Re: AlphaServer 1000A 4/266 installation question
I just wanted to let you know that the kernels you pointed me to fixed
the problem, and were easily put on a Debian(slink at this point) install
floppy. Thank you very much.
You were also correct about the DAC960 which has 2.36 firmware IIRC, so
the driver doesn't work. Any encouraging words or am I screwed unless I
get a newer card?
Thanks again,
Jim
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 10:51:14 -0400, Jay Estabrook said:
> On Thu, Jul 20, 2000 at 01:31:43AM -0400, Jim Crilly wrote:
> >
> > As the topic says I have an AlphaServer 1000A and am trying to
> install
> > Debian on it. A few seconds and screen flickers after it starts
> booting
> > the kernel from the rescue image I get kicked back to SRM with the
> error:
> >
> > halt code = 6
> > double error halt
> > PC = fffffc000031b24c
> >
> > I've tried Debian 2.1 and 2.2 and a few other distributions just to
> be
> > thorough and they all do the same thing. I am new to the Alpha
> > architecture so this maybe not be a Linux specific issue but since
> the
> > box is currently running Tru64 and had NT on it at one point so I
> don't
> > think it's a hardware problem. I have updated the SRM firmware to
> 5.7 and
> > ARC is 4.59 which had no effect.
>
> It's not a hardware problem - 1000A support has been broken for the
> 4/xxx
> models for quite a while in both 2.2.x and 2.4.x kernels.
>
> The good news is that both 2.2.17-pre13 and 2.4.0-test5-pre3 have
> working
> support for 1000A 4/xx and 5/xxx. You'll have to find a way to get an
> updated kernel before trying to install. I have made one available,
> but
> don't know if the configuration is appropriate for a Debian install.
> For anon FTP at gatekeeper.dec.com:
>
> /pub/DEC/Linux-Alpha/TESTING/up-2.2.17-pre12-15jul/
>
> you will find a floppy image that could be tried.
>
> >
> > Basically the hardware in the box is a Mylex DAC960(all the drives
> on on
> > this RAID controller), QLogic ISP10x0(cdrom is on here), DE500-BA
> NIC, S3
> > Trio64/Trio32 PCI Video(on-board LISA video is disabled), 128M
> memory.
>
> All OK except for the DAC960, which prolly has firmware (version <
> 3.x)
> that is not supported by the LINUX DAC960 driver.
>
> --Jay++
>
> Jay A Estabrook Alpha Engineering - LINUX
> Project
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