Re: Cobalt Qube 2
Ahh as a side point, CoLo 1.10 does not give me the option of
selecting Installation (Serial) after selecting Network (NFS) (off the
LCD panel). It seems to be at the point that I select Network (NFS)
that it seems to go horribly wrong.
On 7 March 2012 15:54, Andy Barnes <andy@barnes.net> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have 2 almost identical Cobalt Qube 2's that I am trying to set up
> with Debian. The first one works a charm following Martin's tutorial
> (http://www.cyrius.com/debian/cobalt/install.html). The second one
> fails.
>
> Here is my dhcpd.conf:
>
> option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.0;
>
> subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
> range 192.168.1.10 192.168.1.100;
> }
>
> host cobalt {
> hardware ethernet 00:10:e0:00:e1:3d;
> fixed-address 192.168.1.77;
> option routers 192.168.1.0;
> next-server 192.168.1.0;
> option root-path "/nfsroot";
> filename "default.colo";
> option host-name "cobalt";
> }
>
> host qube {
> hardware ethernet 00:10:e0:00:e1:3d;
> fixed-address 192.168.1.78;
> option routers 192.168.1.0;
> next-server 192.168.1.0;
> option root-path "/nfsroot";
> filename "default.colo";
> option host-name "qube";
> }
>
> This is what the working system outputs just before starting the
> debian installer on the serial console (I selected Network (NFS) from
> the first menu, and Install (Serial) from the second.
>
> Cobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'
> Built Tue May 25 15:58:41 PDT 1999
>
> 1.LCD Test................................PASS
> 2.Controller Test.........................PASS
> 5.Bank 0:.................................64M
> 6.Bank 1:.................................64M
> 7.Bank 2:.................................16M
> 8.Bank 3:.................................0M
> 9.Serial Test.............................PASS
> 10.PCI Expansion Slot....................**EMPTY**
> 12.IDE Test................................PASS
> 13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
> 16.RTC Test................................PASS
> BOOTLOADER ramcode: selected partition /dev/hda1
> Decompressing done
> Executing bootloader kernel...
> Decompressing - done.
>
> [ "CoLo" v1.22 ]
> stage2: 88fa0000-89000000
> cpu: clock 250.000MHz
> pci: unit type <Qube2>
> tulip: #0 device 21143
> tulip: #1 device 21143
> tulip: {00:10:e0:00:e1:3d}
> ide: resetting
> boot: running boot menu
> 1> lcd 'Booting...'
> 1> net
> tulip: link up (100Mbps full-duplex)
> net: interface up
> dhcp: DISCOVER
> dhcp: OFFER 192.168.1.77 <-- 192.168.1.0
> dhcp: REQUEST
> dhcp: ACK
> net: interface down
> tulip: link up (100Mbps full-duplex)
> net: interface up
> address 192.168.1.77
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.1.0
> name server 192.168.1.0
> 1> lcd 'Booting...' {ip-address}
> 1> tftp {dhcp-next-server} {dhcp-boot-file}
> no response
> script aborted <1>
>> ÿCobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'
> Built Tue May 25 15:58:41 PDT 1999
>
> 1.LCD Test................................PASS
> 2.Controller Test.........................PASS
> 5.Bank 0:.................................64M
> 6.Bank 1:.................................64M
> 7.Bank 2:.................................16M
> 8.Bank 3:.................................0M
> 9.Serial Test.............................PASS
> 10.PCI Expansion Slot....................**EMPTY**
> 12.IDE Test................................PASS
> 13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
> 16.RTC Test................................PASS
> BOOTLOADER ramcode: selected partition /dev/hda1
> Decompressing done
> Executing bootloader kernel...
> Decompressing - done.
>
> [ "CoLo" v1.22 ]
> stage2: 88fa0000-89000000
> cpu: clock 250.000MHz
> pci: unit type <Qube2>
> tulip: #0 device 21143
> tulip: #1 device 21143
> tulip: {00:10:e0:00:e1:3d}
> ide: resetting
> boot: running boot menu
> 1> lcd 'Booting...'
