prom problems on 5000/133
Hello,
I am trying to bring Linux on a decstation 5000/133. I followed the
instructions I found on the web but with only little success. My story goes
like this:
I tried tftp but found a table that states the 5.7j-Prom cannot do that.
So I copied an ecoff-kernel to a harddisc with an ufs filesystem. When the
prom starts up, I can type "boot". That starts ultrixboot, which in turn
starts the file. All other commands I tried in the Prom lead to an error
message or are silently ignored. Even typing boot 3/rz2/vmunix simply does
nothing though that is what boot by itself does. So I removed vmunix and get
a prompt from ultrixboot that allows me to enter an image. That works with
different images. I tried to give it some boot-options there, but it didn
seem to work.
I never see anything on my serial terminal, even if I pull out the
framebuffer. Is it worth a try to use one of the newer kernels? Do they have
framebuffer-Support for the 5000/133? I will have to check what framebuffer
is in there.
The docs say that I should get a >> prompt from the prom, but all I get is
R>. Is that something different?
Any Ideas?
Regards
Alexander
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alexander.schulz@innominate.com
software engineer innominate AG
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