Re: Install on a E20
Hello!
>>> Jean-Francois Gobin <gobin@gobinjf.be> 24.03.2002 09.25 Uhr >>>
>Help! I'm struggling with a 7024/E20, which doesn't want to boot either
>off floppies or cdrom. I put the boot order to Floppy/CDROM/NET, when I
>put some kind of disks into the drive, either it freezes or it just get
>back to "startup prompt".
>Any idea ? Have I to upgrade my firmware ?
Oh, so I'm not the only one out there with an E20 :-). You have a
difficult task in front of you, but YMMV.
I assume you have a model with serial console. When you power up the
machine, you should see some lines like this:
dskt..... OK
mem...... OK
etc. Before you hear the beep, press the "5" key on the keyboard. You
should see the firmware menu. The topmost two lines contain the
revision number. You should have firmware version VIC97216, dated
03/10/97. If the firmware is older, go to
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload2/download.html
and download a newer version. Instructions are at
http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/mdownload2/7024e20.html .
To boot a kernel, you just have to take a zImage.prep file and dd it
onto a floppy disk (e.g.: dd if=zImage.prep of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k). Then
insert the disk while booting. If this does not work, you might try
the following procedure:
1. Go to the firmware (as above).
2. Select point 1 (Select Boot Device).
3. Select "Other boot device" and then "3,5 Floppy".
4. Select "Boot".
You will see a screen like the following:
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RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 STARTING SOFTWARE RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 PLEASE WAIT... RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
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RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
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RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000
loaded at: 006132D0 006280F4
relocated to: 00800000 00814E24
board data at: 001E2E10 001E981C
relocated to: 0080B13C 00811B48
zimage at: 0061E337 0076C274
relocated to: 00815000 00962F3D
avail ram: 00400000 00800000
Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/sda3
At the moment, I have a stock 2.4.17 kernel. It boots, but hangs after
loading the SCSI driver ("SYM53C8XX Version 2 SCSI Support"). It seems
that this driver does not work reliably on PReP machine (someone else
on this list had problems with it on a Motorola PReP box).
Today, I made some experiments with the linuxppc-2_4-devel (bitkeeper)
tree. But the disk would not even boot :-(.
If you want, I can send you one of my kernels for testing. It would be
interesting to see if you have any success.
Regards,
Benny Siegert.
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