Indigo2 installation freezes on kernel boot
Hi all,
I've just suscribed to this list after reading 2 years of archives, and
still I haven't managed to solve my problem. So here it is, as detailed
as it can be.
I recently got a SGI Indigo2 R4400@250Mhz, 384 Mo RAM, XL video card,
4Gb SCSI HD, no CD-Rom or floppy. I try to install a Debian Woody on it.
So I've set up dhcp and tftp servers on the computer to which the SGI is
connected to via ethernet.
Then I got the tftpboot.img from
http://honk.physik.uni-konstanz.de/linux-mips/install/r4k-ip22/tftpboot.img
(because I've read framebuffer with my video card is not supported with
the kernel on Debian FTPs), and put it in / on my server. I've also done
this because I run a 2.4.19 kernel :
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc
echo 25000 32767 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
I went into "Maintenance Menu > Boot command" on my Indigo 2 and here is
what I got :
>> printenv
AutoLoad=Yes
TimeZone=PST8PDT
console=g
diskless=0
keybd=US
dbaud=2400
volume=80
sgilogo=y
autopower=y
monitor=h
netaddr=192.168.0.2
eaddr=08:00:69:08:1d:ae
ConsoleOut=video()
ConsoleIn=keyboard()
cpufreq=250
SystemPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
OSLoadPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)
OSLoadFilename=/unix
OSLoader=sash
gfx=alive
>> boot bootp():/tftpboot.img
115360+19584+3136+334528+42744d+4248+6368 entry: 0x97fa8850
Setting $netaddr to 192.168.0.2 (from server )
Obtaining /tftpboot.img from server
tip22: IP22 Linux tftpboot loader
stack starts at: 0x97fff7a8
Free Memory (3) segment found at (0x88002000,0x88740000)
Free Memory (3) segment found at (0x88800000,0x97f8c000)
Adding 259502080 bytes at 0x88811000 to the list of available memory
Embedded kernel image starts at 0x88810f70, ends 0x88a92a07
Embedded ramdisk image starts at 0x88a92a10, ends 0x88c41a51
Loading program segment 2 at 0x88002000, size = 0x1c0080
Loading program segment 3 at 0x881c4000, size = 45000
Zeroing memory at 0x88209000, size = 0x189c0
Starting kernel; entry point = 0x8800246c
Copied initrd from 0x88a92a10 to 0x88222000 (0x1af041 bytes)
Arguments passed to kernel :
0: bootp():/tftpboot.img
1: rd_start=0x88222000 rd_size=0x1af041
--- Debug: press <spacebar> to boot kernel ---
And my system freezes. I cannot do anything but reboot using the reset
button.
Any help greatly appreciated (as it's driving me mad). Thanks.
--
Lucas Moulin <lucaramel@yahoo.fr>
"I wish I had a shilling for every senseless killing, I'd buy a
government" -- NOFX
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