels? Am I wrong here? Not in Debian. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Gymkata!" -Joel. #310 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: unaligned trap

ge. The program causing the faults will work correctly. Eventually, all unaligned accesses will be fixed, but in the meantime, just ignore these messages (if you're a programmer, please take a minute and fix the source of the unaligned access instead...). -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Miata & Kernel 2.6.x

0 for a while, and I ended up losing my system to massive filesystem corruption as well. The problems started after I'd been running on a 2.6 kernel for a while. I never had a problem with the drives that were on the DAC960 controller, so I'm waiting until I can keep all the drives on it an

Re: kernel-image packages for alpha in need of testing

Thus spake Nathan Poznick: > > Hmm, I don't think so; the images I uploaded that used 2.4.26-1-generic > > couldn't load any modules, so couldn't talk to the NIC at all. :) This > > couldn't possibly be the same d-i image that I uploaded... > > Actuall

Re: kernel-image packages for alpha in need of testing

ompressed image found at block 0 Freeing initrd memory: 3932k freed VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Mounted devfs on /dev Freeing unused kernel memory: 176k freed Setting up filesystem, please wait ... umount: /initrd: Invalid argument -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> W

Re: kernel-image packages for alpha in need of testing

w, but it still hangs in the same place for me (when it hits the PCI bridge on the NIC). Anything else I can try? -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "No scientist is ever right, they just can't be proved wrong at the time!" -- R.P. Feynman. signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: kernel-image packages for alpha in need of testing

o, and it still hung... however I noticed this: Linux version 2.4.25-1-generic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030221 (Debian prerelease)) #2 Wed Apr 14 19:38:35 EST 2004 Is the iso really using the fixed kernel? -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you want to kill any id

Re: kernel-image packages for alpha in need of testing

If they're not very good, do you think it would be possible to get the patch that Herbert applied to 2.4.26-2 (Bug #244585) backported to the version which will be used? It'd be nice to finally be able to install onto the Mylex controller... -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Sarge d-i images on AS2100's?

4.25 kernel, since it worked under 2.2.x and 2.6.x kernels. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Four years ago... No, it was yesterday. Today I... No, that wasn't me. Sometimes I... No, I don't. -Stephen Wright signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Sarge d-i images on AS2100's?

Thus spake Nathan Poznick: > > I'm having a bit of a problem booting the Sarge d-i CD images on my > AS2100 4/275. The kernel appears to hang in drivers/pci/setup-bus.c in > the pci_setup_bridge() function. As you can see from the messages > below, it stops after printing ou

Sarge d-i images on AS2100's?

quipment Corporation DECchip 21152 -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. - Upton Sinclair signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Compile OK but no network

7;t appear > to be included in the Debian 2.4.25 kernel packages (whose de4x5 and > tulip modules bomb out horribly on my Alpha). Hrm, it might have only been added in the 2.6 series... -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "All the fats are numbing my emotions." -Tom Ser

Re: Compile OK but no network

x27;s specifically for the 2104x cards, you might have better luck with it. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "What a surprise. He lives in a shabbily furnished room." -**. #418 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Kernel 2.6 on alpha

work after that message. Haven't had any oopses or the ilk. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A news sense is really a sense of what is important, what is vital, what has color and life-what people are interested in. That's journalism. - Burton Rascoe signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: building XFree_4.4_rc1 from xsrc

; Anyone seen this and know how to fix it? > Best -Mel Just a guess... apt-get install g++ ? -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is a secret pride in every human heart that revolts at tyranny. You may order and drive an individual, but you cannot make him respect you. - William Hazlitt signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Aboot: Load. kernel in ext2 (AS 1200)/Device translation DAC960

Thus spake Nathan Poznick: > Hrm. I had thought I needed to use de4x5 for the card I'm using (4-port > 21142/43 chip card). The machine is an AS2100 4/275, and it does have > one of those builtin tulip NICs (21040), but I'm attempting to not use > it. I'll recompile -

Re: Aboot: Load. kernel in ext2 (AS 1200)/Device translation DAC960

ile -test11 using only the tulip driver, and see where that gets me. Thanks! -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "No one panic until it's necessary." signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Aboot: Load. kernel in ext2 (AS 1200)/Device translation DAC960

een reported by people on x86 and PPC. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "After all is said and done, usually more is said than done." signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: AS4100 + DAC960

d manually create the devices needed (/dev/rd/c0d0, /dev/rd/c0d0p0 ... /dev/rd/c0d0pN, etc) -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find

Re: depmod: Unhandled relocation of type 10 for .text

.d.o, but I'm fairly sure this was reported several times. I got around it by just building the kernel without any modules. A new binutils went into unstable yesterday, and it had some patches for alpha, so you might want to try it out and see if it fixes your problem. -- Nathan Poznick &

Re: How to get to console?