> 1> net
> tulip: link up (100Mbps full-duplex)
> net: interface up
> dhcp: DISCOVER
> dhcp: OFFER 192.168.1.77 <-- 192.168.1.0
> dhcp: REQUEST
> dhcp: ACK
> net: interface down
> tulip: link up (100Mbps full-duplex)
> net: interface up
> address 192.168.1.77
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.1.0
> name server 192.168.1.0
> 1> lcd 'Booting...' {ip-address}
> 1> nfs {dhcp-next-server} {dhcp-root-path} {dhcp-boot-file}
> nfs: mounted "/nfsroot"
> nfs: lookup "default.colo"
> nfs: mode <0100644>
> 1KB loaded
> 00000316 790t
> nfs: unmounted "/nfsroot"
> 1> -script
> 2> var args ""
> 2> select 'BOOT SELECTION' 50 'install SSH' 'install serial' 'rescue
> SSH' 'rescue serial'
> 2> goto {menu-option}
> 2> var title1 'Starting the'
> 2> var title2 'installer (ttyS)'
> 2> var initrd "serial_initrd.gz"
> 2> goto 3
> 2> lcd "{title1}" "{title2}"
> 2> nfs {dhcp-next-server} {dhcp-root-path} vmlinux-2.6.32-5-r5k-cobalt {initrd}
> nfs: mounted "/nfsroot"
> nfs: lookup "serial_initrd.gz"
> nfs: mode <0100644>
> 2761KB loaded (920KB/sec)
> nfs: lookup "vmlinux-2.6.32-5-r5k-cobalt"
> nfs: mode <0100644>
> 5728KB loaded (954KB/sec)
> 00597ef7 5865207t
> 002b23c2 2827202t
> nfs: unmounted "/nfsroot"
> 2> relocate
> elf32: 00080000 - 0053d3af (80084280) (ffffffff.80000000)
> 2> execute rd_start=0x{initrd-start} rd_size=0x{initrd-size}
> console=ttyS0,{console-speed} {args}
> elf32: 00080000 - 0053d3af (80084280) (ffffffff.80000000)
> exec: relocating initrd (8053e000)
> elf32: 80080000 (80080000) 4500176t + 469216t
> net: interface down
> [ 0.120000] Cobalt board ID: 5
> [ 0.128000] Switching to clocksource MIPS
> [ 0.160000] NET: Registered protocol family 2
> [ 0.168000] IP route cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> [ 0.180000] TCP established hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
> [ 0.188000] TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
> [ 0.196000] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 8192 bind 8192)
> [ 0.204000] TCP reno registered
> [ 0.208000] NET: Registered protocol family 1
> [ 0.216000] pci 0000:00:09.0: Activating ISA DMA hang workarounds
> [ 0.220000] Trying to unpack rootfs image as initramfs...
> [ 2.132000] Freeing initrd memory: 2760k freed
> [ 2.144000] audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
> [ 2.148000] type=2000 audit(2.151:1): initialized
> [ 2.184000] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
> [ 2.192000] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
> [ 2.204000] msgmni has been set to 274
> [ 2.216000] alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
> [ 2.224000] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4
> loaded (major 253)
> [ 2.232000] io scheduler noop registered
> [ 2.236000] io scheduler anticipatory registered
> [ 2.240000] io scheduler deadline registered
> [ 2.248000] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
> [ 2.304000] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
> ê[ 2.348000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled 21) is a ST16650V2
> [ 2.348000] console [ttyS0] enabled, bootconsole disabled
> [ 2.388000] brd: module loaded
> [ 2.396000] scsi0 : pata_via
> [ 2.404000] scsi1 : pata_via
> [ 2.408000] ata1: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0x1420 irq 14
> [ 2.416000] ata2: PATA max UDMA/33 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0x1428 irq 15
> [ 2.424000] physmap platform flash device: 00080000 at 1fc00000
> modprobe: FATAL: Could not load
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-r5k-cobalt/modules.dep: No such file or
> directory
>
> [ 2.480000] Found: AMD AM29F040
> [ 2.484000] physmap-flash.0: Found 1 x8 devices at 0x0 in 8-bit bank
> [ 2.492000] number of JEDEC chips: 1
> [ 2.496000] cfi_cmdset_0002: Disabling erase-suspend-program due to
> code brokenness.
> modprobe: FATAL: Could not load
> /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-r5k-cobalt/modules.dep: No such file or
> directory
>
> [ 2.548000] cmdlinepart partition parsing not available
> modprobe: FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6[ 2.588000]
> ata1.00: ATA-5: ST38410A, 3.03, max UDMA/66
> .32-5-r5k-cobalt[ 2.592000] ata1.00: 16841664 sectors, multi 0: LBA
> /modules.dep: No such file or directory
>
> [ 2.612000] RedBoot partition parsing not available
> [ 2.616000] Using physmap partition information
> [ 2.624000] Creating 1 MTD partitions on "physmap-flash.0":
> [ 2.628000] 0x000000000000-0x000000080000 : "firmware"
> [ 2.636000] ata1.00: configured for UDMA/33
> [ 2.640000] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA ST38410A
> 3.03 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> [ 2.652000] Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.15 (Feb 27, 2007)
> [ 2.660000] PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:07.0 (0041 -> 0043)
> [ 2.672000] tulip0: Old format EEPROM on 'Cobalt Microserver'
> board. Using substitute media control info.
