Hi, 2010/7/7 Gary <[email protected]>: > There's a chance you might get Crux PPC to work but NetBSD/prep is > probably the most current of anything you'll find for your particular > system.
After looking at the Crux/PPC documentation, it seems that it has no support for PReP machines. > If you want to continue with Linux, however, have a look at these older > documents: > http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/getstarted.php This was the page, that I looked at first, however it doesn't say anything useful about CD-ROM booting. > http://www.debian.org/ports/powerpc/inst/prep This page doesn't have much relevant information on my problem, instead it contains information about network and floppy booting. Yesterday I tried booting the openSuSE 10 PPC port, and it looked quite promising, yet sadly it too got stuck somewhere along the booting process. RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok 0 > boot cdrom:,\boot\zImage.prep.initrd CLAIM failedclaim 0xffdaa...@0x01000400 returned 0xffffffff vmlinux buffer @ 0x00e00000 stdin '/p...@80000000/i...@b/ser...@i3f8' type 'serial' stdout '/p...@80000000/i...@b/ser...@i3f8' zImage.prep starting Open Firmware: 0x0021a0c0 stack at: 0x00daa480 0x00500030 loaded at: 0x01000400 0x015aa988 relocated to: 0x00800000 0x00daa588 zimage at: 0x00809945 0x009d318f initrd at: 0x009d4000 0x00d95521 edit kernel cmdline within 10 seconds and press RETURN: sysrq=1 nosshkey console=ttyS0 minmemory=1 MemYaSTText=1 quiet 1 text - uncompressing kernel done. (0x003fc86c bytes) birecs @ 0x00500000 Now booting the kernel You may not see any kernel console output, use a serial console on COM1 in this case. append 'console=ttyS0' to the kernel cmdline Total memory = 768MB; using 2048kB for hash table (at c0600000) Linux version 2.6.13-15-default (ge...@buildhost) (gcc version 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)) #1 Tue Sep 13 14:56:15 UTC 2005 PReP architecture IBM planar ID: d5 MPIC at 0xfdbc0000 (0x3dbc0000), length 0x00040000 mapped to 0xeffc0000 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: sysrq=1 nosshkey minmemory=1 console=ttyS0 MemYaSTText=1 text - OpenPIC Version 1.0 (4 CPUs and 16 IRQ sources) at effc0000 PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 65536 bytes) time_init: decrementer frequency = 16.621414 MHz Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Memory: 768512k available (2828k kernel code, 1580k data, 188k init, 0k highmem) Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized SELinux: Disabled at boot. Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 checking if image is initramfs... it is It may be that the firmware environment variables (eg. load-base and real-base) are set up in a wrong way. I also tried the setting recommended on http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/getstarted.php My current firmware variables are as follows: 0 > printenv little-endian? * false false real-mode? * true true auto-boot? * true true diag-switch? * false false fcode-debug? * false false oem-banner? * false false oem-logo? * false false use-nvramrc? * false false real-base -1 -1 real-size * 400000 400000 virt-base * -1 -1 virt-size * 400000 400000 load-base 1000000 600000 pci-probe-list * -1 -1 screen-#columns * 64 64 screen-#rows * 28 28 selftest-#megs * 0 0 ibm,fw-default-mac-address? * false false ibm,fw-hrp-memmap? * false false ibm,fw-xoff-enable? * true true ibm,fw-pnp-isa? * true true ibm,fw-obe-audio? * true true ibm,fw-full-memory-test? * true true boot-device * floppy floppy boot-file * diag-device * floppy floppy diag-file * diags diags input-device com1 /pci/isa/serial output-device com1 /pci/isa/serial ibm,fw-mouse-device nomouse nomouse oem-banner * oem-logo * nvramrc * boot-command * boot boot ibm,fw-forced-boot fw-scsicfg * fw-boot-path /p...@80000000/pci1000,3...@10,0/hardd...@4,0;/p...@80000000/pci1000,3...@10,0/hardd...