Thus spake Keith Grider: > Ok, I did it now. I edited the aboot.conf and now it will not boot. How > do I get to the aboot console? If you boot with the 'i' flag: boot -fl i diskdevice It will drop you into interactive mode, where you can manually type in a boot line. --

Re: DS20, DAC960 and raid hd

ery/Aulas/Fotograf_a_0016 > Here is the machine and the tower with more HD (Hidden by the chair) Here's mine :) http://www.wang-fu.org/alpha/front_view_cover_on.jpg Cheers! -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century

Re: Module problem with 2.6.0-test9

a problem, is there some form of work > around or fix in the works? I'd be more than willing to test workarounds > or patches, the box isn't in production for anything. I had this happen, but chalked it up to a binutils bug (that may or may not be correct)... my "solution

Re: 2.6.0-test9 kernel....

use the system to hang very soon after the network interface is brought up... -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Who dares to teach must never cease to learn. - John Cotton Dana signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Newbie

y of the SRM reference, it could prove useful: http://h18002.www1.hp.com/alphaserver/download/srm_reference.pdf There's probably a similar one floating around for the AlphaBIOS, but I don't know where offhand. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Man is a rational animal who alway

Re: Newbie

has the full ROM, but i know the 4100s do. Yep, I've got a 2100 with a DAC960 in it, and it has both SRM and alphabios. Run the firmware upgrade from within the alphabios -- same thing for running the RCU (RAID configuration utility) -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Speakin

Re: boot loader

Thus spake Leonardo Saavedra Henriquez: > How can I change permanently the flags option from the SRM console? I believe you're looking for: set boot_osflags "0" -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. - Samuel Johnson pgphZ

Re: Problems with installing Linux on a DEC1000A

d, and plugged the cable coming from the left column into the I/O expansion board. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal Impulse

Re: Problems with installing Linux on a DEC1000A

al install to it. I had to compile my own 2.4.21 kernel with the patch to the DAC960 driver to get the controller to be recognized. I've been contemplating making another pass at an installation with a custom install kernel, but I didn't really know where to start with that. -- Nathan

Re: "depmod: Unhandled relocation of type 10 for .text"

d luck building a kernel for my AS2100 with gcc 3.2.3, but I didn't start with the 2.4.21-3-generic config file...I downloaded a stock 2.4.21 kernel from kernel.org and configured it from scratch. I'm using modutils 2.4.21-3 also. -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Hey

Re: [Fwd: shelves configuration on 2100 + DAC960 ?]

er}d${logical_disk} else mknod $DEVICES/c${controller}d${logical_disk}p${partition} b $major $minor chown root.root $DEVICES/c${controller}d${logical_disk}p${partition} chmod 600 $DEVICES/c${controller}d${logical_disk}p${partition} endif @ minor ++

Re: Installing on a DAC960 controller?

ote: It's not a good idea to put an AS2100 with 4 CPUs and 8 disks directly under the thermostat. Seems that the heat tends to make the A/C think it needs to be on _all_the_time_ :-) -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another go

Re: Hardware question: AS1200, SRM, LSI 53c1010

Thus spake Jan-Benedict Glaw: > Why not simply add your new controller additionally? That way you won't > face any problems, for sure... It could be like the 2100, and only have 3 PCI slots total :-) -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Prosperity is the surest breeder of

Re: Installing on a DAC960 controller?

Thus spake Nathan Poznick: > Unknown Initialization error FB at Oops, I cut that off. For the sake of specificity, it's: Unknown Initialization Error FB for Controller at -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> There is [sic] two things in life for which we are never fully prep

Re: Installing on a DAC960 controller?

it work with Tru64/NT/VMS, or if it's perfectly safe to use. So, the question of the hour is: Has anyone successfully used the 2.73 firmware on one of the DEC OEM DAC960PD-3's? -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Love is better than logic, but I can't prove it. pgpeYxuGS8kla.pgp Description: PGP signature

Installing on a DAC960 controller?

could get Linux up and running on this system at all? (Any kind of Linux would work...all I *really* need is to get enough of a system running to bootstrap a Debian system :-). ANY suggestions or comments would be welcome. Thanks! -- Nathan Poznick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "*I'm* yo