Re: Debian and Ibm RS6000 7043-150
On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 09:31:41AM +0200, Nicolas Raspail wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to netboot the vmlinux-prep/chrp.initrd and none works for me.
> Here is some logs extract
Ok, since now we know that your box is a chrp one, we can tell a bit more
about this :
> 0 > boot net:10.252.82.254,,10.252.82.229
> LOAD: Waiting 60 seconds for Spanning Tree
> BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 1
> FILE: /install/tftpboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd
> Load Addr=0x4000 Max Size=0xbfc000
> FINAL Packet Count = 11055 Final File Size = 5660139 bytes.
>
> Unexpected Firmware Error:
> DEFAULT CATCH!, code=fff00300 at %SRR0: 00c1b030 %SRR1: 00003030
This is expected, since you are trying to boot a prep kernel on a chrp box.
> 0 > boot net:10.252.82.254,,10.252.82.229
> LOAD: Waiting 60 seconds for Spanning Tree
> BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 1
> FILE: /install/tftpboot/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd
> Load Addr=0x4000 Max Size=0xbfc000
> FINAL Packet Count = 11188 Final File Size = 5727838 bytes.
> CLAIM failed
> ok
> 0 >
Ok, claim is used in the bootloader. I don't really know if this is happening
while the OF is claiming space for the kernel (i somehow don't think so,
because it has already loaded it somewhere), or if the actual kernel
boot-loader is trying to claim in the arch/ppc/boot/openfirmware/main.c.
> 0 > setenv load-base 100000 ok
> 0 > boot net:10.252.82.254,,10.252.82.229
> LOAD: Waiting 60 seconds for Spanning Tree
> BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 1
> FILE: /install/tftpboot/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd
> Load Addr=0x100000 Max Size=0xb00000
> FINAL Packet Count = 11188 Final File Size = 5727838 bytes.
> <REBOOT>
> LOAD: Waiting 60 seconds for Spanning Tree
> BOOTP R = 1 BOOTP S = 1
> FILE: /install/tftpboot/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd
> Load Addr=0x4000 Max Size=0xbfc000
> FINAL Packet Count = 11188 Final File Size = 5727838 bytes.
> CLAIM failed
This should have helped. I naturally have no idea how the IBM OF is set out,
where the actual OF code is located, and what the free space is. Could you try
other load-base entries ?
And BTW, how much memory you have on that box anyway ?
Also, could provide the output of powerpc/netboot/2.4/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd as
well, and try to boot a standalone (without initrd) 2.6 kernel, by installing
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc, and running
mkvmlinuz -n -o /tftpboot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-powerpc -k /boot/vmlinux-2.6.8-powerpc
and then booting the resulting kernel. You would need mkvmlinuz version 9 or
higher.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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