[Ralph Siemsen] > Oh dear, that's a new one. :( Luckily, you are getting far enough that > recovery via serial is definately possible. But I'd like to see the > sreial boot log first.
Finally, I managed to get the serial line working. I believe I was just being fooled by minicom, but I'm not sure. Anyway. Here is a boot without the keyboard connected. It loops after detecting the network interfaces. Checking 256 megs/ 4 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 2 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 4 banks...yes [NeTTrom] Ver. 2.3.3 (c) 1997,1998,1999,2000 REBEL.COM [NeTTrom] Built on Aug 1 2000 18:52:29 [NeTTrom] Bios version 00.00.01. [NeTTrom] Detected Memory 0x08000000 bytes in 0x00000004 banks, board id 58FF. [NeTTrom] FootBridge Vendor ID [0x00001011] Device ID [00001065] rev.[03] [NeTTrom] WinBond IDE Vendor ID [0x000010AD] Device ID [00000565] rev.[10] [NeTTrom] Ether10 Vendor ID [0x00001050] Device ID [00005A5A] rev.[00] [NeTTrom] IGS CyberPro Vendor ID [0x000010EA] Device ID [00002010] rev.[01] [NeTTrom] Initializing kbd...[KBD]: Keyboard reset failed, no ACK [NeTTrom] Mapping in /romdev/vga..VGA option regs(30 71 72): 002001. Video RAM: Detecting bus width...64 bit Video RAM: Detecting size...[4MB=NO][2MB=YES] [NeTTrom] Mapping in /romdev/ide..waiting for disk spin-up.. [NeTTrom] IDE Disk: LBA supported: total 0x00409980 sectors. Press '*' TWICE to enter debug......AutoBoot commencing... Kernel GZIP compressed image recognized... Setting up section table at 0x07FFC000 Enabling MMU and caches..done uncompress_image(): Decompressing...done ELF kernel recognized elf_load(): [Checking section 0x00][loadable, size 0x000E71C3] elf_load(): [Checking section 0x01][loadable, size 0x0000F204][zeroing] Initrd: scan 0x00309C38 bytes @ 0x000F63C8. e.n.t.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.y. d.one. start_kernel() ELF kernel: ...setup_arch() pci: DEC Tulip fast ethernet Board rev:0x000058FF, serial #:0x00001D57. ...into vga_init Slider base: 0x00000201 WaveArtist base: 0x00000250 WA IRQ: 0x00000003 WA 16-bit DMA: 0x00000007 Sound Blaster base: 0x00000220 Sound Blaster IRQ: 0x00000003 Sound Blaster 8-bit DMA: 0x00000001 AdLib base: 0x00000388 SoundBlaster DSP reset (expect 0xAA): 0x000000AA SoundBlaster DSP id: 0x00000103 ...paging_init() swapper_pg_dir @ 0xC0008000 ...trap_init() ...init_IRQ() ...sched_init() ...time_init() ...parse_options() ...init_modules() ...console_init() ...kmalloc_init() ...calibrate_delay() ...start_kernel() done No keyboard detected... going serial at 115200 8N1, port ttyS0. Board ID: 58FF.10, Serial: 7511, Memory: RAM 128 Mb, flash 1 Mb. hda: TOSHIBA MK2104MAV, 2067MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=4200/16/63, LBA scsi: 0 hosts. scsi: detected total. eth0: NE2000+ found at 0x300, using IRQ 8, (32 bit). eth1: Digital DS21142/3 Tulip at 0xe1400000, 00 10 57 c0 1d 57, IRQ 9. Checking 256 megs/ 4 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 2 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 4 banks...yes [NeTTrom] Ver. 2.3.3 (c) 1997,1998,1999,2000 REBEL.COM [NeTTrom] Built on Aug 1 2000 18:52:29 [NeTTrom] Bios version 00.00.01. [NeTTrom] Detected Memory 0x08000000 bytes in 0x00000004 banks, board id 58FF. [NeTTrom] FootBridge Vendor ID [0x00001011] Device ID [00001065] rev.