Re: debian-31r0a-sparc-binary-x not booting correctly on SS20

[BERTRAND Joël <mt1@systella.fr>]

Donald Parsons a écrit :
> My debian-31r0a-sparc-binary-1 CD image installs completely without 
> error . On removing the CD and booting the install fails as follows:
> calibrating delay loop
> 2 CPUs activated
> kencpd    16 RAM disks of 8192k size
> loading 2140 blocks in ram disk
> memory 2140k freed
> cramfs: wrong magic
> Kernel panic:UFS unable to mount root fs on 00:12
>
> I then do STOP A  OK> boot
> boot: Return
> uncompressing image
> Loaded kernel v.2.4.27
> Load initial ram disk (2191360bytes at 0x3000000 phys, 0x6000000 virt)
> PROMLIB:obia ranges 5
> bootmem_init:scan sp-banks, init_bootmem (spfn[271], bpfn[271], 
> mlpfn[c000])
> free_bootmem:base[3000000] size[217000]
> reserve_bootmem:base[3000000] size [217000]
> reserve_bootmem: base[0] size[271000]
> reserve_bootmem:base[271000] size[1800]
> level 15 interrupt
>  >OK
> I have tried several to get boot: to accept new memory sizes 
> (ramdisk_size=16000 and mem-512M ) without success.
> Do I have too much or too little memory?
> Can someone advise me on the kernel panic and the memory problems?
> Thanks
> Don Parsons  dfp10@capital.net

	What kind of processors ? You can install a SuperSPARC workstation but 
the same workstation cannot be installed with HyperSPARC due to a bug in 
initramfs (bad magic number). I have installed with success a SS20 with 
512 MB. To install the same system on my ROSS workstation, I have made 
the installation with a SuperSPARC, and after, I have replaced this 
SuperSPARC-II by four ROSS. But I don't use HyperSPARC with 2.4 kernel 
(SuperSPARC-II are faster...), I only use ROSS with 2.6 to debug the 
kernel (DMA and SMP).

	Regards,

	JKB