Hi,
Thanks for reply, it is so useful.
Now, I tried to remove some ram and retry boot cdrom, came up same result
for 96M and 32M, and when tried with 64MB ram, the initrd problem seems
solved but I got this...
boot: install debug=10
Uncompressing image...
Loading initial ramdisk....
PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5
Booting Linux...
PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2
Linux version 2.2.9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
egcs-9
ARCH: SUN4M
TYPE: Sun4m SparcStation10/20
Ethernet address: 8:0:20:72:a6:9c
Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Patching
kernu
[0]: v[f0000000,f1000000](1000000) p[00000000]
[1]: v[f1000000,f2000000](1000000) p[02000000]
[2]: v[f2000000,f3000000](1000000) p[14000000]
[3]: v[f3000000,f3f4a000](f4a000) p[16000000]
Found CPU 0 <node=ffd6e150,mid=8>
Found 1 CPU prom device tree node(s).
Power off control detected.
Calibrating delay loop... 59.80 BogoMIPS
Memory: 60040k available (996k kernel code, 2584k data, 120k init)
[f0000000,f4]
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
IOMMU: impl 1 vers 3 page table at f1140000 of size 262144 bytes
sbus0: Clock 25.0 MHz
dma0: Revision 2
dma1: Revision 2
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.41
tty00 at 0xffede004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
tty01 at 0xffede000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
tty02 at 0xffedb004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
tty03 at 0xffedb000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
keyboard: not present
Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530)
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Sun Mouse-Systems mouse driver version 1.00
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
esp0: IRQ 36 SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCF=8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast)
ESP: Total of 1 ESP hosts found, 1 actually in use.
scsi0 : Sparc ESP100A-FAST
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: CARAVELL Model: CD-R CDR-N820S Rev: 1.20
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom total.
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 20x/20x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
Partition check:
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000 15:44:27 +0100
Volkmar Sieh wrote:
> It's definitely a memory/bootprom or silo problem. The root shouldn't be
> mounted before any installation has been done. So we have to solve the
> problem (see listing below)
>
> > >> > >initrd extends beyond end of memory (0xf810abfb > 0xf8000000)
> > >> > >disabling initrd
>
> Because of disabling the initrd no programs from the initrd are executed.
> But the programs from the initrd should install your system :-(
>
> As you have enough memory
>
> > >> > >Memory: 126032k available (996k kernel code, 3228k data, 120k
> init)
>
> (32MByte should be enough) there's another problem.
>
> Silo loads the initrd to an address which seems to be wrong. This could
> be a silo or bootprom problem.
>
> Memory is mapped to the following addresses:
>
> > >> > >[0]: v[f0000000,f1000000](1000000) p[00000000]
> > >> > >[1]: v[f1000000,f2000000](1000000) p[02000000]
> > >> > >[2]: v[f2000000,f3000000](1000000) p[08000000]
> > >> > >[3]: v[f3000000,f4000000](1000000) p[0a000000]
> > >> > >[4]: v[f4000000,f5000000](1000000) p[0c000000]
> > >> > >[5]: v[f5000000,f6000000](1000000) p[0e000000]
> > >> > >[6]: v[f6000000,f7000000](1000000) p[1c000000]
> > >> > >[7]: v[f7000000,f7f52000](f52000) p[1e000000]
>
> So 0xf810abfb is definitely a bad address :-(
> Don't know why silo/bootprom load the initrd to this address.
>
> Volkmar
>
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Dr.-Ing. Volkmar Sieh Universität
> Erlangen-Nürnberg
> Voice : +49(0)9131/85-27007 IMMD3 (Rechnerstrukturen)
> Fax : +49(0)9131/85-27239 Martensstr. 3
> EMail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] D-91058 Erlangen Germany
>
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
> > Has anyone tried adding boot=/dev/sda5?
> > Maybe this would work:
> >
> > boot: MAX_SCSI_LUNS=1 boot=/dev/sda5
> >
> > BTW, since the CDROM is SCSI, the correct
> > definition for it would be sdb=cdrom if it is a
> > higher ID than the SCSI hard drive..
> >
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On 19-Jan-00 Norbert Kersten - Enterprise Services wrote:
> > >Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >I had exactly the same problems booting a Sparcstation 5 from the
> openlinux
> > >cd.
> > >I tried another cd-player but this did't fix the problem.
> > >What should be the install options for booting a cd from scsi-target 6
> > >and installing to disks scsi-target 3 or 1 ???
> > >
> > >cheers Norbert.
> > >>
> > >> I tried boot: install MAX_SCSI_LUNS=1, same result,
> > >> It is boot cdrom and came up the error. I did not even have chance
> to boot
> > >> the cdrom, so I cannot format the HD, it is still solaris.
> > >>
> > >> Wally
> > >>
> > >> At 07:51 18/01/00 -0700, Steve Jardine wrote:
> > >> >BTW, did you boot with the 'MAX_SCSI_LUNS=1' set in the
> > >> >boot string?
> > >> >
> > >> >I.e. boot: install MAX_SCSI_LUNS=1 ?? This was a problem I
> > >> >encountered with my install.
> > >> >
> > >> > Steve
> > >> >
> > >> >On 18-Jan-00 W.K.LEE wrote:
> > >> > >When I 1st time try to install OpenLinux 2.2, I did boot cdrom
> and it say
> > >> > >cannot open root device, I tried install hdc=cdrom, still not
> work, pls
> > >> > >help!