[03] [NeTTrom] WinBond IDE Vendor ID [0x000010AD] Device ID [00000565] rev.[10] [NeTTrom] Ether10 Vendor ID [0x00001050] Device ID [00005A5A] rev.[00] [NeTTrom] IGS CyberPro Vendor ID [0x000010EA] Device ID [00002010] rev.[01] [NeTTrom] Initializing kbd...[KBD]: Keyboard reset failed, no ACK [NeTTrom] Mapping in /romdev/vga..VGA option regs(30 71 72): 002001. Video RAM: Detecting bus width...64 bit Video RAM: Detecting size...[4MB=NO][2MB=YES] And here is a log with the keyboard connected: Checking 256 megs/ 4 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 2 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 4 banks...yes [NeTTrom] Ver. 2.3.3 (c) 1997,1998,1999,2000 REBEL.COM [NeTTrom] Built on Aug 1 2000 18:52:29 [NeTTrom] Bios version 00.00.01. [NeTTrom] Detected Memory 0x08000000 bytes in 0x00000004 banks, board id 58FF. [NeTTrom] FootBridge Vendor ID [0x00001011] Device ID [00001065] rev.[03] [NeTTrom] WinBond IDE Vendor ID [0x000010AD] Device ID [00000565] rev.[10] [NeTTrom] Ether10 Vendor ID [0x00001050] Device ID [00005A5A] rev.[00] [NeTTrom] IGS CyberPro Vendor ID [0x000010EA] Device ID [00002010] rev.[01] [NeTTrom] Initializing kbd...OK. [NeTTrom] Mapping in /romdev/vga..VGA option regs(30 71 72): 002001. Video RAM: Detecting bus width...64 bit Video RAM: Detecting size...[4MB=NO][2MB=YES] [NeTTrom] Mapping in /romdev/ide..waiting for disk spin-up.. [NeTTrom] IDE Disk: LBA supported: total 0x00409980 sectors. Press '*' TWICE to enter debug......AutoBoot commencing... [NWLILO] No NWLILO signature found... Kernel GZIP compressed image recognized... Setting up section table at 0x07FFC000 Enabling MMU and caches..done uncompress_image(): Decompressing...done ELF kernel recognized elf_load(): [Checking section 0x00][loadable, size 0x000E71C3] elf_load(): [Checking section 0x01][loadable, size 0x0000F204][zeroing] Initrd: scan 0x00309C38 bytes @ 0x000F63C8. e.n.t.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.r.y. d.one. start_kernel() ELF kernel: ...setup_arch() pci: DEC Tulip fast ethernet Board rev:0x000058FF, serial #:0x00001D57. ...into vga_init Slider base: 0x00000201 WaveArtist base: 0x00000250 WA IRQ: 0x00000003 WA 16-bit DMA: 0x00000007 Sound Blaster base: 0x00000220 Sound Blaster IRQ: 0x00000003 Sound Blaster 8-bit DMA: 0x00000001 AdLib base: 0x00000388 SoundBlaster DSP reset (expect 0xAA): 0x000000AA SoundBlaster DSP id: 0x00000103 Checking 256 megs/ 4 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 2 banks...no Checking 128 megs/ 4 banks...yes [NeTTrom] Ver. 2.3.3 (c) 1997,1998,1999,2000 REBEL.COM [NeTTrom] Built on Aug 1 2000 18:52:29 [NeTTrom] Bios version 00.00.01. [NeTTrom] Detected Memory 0x08000000 bytes in 0x00000004 banks, board id 58FF. [NeTTrom] FootBridge Vendor ID [0x00001011] Device ID [00001065] rev.[03] [NeTTrom] WinBond IDE Vendor ID [0x000010AD] Device ID [00000565] rev.[10] [NeTTrom] Ether10 Vendor ID [0x00001050] Device ID [00005A5A] rev.[00] [NeTTrom] IGS CyberPro Vendor ID [0x000010EA] Device ID [00002010] rev.[01] [NeTTrom] Initializing kbd...OK. [NeTTrom] Mapping in /romdev/vga..VGA option regs(30 71 72): 002001. Video RAM: Detecting bus width...64 bit Video RAM: Detecting size...[4MB=NO][2MB=YES] I'm unable to stop it using '**'. Any clues?
