Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 13:07:46 +0100 From: <pink@eclipse.co.uk> To: <freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: DP 1 on alphaserver 2100a install report Message-ID: <006101c1e476$2a9b76f0$0500a8c0@Bester> References: <XFMail.20020411104727.jhb@FreeBSD.org><283a01c1e174$f29288b0$0500a8c0@Bester> <15541.51428.541308.526996@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Thanks all for your help. quick run down. got hold of serial lead. switched over to serial console. moved box to other side of room :) (has to be mentioned cos that's no small feat :) ) hooked up to terminal software booted machine started install. install went fine (YAY) Very happy Pink. for a while.... IPV6 problem raises it's head, solution build new kernel. build kernel gives error :( I'll detail the error later when I've grabbed dmesg and other such output to give you guys something to work with. Still curious as to why the graphics adapter output causes failure on 5.0 when it has always been supported in previous releases I've tried. Anyway thanks guys we have an SMP OS on the box. Now I just have to get it talking to the outside world on IPv4. As a reward here's a picture of them both immediately after I moved them upstairs. http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/cam/archive/alphas.jpg http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/cam/archive/ramboards.jpg :) Pink ----- Original Message ----- From: Andrew Gallatin To: pink@eclipse.co.uk Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:33 PM Subject: Re: DP 1 on alphaserver 2100a install report <moved from -current> Can you provide the output of "show conf" from the SRM console, please? FWIW, I suspect there may be some sort of problem with your graphics card (like its an usupported TGA card showing a new failure mode). I suggest you try to insall using a serial console (96008N1, disconnect keyboard and power-cycle box to redirct console to serial port). Cheers, Drew pink@eclipse.co.uk writes: > I have downloaded 5.0DP1-alpha > > I'm attempting to install on an DEC alphaServer 2100a > > During initial boot from the CD the machine appears to hang with screen > corruption. > > All the initialisation seems to be fine until just after the SCSI interface > check. > > I get the waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle. > Then a list of the disk interfaces. > da0 to da5 > (there are six discs) > > Then immediately after the last device check (da5) I get screen corruption. > The screen corruption is different each time and seems to have no familiar > pattern to it. > > So I removed all but one of the disks to see if it was the disk check itself > that was causing problems. > With only a single drive in place I get the same failure after da0. > > Looking at a recent Dmesg from my i386 box it would appear the next thing > after the disk interface check is mounting of the root partition. > > I would assume this root partition mount point is on the CD and it is > failing on this. Am I correct in this assumption? > > > If anyone wants more info on this then let me know what you require and I > will do my best to provide it. > > If anyone wants to give me any hints or tips as to what I can do next then > please do. I have a few things I'm going to try as soon as I get time but > would welcome any others as my BSD experience is in my opinion very limited. > > Pink. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message [-- Attachment #2 --] <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 5.50.4913.1100" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks all for your help.<BR><BR>quick run down.<BR><BR>got hold of serial lead.<BR>switched over to serial console.<BR>moved box to other side of room :) (has to be mentioned cos that's no small feat :) )</FONT></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">hooked up to terminal software</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">booted machine</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">started install.<BR>install went fine (YAY)<BR>Very happy Pink.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">for a while....<BR>IPV6 problem raises it's head, solution build new kernel.<BR>build kernel gives error :(<BR><BR>I'll detail the error later when I've grabbed dmesg and other such output to give you guys something to work with. Still curious as to why the graphics adapter output causes failure on 5.0 when it has always been supported in previous releases I've tried.<BR><BR>Anyway thanks guys we have an SMP OS on the box. Now I just have to get it talking to the outside world on IPv4.<BR></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">As a reward here's a picture of them both immediately after I moved them upstairs.</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><A href="http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/cam/archive/alphas.jpg">http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/cam/archive/alphas.jpg</A></DIV>; <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><A href="http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/cam/archive/ramboards.jpg">http://www.whiterose.net/~mrpink/cam/archive/ramboards.jpg</A></DIV>; <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">:)</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><BR>Pink<BR>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=gallatin@cs.duke.edu href="mailto:gallatin@cs.duke.edu">Andrew Gallatin</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=pink@eclipse.co.uk href="mailto:pink@eclipse.co.uk">pink@eclipse.co.uk</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG href="mailto:freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG">freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, April 11, 2002 6:33 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: DP 1 on alphaserver 2100a install report</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT><BR></DIV><BR><moved from -current><BR><BR>Can you provide the output of "show conf" from the SRM console,<BR>please?<BR><BR>FWIW, I suspect there may be some sort of problem with your graphics<BR>card (like its an usupported TGA card showing a new failure mode). I<BR>suggest you try to insall using a serial console (96008N1, disconnect<BR>keyboard and power-cycle box to redirct console to serial port).<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Drew<BR><BR><A href="mailto:pink@eclipse.co.uk">pink@eclipse.co.uk</A> writes:<BR> > I have downloaded 5.0DP1-alpha<BR> > <BR> > I'm attempting to install on an DEC alphaServer 2100a<BR> > <BR> > During initial boot from the CD the machine appears to hang with screen<BR> > corruption.<BR> > <BR> > All the initialisation seems to be fine until just after the SCSI interface<BR> > check.<BR> > <BR> > I get the waiting 15 seconds for SCSI devices to settle.<BR> > Then a list of the disk interfaces.<BR> > da0 to da5<BR> > (there are six discs)<BR> > <BR> > Then immediately after the last device check (da5) I get screen corruption.<BR> > The screen corruption is different each time and seems to have no familiar<BR> > pattern to it.<BR> > <BR> > So I removed all but one of the disks to see if it was the disk check itself<BR> > that was causing problems.<BR> > With only a single drive in place I get the same failure after da0.<BR> > <BR> > Looking at a recent Dmesg from my i386 box it would appear the next thing<BR> > after the disk interface check is mounting of the root partition.<BR> > <BR> > I would assume this root partition mount point is on the CD and it is<BR> > failing on this. Am I correct in this assumption?<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > If anyone wants more info on this then let me know what you require and I<BR> > will do my best to provide it.<BR> > <BR> > If anyone wants to give me any hints or tips as to what I can do next then<BR> > please do. I have a few things I'm going to try as soon as I get time but<BR> > would welcome any others as my BSD experience is in my opinion very limited.<BR> > <BR> > Pink.<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > To Unsubscribe: send mail to <A href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A><BR> > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message<BR> > <BR><BR>To Unsubscribe: send mail to <A href="mailto:majordomo@FreeBSD.org">majordomo@FreeBSD.org</A><BR>with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message<BR></BODY></HTML>help
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