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Hello, it's me again ... |
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things seem not to be so easy .... |
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I ended up with a disk configuration as follows: |
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/ # fdisk /dev/sda |
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Command (m for help): p |
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Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 64 heads, 32 sectors, 0 cylinders |
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Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes |
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----- partitions ----- |
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Pt# Device Info Start End Sectors Id System |
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1: /dev/sda1 boot 101 8682 17575936 83 Linux native |
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2: /dev/sda2 swap 2 100 202752 82 Linux swap |
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9: /dev/sda3 0 1 4096 0 SGI volhdr |
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11: /dev/sda4 0 8682 17781520 6 SGI volume |
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----- Bootinfo ----- |
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Bootfile: /unix |
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----- Directory Entries ----- |
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0: sgilabel sector 2 size 512 |
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1: sash sector 3 size 266240 |
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2: ide sector 523 size 266240 |
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3: IP30prom sector 1043 size 879104 |
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Command (m for help): q |
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Don't know, whether this is ok?? Then a mke2fs revealed the following: |
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/ # mke2fs -j /dev/sda1 |
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mke2fs 1.38 (30-Jun-2005) |
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Warning: could not erase sector 2: Attempt to write block from |
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filesystem resulted in short write |
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Filesystem label= |
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OS type: Linux |
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Block size=4096 (log=2) |
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Fragment size=4096 (log=2) |
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1095584 inodes, 2189410 blocks |
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109470 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user |
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First data block=0 |
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67 block groups |
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32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group |
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16352 inodes per group |
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Superblock backups stored on blocks: |
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32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632 |
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Warning: could not read block 0: Attempt to read block from filesystem |
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resulted in short read |
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Warning: could not erase sector 0: Attempt to write block from |
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filesystem resulted in short write |
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Writing inode tables: done |
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Creating journal (32768 blocks): done |
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Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: |
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Warning, had trouble writing out superblocks.done |
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This filesystem will be automatically checked every 24 mounts or |
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180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. |
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/ # |
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Any comments?? |
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The Gentoo documentation seems not to be in sync with the actual |
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fdisk command options ... |
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Thanks, Karin |
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=========== |
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2 at 17:33 +0100, Karin Willers wrote: |
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> Hello All, |
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> |
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> bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS0 |
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> |
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> did it - thanks for the speedy reply! |
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> |
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> Cheers, Karin |
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> ----- |
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> On Sun, 2008-03-02 at 18:11 +0200, Panagiotis Christopoulos wrote: |
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> > On 16:47 Sun 02 Mar , Karin Willers wrote: |
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> > > Hello All, |
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> > > |
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> > > I'm currently trying to install Gentoo MIPS on an IP30 without |
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> > > monitor (and hence no keyboard connected). Connection to the |
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> > > Octane is made serially from a laptop running minicom. |
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> > > |
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> > > I think, the machine (R12000 @ 400 MHz, 2 GByte RAM) boots the |
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> > > ip30-r10k+-20050820.img image file correctly: |
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> > > |
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> > > >> bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 |
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> > > Setting $netaddr to 192.168.0.70 (from server ) |
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> > > Obtaining from server |
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> > > 8520560+306368 entry: 0xa800000020799000 |
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> > > |
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> > > but there is no further output; probably there is no getty |
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> > > running on the serial port. |
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> > > |
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> > > Question 1: Is there an image that has serial console enabled? |
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> > I'm not sure, but you can try this: |
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> > bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS0 |
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> > or |
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> > bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 CONSOLE=/dev/ttyS1 |
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> > |
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> > > Question 2: What is the format of the .img file that is loaded |
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> > > via tftp - maybe there's a chance to add an entry for the |
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> > > serial port (what is the proper special file here?) in the |
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> > > initrd? |
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> > > |
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> > > Thanks, Karin |
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> > > |
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> > I hope this works, |
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> > |
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> > Panagiotis Christopoulos(pchrist) |
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> |
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