You should try the solution described here: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2007/02/msg00079.html Instead of using "console=/dev/ttySG0", you can try with "CONSOLE=ttySG0" On April 19, 2007 11:19 am, Tim Cutts wrote: > On 19 Apr 2007, at 3:10 pm, Greg Edwards wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 02:52:02PM +0100, Tim Cutts wrote: > >> I went into EFI command mode, and then ran elilo. The kernel loaded > >> from the CD fine, and began to run: > >> > >> Uncompressing Linux... done > >> Loading file \initrd.gz...done > >> Linux version 2.6.18-4-itanium (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-11) > >> (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian > >> 4.1.1-21)) #1 SMP Wed Feb 21 14:35:08 UTC 2007 > > > > [...] > > > >> Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=atapi0:/linux priority=low -- ro > > > > [...] > > > >> sn_console: Console driver init > >> ttySG0 at I/O 0x0 (irq = 0) is a SGI SN L1 > > > > [...] > > > >> After which it went rather quiet. To me, this smells like it's > >> working, just not talking to the console any more. It's running > >> quite an old PROM, so I'm going to update that, and then try again. > > > > Looks like it found the console, but does it change the behavior if > > you > > explicitly pass console=ttySG0 on the kernel boot line? > > Nope - it does the same thing. I've now updated to the latest PROM, > with no change in the behaviour. > > I wonder what else could be wrong... > > Tim -- Mathieu Bouchard Centre de bio-informatique Pavillon Charles-Eugène-Marchand Université Laval Québec, Canada www.bioinfo.ulaval.ca Avis relatif à la confidentialité/Notice of Confidentiality http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm
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