Re: install problems
On 2025-03-24 4:07 p.m., Christian Groessler wrote:
> On 3/23/25 23:28, John David Anglin wrote:
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> On 2025-03-23 5:48 p.m., Christian Groessler wrote:
>>> ello Dave,
>>>
>>> On 3/23/25 18:16, John David Anglin wrote:
>>>> Maybe try adding "earlycon=pdc" to kernel command line. I would of thought it would be
>>>> default.
>>>
>>> Makes no difference. Neither "earlycon=pdc" nor "earlycon=ttyS0" show additional output on the serial connection or the montor.
>> If old installer works, I would use it and then update system with apt/apt-get.
>>
>> It looks to me like your installed kernel crashes shortly after transfer to start kernel.
>>
>> Debian kernels work okay on c3700/c3750.
>>
>> Latest installer hasn't had much testing.
>
>
> I can try (again). Something didn't work back then therefore I haven't installed Linux on the box. I think it had problems to detect the hard
> disk. But I'll check again.
Linux can detect SCSI, ATA (IDE), USB and NVME drives but only SCSI and ATA (master) drives can be used as boot devices.
HP-UX only supports SCSI and ATA drives.
> How would I build my own version of the installer CD? I could use latest (or whichever) kernel.
If you have access to to a CD/DVD burner, just download the installer iso and burn it. Then,
use CD drive in c3700 to boot.
Dave
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