Fail to netboot Sarge on an AlphaServer 4/233
Hello,
I got an old AlphaServer 4/233 from a friend, and I tried to install
Debian on it. Since the CD drive doesn't work anymore, I used netboot.
With sarge (both debian-installer rc2 and the -current from
yesterday), I get the following:
V7.0-9, built on Mar 18 1999 at 13:25:37
>>> show dev
dka0.0.0.6.0 DKA0 RZ26N 0568
dka400.4.0.6.0 DKA400 RRD35 1645
dva0.0.0.0.1 DVA0
ewa0.0.0.0.11.0 EWA0 08-00è2B-E7-D6-13
pka0.7.0.6.0 PLA0 SCSI Bus ID 7
>>> boot -protocols bootp -flags "" ewa0
(boot ewa0.0.0.11.0)
Trying BOOTP boot.
Broadcasting BOOTP Request...
Received BOOTP Packet File Name is: /tftpboot/tftpboot.img
local inet address: 192.168.1.2
remote inet address: 192.168.1.42
TFTP Read File Name: /tftpboot/tftpboot.img
netmask = 255.255.255.0
Server is on same subnet as client.
......................................................................
bootstrap code read in
base = 1f200, image_start = 0, image_bytes = 41801e
initializing HWRPB at 2000
initializing page tabel at 1e4000
initializing machine sate
setting affinity to the primary CPU
jumping to bootstrap code
aboot: Linux/Alpha SRM bootloader version 0.9b
aboot: switching to OSF/1 PALcode version 1.46
aboot: loading initrd (2983966 bytes/5829 blocks) at 0xfffffc000fd24000
aboot: starting kernel network with arguments root=/dev/ram ramdisk_size=16384 devfs=mount,dall
Then nothing more, it stays like that forever.
I tried with woody, it boots and starts the installation program, but
I get a lot of errors when I try to access to the disk, I wonder if
it's a driver problem or if the disk itself is broken (that's why I
tried sarge, to get a newer driver...)
I'm ready to test other images if you want more information to fix the
Sarge installer.
Thanks to all debian developpers for your work :)
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