Bug#302700: Report Sarge Installer RC3 on HPPA
On Wed, Apr 06, 2005 at 08:43:46PM +0200, Thomi Schmid wrote:
> Hi Frans,
>
> ramdisk_size=16384 is what is loaded on the kernel boot paramter line as
> default. It does not work. I have increased this value to ramdisk_size=32768.
> It did also fail with the same symptoms.
I think ramdisk_size=21384 should be enough (21384*1024=21897216)
sh-3.00# zcat /mnt/iso/install/initrd.gz | wc -c
21897216
I tried the netinst ISO on a B180, after using hexedit to patch the
ISO image to say ramdisk_size=32768 (you'll see the kernel cmdline
near the start of the image). It worked fine for me after that.
> > > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > > ram0: rw=0, want=40650, limit=32768
I think those numbers are in terms of 512 byte sectors, so the limit
is 16384K (from the kernel param), and it tried to access offset 20325K
Richard
> In the meantime I have repeated the tests on a 712/100 I have at work. That
> machine behaves the sane: It only successfully boots using 40960 as the
> ramdisk_size paramter.
>
> I have more issues: using X on these machines is not possible (the mouse does
> not work, despite using a good working configuration from a Debian 3.0 HPPA
> installation on the same machine 712/100). I will do a follow up debug report
> after doing some more trying.
>
> Bye,
> Thomas
>
>
> Am Mittwoch, 6. April 2005 01.28 schrieb Frans Pop:
> > On Saturday 02 April 2005 23:33, Thomi Schmid wrote:
> > > ok, ramdisk_size=40960 did the job, debian installer did start (thanks
> > > to HP "isl" to change the kernel parameters)
> > >
> > > I'm right now within the install process, I will submit another report
> > > when it will be finished.
> >
> > It looks like the ramdisk values shown in your boot messages could be
> > doubled.
> >
> > > attempt to access beyond end of device
> > > ram0: rw=0, want=40650, limit=32768
> >
> > Could you please try and tell us what the minimal value is at which the
> > installer will boot correctly?
> > If the theory is correct 20480 should also work. Could you please also
> > test a value of 16384?
> >
> > TIA,
> > Frans Pop
>
>
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