Re: R10000 / R5000 and Debian
Pawel Tecza wrote:
> Hello again! :)
>
> > I have also old notebook with Woody, so first I'll try to boot my
> > O2 box from TFTP. I'll use your images if I have the problems.
>
> According to googled documents I have installed tftpd and dhcpd on my
> notebook and network booted my O2 box. I use cdrom-boot.img downloaded from
> http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-mips/rc1/images/r5k-ip22/.
> The O2 machine got the image, printed the following message on screen
>
> tip22: IP22 Linux tftpboot loader 0.3.8.2
> Loading program segment 2 at 0x88002000, size = 0x1d4708
> Loading program segment 3 at 0x881d8000, size = 0x3b000
> Zeroing memory at 0x88213000, size = 0x36510
> Starting kernel; entry point = 0x881da040
> Copied initrd from 0x88aa0bf0 to 0x8824a000 (0x1b07c2 bytes)
>
> and froze. What does it mean? Should I continue the installation
> via serial console?
It means you tried to install a kernel for SGI Indy/Indigo2 aka ip22
on a SGI O2 aka ip32 machine. This can't possibly work. The kernel
support for O2 is currently close to be useful and stable, but is
unlikely to get ready before sarge.
Thiemo
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