On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 04:52:20PM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 07:35:01AM +0100, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > >> I've been trying to get a 2.6 kernel to boot on my PegasOS (the > >> kernel load hangs after a couple of seconds). > > > > I still don't get this, can you write me your exact problems in > > personal email ? > > I'm currently working on a mail about this (I've been doing that since > you told me to hookup a serial console a couple of months ago :) > > I'm busy, and getting 2.6 up and running on the PegasOS is quite
low-priority ? I mean, you are losing time and effort to try something which has not been support by either genesi, debian or upstream since a couple of years, and you find no time to get the out-of-the-box working 2.6 kernel up and running on your box ? > low-prio. Although it just jumped up to first place. The PegasOS is > the only machine I have that can display X 'correctly' (i.e. with > enough speed to be usable :). > > Can you boot the debian kernel fine ? > > That IS the debian kernel! That's the weird part! _MY_ kernels get > some de-compression errors (can't remember which though). Ah, it works out of the box, for all pegasos boxes i know about. > >> devalias serial /pci/isa<something>/<something>/serial<something> > >> setenv input-device serial > >> setenv output-device serial > >> > >> This is from the top of my head, can't remember EXACTLY what I > >> typed... > > > > Just remove the keyboard and you will get the serial console, don't > > forget to boot with console=ttyS1,115200n8. > > That was what I tried. That is usual behaviour on SPARC, and the Open > Firmware is 'almost' the same (just not as good if you ask me). Before > I even tried redirecting i/o, I tried to just remove the keyboard - nothing... mmm, what pegasos revision/model do you have, and what is the date of your firmware ? > >> Either I'm using the wrong physical port (there's two - one 9pin > >> and one 25pin) and/or the wrong speed (tried 9600/8n1, 38400/8n1 > >> and 115200/8n1). > > > > 9pin 115200n8. > > Tried that, didn't work. I later found a page that described 'in > detail' how to do this, and I saw that I was missing the speed (etc) > option to the 'devalias' command. Also, I used 'setenv', while the > page I found said to use 'install-console' and then the FORTH stuff. > > http://www.ppczone.org/article.php?article=serialconsole Strange. > >> Any ideas? Is there an image or something I can boot that will > >> clear/reset the firmware? > > > > You can try an OF upgrade. > > That was what I thought as well, but I couldn't find anything > about that... Look at the bapln-gmbh web page. > Do you have one you can send me? I could, even beta ones, please mail me privately, but not before next week. > >> The machine is set to autoboot my 2.4 kernel so I could mount the > >> disk in another Linux machine and replace the kernel image with > >> this 'reset image'... ? > > > > forget about 2.4 kernels please. > > As soon as I can get 2.6 working, I will :) But every single 2.6 > kernel I've tried have failed to boot for one reason or other... > > >> PS. Trying the old PC tricks I used to do > >> when a PC/BIOS fucks up (remove the battery > >> for a couple of hours) didn't work... > > > > just do a printenv, and you will see the default listed on the right, and > > you > > can reset them by hand. > > Hmmm! Thanx. That helped. NOT :) > > I can't see squat, and nothing I type seem to work/get through. > What's weird though is that I found a reference to 'F1' after > first keyboard blink. That seemed to stop the boot process... > > I guess I can try 'type in the blind'. I've done quite extensive > repairs without any display :) I don't know, i feel you might have buggy or strange hardware. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
