Re: Problems on Blade 1000 after etch instalation

[Luis Martinez <luimarma@marcosa.e.telefonica.net>]

>How can I make that the root file system is mounted on the blade1000?
The qlogicfc module is not loaded on the boot process even though it is
in the initrd.img file.
I have modified the initrd.img and added to the modules file the line
"qlogicfc", now the disks are detected and the system boots.

> Which is the difference that makes the Ultra60 not to load when
> specifying the initrd file when this file works on normal booting?
I have to add the root=/dev/sdxy to the boot string when specifying the booting string. (I think that this is normal).

Now the system is booting but I have some more problems.

1.- The system stops while trying to run the cupsys daemon. I had to
take this out from the booting process.
2.- xwindows do not work. The blade is running with a creator 3D M3
adapter, afb code is loaded OK. The x screen starts for 1 or 2 seconds
and then dies with signal 11 saying that connection is reset by peer. If
I move the mouse while starting the xserver then the x screen lasts less
time.

The keyboard (sub type 6 spanish) is set like this.
        Driver      "kbd"
        Option      "XkbRules" "xorg"
        Option      "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option      "XkbLayout" "es"

The modules for the sunffb (cfb and cfb32) are also included in the
xorg.conf
Any clue?

3.- The fans of the blade 1000 are runing 100% speed. Is there a kernel
module to control the fans out there to solve this?

Thanks and best regards,

Luis 

El mié, 30-08-2006 a las 17:51 +0200, Luis Martinez escribió:
> After more testing it seems that the machine does not wait for ever, at
> the end it fails to found and mount the root partition.
> I have also a Ultra 60 with the same instalation that boots. I have
> copied the initrd in the boot directory with another file name like
> "oldinit" when I try to boot with "boot:1/vmlinuz initrd=1/oldinit" I
> have the same problem than with the blade 1000 (initrd.img found and
> scsi module loaded but wait for root file system message and finally
> dropped to a shell).
> 
> How can I make that the root file system is mounted on the blade1000?
> Which is the difference that makes the Ultra60 not to load when
> specifying the initrd file when this file works on normal booting?
> 
> I would thank any light on this problem.
> 
> Luis 
> El mié, 30-08-2006 a las 11:33 +0200, Luis Martinez escribió:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I have been trying to install Debian Etch on a Blade 1000 using a
> > netboot image.
> > 
> > The machine has 2 FCAL disks for storage.
> > After the instalation the machine loads silo and when the system is
> > booting it finally stays for ever with a message that says "waiting for
> > root filesystem".
> > I have checked the initrd and it has in the module tree the qlogicfc.
> > The qloficfc controller seems to be detected on boot but at the end I
> > have a lot of messages regarding qla2xxx that I dont know if they should
> > be there.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Luis
> > 
> >