I've got a HP i2000 which afaiu is just the same as SGI 750. And I've encountered exactly the same problem with *every* Debian 2.6 kernel, from Sarge 2.6.8 on. It seems like there's something totally wrong with Debian 2.6 kernels on Merced, as the kernels I've built myself boot just fine. I do, however, stay with Sarge 2.4.27 because there're some problems with NVidia driver with any 2.6 kernel I've tried. No luck for us Merced people :) Still the machine with Sarge is quite usable. In fact, it's usable enough to be my main workstation.
On 8/1/08, Brian Szymanski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 ] > > 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 Szyma��ski > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Павел Анохин
