On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 14:21 -0400, Brian Szymanski wrote: > I'm having sporatic failures to boot on an sgi750 (2x733MHz Merced) > which I've recently obtained. Once the system is up, however, it's rock > solid, so it doesn't seem to be a hardware problem. Also, the problem > occurs whether booting from CD or booting from the hard drive. If I try > to boot from the CD, the error looks like this: > > CD: > Uncompressing Linux... done > Loading file \initrd.gz... done > [ flashing cursor mocks me until i reboot ] > > HD: > Uncompressing Linux... done > Loading file \EFI\debian\initrd.gz... done > [ flashing cursor mocks me until i reboot ] >
This is typical if the console is NOT where you think it was at. You should see what CONSOLE= parameter is being passed in your elilo config. I'd guess that the working config has a different CONSOLE= than those that don't work. You can also just run through different answers. (In addition to the serial port being wrong, the baud could also be wrong--try a variety 9600 and up.) -dave > Only difference is the path to initrd.gz. Debian etch 4r3 and 4r4 boot > cds both have the same problem. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or > reason I can discern to the failures, which occur on 1/2 to 2/3 of > boots. It looks like the same problem as: > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=470707 > > Is anyone else having this problem? I know it's a long shot to ask here, > but does anyone know of a workaround for this issue or have other ideas > or URLs with information besides the bug report? > > Thanks! > Brian Szymański > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
