Bug#415617: installation-report: Digital Personal Workstation 500a
Op 20-03-2027 om 20:31 schreef Peter Van Loock:
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> Initial boot: [E]
> Detect network card: [ ]
> Configure network: [ ]
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>
> Comments/Problems:
>
> I tried the netboot, the businesscard and the xfce iso from
> http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch-di-rc2/alpha/iso-cd and they all
> booted with the same error (I even tried burning to different discs and
> with different burn-speed).
> After loading the kernel and the initrd, an endless list of messages
> (all the same) scroll by:
>
> ram0: rw=0, want=33282, limit=32768
> Attempt to access beyond end of device
>
> When I booted the cd's with a different ramdisk size (i.e. ramdisk_size=
> 32768 instead of 16384), the boot process just proceeds as expected.
> Everything gets installed as it should be.
Okay, that matches http://bugs.debian.org/410596 behaviour.
> As reported before, there still is one minor problem left, but this
> probably has something to do with the firmware of this machine (haven't
> invested any time in this yet). After installation of all the packages,
> the machine reboots and it tries to boot from CD again. Since the CD is
> not present, the boot will fail. This one is easily solved by just
> turning the machine off and on again (I had the same problem with Sarge).
Seems indeed a firmware thing. On the other hand, it could be "soft
reset" where a "hard reset" is needed. I have no clue if Alpha has
such kind of different reboot commands ...
HtH
GSt
P.S.
I didn't dare to close this BR.
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