Re: Martin's O2 d-i image not booting on ip32
Hi,
* On 2006-05-04 11:08 <e.chakravarty@sms.ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> I am trying to boot my SGI O2 (R5K, ip32) with the o2-boot.img
> debian-installer image provided on www.cyrius.com.
>
> I have set up the dhcp3 server on my laptop to provide the O2 with an IP
> address and the file - I have proved this system working by successfully
> netbooting a MIPS kernel image (although the kernel panics on looking
> for an NFS root filesystem).
>
> However, whenever I try to load Martin's image over the network, I get
> the "Cannot load bootp():", "range check failure", "not enough space"
> error as if I was trying to load an ip22 image. Martin's website clearly
> states that he has compiled this for an ip32 O2 and that it should work
> smoothly.
>
> Can anyone point me towards a working d-i image or suggest any problems
> with my setup?
How much RAM do you have in your system? I had only 64MB and it refused
to boot. Now I have 1GB and the installation went fine.
Mic
--
Linux is not portable (uses 386 task switching etc.) and it
probably never will support any thing other than AT-hard
disk, as that's all I have. --- Linus Torvalds, August 1991
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