Brian Szymanski wrote: > David Medberry wrote: >> 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.) >> > > Sorry, I wasn't clear. This is VGA output - I'm not using a serial > console. The problem occurs about 1/2 the time, with the same boot media > and no other changes. > > PS - I also should have said reset, not reboot, as I have to power the > system off and on after this happens - keyboard input seems to go to > /dev/null at this point.
I used to have a very similar problem on my Compaq DL590/64. I fixed it by adding "console=tty0" to the ELILO kernel argument list. It was doing just what David said, semi-randomly choosing between VGA and serial console. I have no idea why. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