> > >> > >...
> > >> > >
> > >> > >boot: install debug=10
> > >> > >Uncompressing image...
> > >> > >Loading initial ramdisk....
> > >> > >PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5
> > >> > >Booting Linux...
> > >> > >PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2
> > >> > >Linux version 2.2.9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc
> version
> > >> > >egcs-9
> > >> > >ARCH: SUN4M
> > >> > >TYPE: Sun4m SparcStation10/20
> > >> > >Ethernet address: 8:0:20:72:a6:9c
> > >> > >Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
> > >Patching
> > >> > >kernu
> > >> > >initrd extends beyond end of memory (0xf810abfb > 0xf8000000)
> > >> > >disabling initrd
> > >> > >[0]: v[f0000000,f1000000](1000000) p[00000000]
> > >> > >[1]: v[f1000000,f2000000](1000000) p[02000000]
> > >> > >[2]: v[f2000000,f3000000](1000000) p[08000000]
> > >> > >[3]: v[f3000000,f4000000](1000000) p[0a000000]
> > >> > >[4]: v[f4000000,f5000000](1000000) p[0c000000]
> > >> > >[5]: v[f5000000,f6000000](1000000) p[0e000000]
> > >> > >[6]: v[f6000000,f7000000](1000000) p[1c000000]
> > >> > >[7]: v[f7000000,f7f52000](f52000) p[1e000000]
> > >> > >Found CPU 0 <node=ffd6e150,mid=8>
> > >> > >Found 1 CPU prom device tree node(s).
> > >> > >Power off control detected.
> > >> > >Calibrating delay loop... 59.80 BogoMIPS
> > >> > >Memory: 126032k available (996k kernel code, 3228k data, 120k
> init)
> > >> > >[f0000000,f]
> > >> > >POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
> > >> > >IOMMU: impl 1 vers 3 page table at f7f00000 of size 262144 bytes
> > >> > >sbus0: Clock 25.0 MHz
> > >> > >dma0: Revision 2
> > >> > >dma1: Revision 2
> > >> > >Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
> > >> > >Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
> > >> > >NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0.
> > >> > >NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
> > >> > >IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
> > >> > >Starting kswapd v 1.5
> > >> > >Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.41
> > >> > >tty00 at 0xffede004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
> > >> > >tty01 at 0xffede000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
> > >> > >tty02 at 0xffedb004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
> > >> > >tty03 at 0xffedb000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530
> > >> > >keyboard: not present
> > >> > >Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530)
> > >> > >pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
> > >> > >Sun Mouse-Systems mouse driver version 1.00
> > >> > >RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size
> > >> > >Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
> > >> > >md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8
> > >> > >esp0: IRQ 36 SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCF=8 TOut 167
> NCR53C9XF(espfast)
> > >> > >ESP: Total of 1 ESP hosts found, 1 actually in use.
> > >> > >scsi0 : Sparc ESP100A-FAST
> > >> > >scsi : 1 host.
> > >> > > Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32430W SUN2.1G Rev: 0444
> > >> > > Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision:
> 02
> > >> > >Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
> > >> > > Vendor: CARAVELL Model: CD-R CDR-N820S Rev: 1.20
> > >> > > Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision:
> 02
> > >> > >Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
> > >> > >scsi : detected 1 SCSI cdrom 1 SCSI disk total.
> > >> > >sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 20x/20x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
> > >> > >Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
> > >> > >esp0: target 3 [period 100ns offset 15 10.00MHz FAST SCSI-II]
> > >> > >SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4197405 [2049
> MB] [2.0
> > >> > >GB]
> > >> > >Partition check:
> > >> > > sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda7 sda8
> > >> > >VFS: Cannot open root device 00:00
> > >> > >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
> > >> > >Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >W.K.LEE
> > >> > >Zolar Co.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> > >---------------------------------------------------------
> > >> > >This message sent using EMUmail -- http://www.emumail.com
> > >> > >---------------------------------------------------------
> > >> > >
> > >> > >Looking for the best deals available on the Net?
> > >> > >
> > >> > >Try the Valet:
> > >> > >
> > >> > >http://valet.flycast.com/valet/info/fc0494/?33857
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> >Clarity is pleasurable.
> > >> >
> > >> >Linux ID: 24951
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> W. LEE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >> Zolar Co.
> > >http://www.zolar.com.hk
> > >
> > > ______ Enterprise Services
> > > /_____/\
> > > /____ \\ \
> > > /_____\ \\ / Norbert Kersten
> > > /_____/ \/ / / Computerweg 1
> > > /_____/ / \//\ 3821 AA Amersfoort (The Netherlands)
> > > \_____\//\ / /
> > > \_____/ / /\ /
> > > \_____/ \\ \ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > \_____\ \\
> > > \_____\/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- S U N M I C R O S Y S T E M S ----
> > >
> >
> > Clarity is pleasurable.
> >
> > Linux ID: 24951
W.K.LEE
Zolar Co.
---------------------------------------------------------
This message sent using EMUmail -- http://www.emumail.com
---------------------------------------------------------
Looking for the best deals available on the Net?
Try the Valet:
http://valet.flycast.com/valet/info/fc0494/?45716
