Re: indigo2 installation woes

["J. Scott Kasten" <jscottkasten@yahoo.com>]

Definately do try other versions of the debian installer.

If worse comes to worse, you can also try the Gentoo Live CD, a Knoppix 
like live system on a CD.

http://gentoo.mirrors.pair.com/experimental/mips/livecd/x-rc6/

Good luck and keep us posted on your success.

-S-

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Peter Plessas wrote:

> Thanks Scott, Thiemo,
>
> i just md5-checked the disk without error.
> The drive itself was not used with the indigo2 before, that might be one
> concern. But i checked the 512 bytes settings (jumpers) and they are set
> correctly.
> I am stuck here, have no access to another drive at the moment, perhaps
> i should try another installer version.
>
> Thanks for the great help!
>
> Peter
>
> * J. Scott Kasten <jscottkasten@yahoo.com> [2007-06-18 19:29]:
> > On the physical drive itself, case removed, there is usually a set of
> > jumpers near the SCSI connector.  Often between the SCSI and power
> > connectors.
> >
> > The jumper block usually has between 5 and 6 pairs.  Three for the SCSI
> > ID, one for single ended/self termination, and one for sector size.
> > Burner type drives sometimes have the 6th pair to move the burner
> > capabilities to a separate LUN.
> >
> > Drives sold with or specifically for SGI and Sun equipment have the 512
> > byte sector support and are configured for such.  Teac made most of the
> > drives in that period.
> >
> > -S-
> >
> > On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, Peter Plessas wrote:
> >
> > > Thiemo Seufer wrote:
> > > > Peter Plessas wrote:
> > > > >  Dear List,
> > > > >
> > > > >  trying to install Debian on my Indigo2, using the .iso from
> > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/mips/iso-cd/
> > > > >  I have no possibility to boot via network right now.
> > > > >
> > > > >  The cdrom drive is an external scsi one, which is terminated and
> > > > usually >  works well.
> > > > >  The Indigo2 doesn't boot the cd directly, nor via the "install system
> > > > >  software" entry in the sgi startup menu.
> > > >
> > > > It is supposed to work that way. However, the "Loading program segment
> > > > ..."
> > > > line in the screenshot looks suspicious. Have you checked the CD image is
> > > > ok? Next, does the CDROM drive support 512 byte blocks, as required by
> > > > the
> > > > machine's firmware? Finally, it could be a problem with flaky RAM, as it
> > > > occasionally happens due to oxidizing contacts. Re-seating the RAM
> > > > modules
> > > > in their sockets might make a difference.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Thiemo
> > >
> > > I will run a checksum on the .iso tonight. Is there a way to determine if
> > > a certain cdrom does 512 byte blocks? The drive came with the indigo2...
> > >
> > > regards,
> > >
> > > Peter
> > >
> > >
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