People, Just to let you know, after the long thread that took place here last month, that I managed to successfully install Etch on a Multia, using a serial console and booting over the network.
I used the netboot image located there : http://people.debian.org/~vorlon/d-i/alpha/2006-03-20/netboot/boot.img My configuration : Multia VX40, 256MB RAM X4.5-819 Firmware (The OpenVMS one...) Simply issued a : >>> boot ewa0 -proto bootp -fl "console=ttyS0" and off the net it boots. Be sure that the ewa0_mode variable in SRM is set to the proper ethernet connection. I had to remove a 8139 ethernet card, as the kernel was stuck on this one, will try to debug that later. On reboot, had to append "console=ttyS0" from the aboot prompt, as it wasn't added by the installer. Also saw a "Bad page flag" issued from the kernel, sounds bad. Overall, the install is dead slow, and the machine fells very sluggish once booted (it takes several minute to boot with a very basic install). My previous 2.6.9 kernel was quite snappy compared to this 2.6.15. Maybe that's a gcc-4.0 effect (I used gcc-3.2 before). But hey, it works, and that's a start. If someone needs help to get her/his Multia running, feel free to chime in, I'll be happy to share any gory detail. Regards, M. -- And if you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