> [ 2.684000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 16841664 512-byte logical blocks:
> (8.62 GB/8.03 GiB)
> [ 2.696000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> [ 2.704000] tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
> [ 2.708000] tulip0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a
> 21142 MII PHY (3) block.
> [ 2.720000] tulip0: MII transceiver #1 config 1000 status 7809
> advertising 01e1.
> [ 2.732000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache:
> enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> [ 2.748000] sda:
> [ 2.756000] eth0: Digital DS21142/43 Tulip rev 65 at MMIO
> 0x12080000, 00:10:e0:00:e1:3d, IRQ 19.
> [ 2.764000] sda1 sda2 sda3 <PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:0c.0 (0005 -> 0007)
> [ 2.780000] tulip1: Old format EEPROM on 'Cobalt Microserver'
> board. Using substitute media control info.
> [ 2.788000] tulip1: EEPROM default media type Autosense.
> [ 2.796000] tulip1: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a
> 21142 MII PHY (3) block.
> [ 2.808000] tulip1: MII transceiver #1 config 1000 status 7809
> advertising 01e1.
> [ 2.820000] sda5 >
> [ 2.832000] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
> [ 2.840000] eth1: Digital DS21142/43 Tulip rev 65 at MMIO
> 0x12080400, 00:10:e0:00:dc:e2, IRQ 20.
> [ 2.852000] mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
> [ 2.860000] rtc_cmos rtc_cmos: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
> [ 2.868000] rtc0: alarms up to one day, 242 bytes nvram
> [ 2.872000] Registered led device: qube::front
> [ 2.884000] TCP cubic registered
> [ 2.888000] NET: Registered protocol family 17
> [ 2.896000] registered taskstats version 1
> [ 2.900000] rtc_cmos rtc_cmos: setting system clock to 2012-03-07
> 15:33:18 UTC (1331134398)
> [ 2.908000] Initalizing network drop monitor service
> [ 2.932000] Freeing unused kernel memory: 176k freed
> FATAL: Could not load /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-r5k-cobalt/modules.dep: No
> such file or directory
> Starting system log daemon: syslogd, klogd.
>
> At this point the Debian installer started up and everything went as
> expected. I now have a working Debian 6 Cobalt Qube 2. Great lets get
> the second one done:
>
> Cobalt Microserver Diagnostics - 'We serve it, you surf it'
> Built Tue May 25 15:58:41 PDT 1999
>
> 1.LCD Test................................PASS
> 2.Controller Test.........................PASS
> 5.Bank 0:.................................64M
> 6.Bank 1:.................................64M
> 7.Bank 2:.................................16M
> 8.Bank 3:.................................0M
> 9.Serial Test.............................PASS
> 10.PCI Expansion Slot....................**EMPTY**
> 12.IDE Test................................PASS
> 13.Ethernet Test...........................PASS
> 16.RTC Test................................PASS
> BOOTLOADER ramcode: selected partition /dev/hda1
> Decompressing done
> Executing bootloader kernel...
> Decompressing - done.
>
> [ "CoLo" v1.10 ]
> stage2: 88fb0000-89000000
> pci: unit type <Qube2>
> tulip: {00:10:e0:00:bf:04}
> ide: resetting
> boot: running boot menu
>> lcd 'Booting...'
>> net
> net: interface up
> dhcp: DISCOVER
> dhcp: OFFER 192.168.1.78 <-- 192.168.1.0
> dhcp: REQUEST
> arp: sent request for 192.168.1.0
> arp: resolved 192.168.1.0
> dhcp: ACK
> net: interface down
> net: interface up
> address 192.168.1.78
> netmask 255.255.255.0
> gateway 192.168.1.0
> name server 192.168.1.0
>> lcd 'Booting...' {ip-address}
>> nfs {dhcp-next-server} {dhcp-root-path} {dhcp-boot-file}
> mount failed (permission denied)
> script aborted
>>
>
> And it fails. I have tried editing the dhcpd.conf file and just
> changed the MAC address's round incase of an undetectable typo or
> something and the same results. The only thing I have noticed is that
> the failing Cobalt has CoLo 1.10 and the working one has 1.22.
>
> Does anyone have any idea what is going on here, or how I can get my
> second Cobalt up and running? I thought at first it must be the
> 'installed' version of CoLo but from what I understand it loads that
> from the dhcp server, not the local flash.
>
> It does have a borked sarge install on it currently, I did try and run
> an upgrade but it broke horribly.
>
> Any help or advice appreciated. Have also cc'd to the CoLo author in
> case he has any insight and Martin who wrote the installation guide!
>
> Regards
> Andy
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