@5,0;/p...@80000000/pci1000,3...@10,0/cd...@2,0;/p...@80000000/pci1000,3...@10,0/cd...@3,0; ibm,fw-n-bc * 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 ibm,fw-n-bretry * 00 00 ibm,fw-n-tretry * 00 00 ibm,fw-n-dbfp * 00000000 00000000 ibm,fw-n-dafp * 00000000 00000000 ibm,fw-n-rc * A A ibm,fw-n-ru * Y Y ClientIPAddr * 000.000.000.000 000.000.000.000 ServerIPAddr * 000.000.000.000 000.000.000.000 GatewayIPAddr * 000.000.000.000 000.000.000.000 NetMask * 255.255.255.000 255.255.255.000 ibm,fw-dc-select 16b4 0 fw-language * english english boot-script * diagnostic-mode? * false false security-#badlogins * 0 0 security-mode * 0 0 security-password * menu? * true true reboot-command * ibm,fw-timebase-freq 66485656 ibm,0006292e8a71 10,full ibm,fw-pci-hint,011018 00541014 ff000000 fw-keyswitch normal fw-boot-device /p...@80000000/pci1000,3...@10,0/cd...@3,0 ok I will also try to strip down my config to a bare minimum, removing any add-on cards, hard drives, memory modules, and will see if that helps anything... And finally, this is what NetBSD said during boot: RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok 0 > boot cdrom: >> NetBSD/prep BOOT, Revision 1.8 >> ([email protected], Sat Feb 6 20:42:39 UTC 2010) Boot: Loading in() +242860=0x409020 start=0x100000 Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. NetBSD 5.0.2 (INSTALL) #0: Sat Feb 6 20:53:42 UTC 2010 [email protected]:/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-2-RELEASE/prep/201002061851Z-obj/home/builds/ab/netbsd-5-0-2-RELEASE/src/sys/arch/prep/compile/INSTALL Model: IBM Model 7042/7043 (ED) total memory = 768 MB avail memory = 740 MB OpenPIC Version 1.1: Supports 4 CPUs and 16 interrupt sources. mainbus0 (root) cpu0 at mainbus0: 604e (Revision 2.3), ID 0 (primary) cpu0: HID0 c084<ICE,DCE,SGE,BHT>, powersave: 1 cpu0: 233.34 MHz pnpbus0 at mainbus0 mcclock0 at pnpbus0: port 0x70-0x71, irq 8: mc146818 compatible time-of-day clock nvram0 at pnpbus0: port 0x74-0x75 0x76 pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0: indirect configuration space access pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 pchb0: vendor 0x1057 product 0x0002 (rev. 0x30) pchb0: L2 cache: 1M, internally controlled write-back mode pcib0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0: vendor 0x1014 product 0x000a (rev. 0x03) pcn0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0: AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet pcn0: Am79c970A PCnet-PCI II rev 6, Ethernet address 00:06:29:2e:8a:71 pcn0: interrupting at irq 22 pcn0: 10base5, 10base5-FDX, 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, auto, auto-FDX vendor 0x1014 product 0x0046 (undefined subclass 0x00) at pci0 dev 13 function 0 not configured siop0 at pci0 dev 16 function 0: Symbios Logic 53c825a (fast wide scsi) siop0: using on-board RAM siop0: interrupting at irq 23 scsibus0 at siop0: 16 targets, 8 luns per target ppb0 at pci0 dev 23 function 0: vendor 0x1014 product 0x0022 (rev. 0x01) pci1 at ppb0 bus 1 pcn1 at pci1 dev 1 function 0: AMD PCnet-PCI Ethernet pcn1: Am79c971 PCnet-FAST rev 6, Ethernet address 00:06:29:dc:99:62 pcn1: interrupting at irq 21 nsphy0 at pcn1 phy 1: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 1 nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto ukphy0 at pcn1 phy 31: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface ukphy0: OUI 0x000058, model 0x0001, rev. 1 ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, auto vendor 0x1014 product 0x0054 (miscellaneous display, revision 0x01) at pci1 dev 2 function 0 not configured isa0 at pcib0 com0 at isa0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4: ns16550a, working fifo com0: console com1 at isa0 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3: ns16550a, working fifo pckbc0 at isa0 port 0x60-0x64 pckbd0 at pckbc0 (kbd slot) pckbc0: using irq 1 for kbd slot wskbd0 at pckbd0 (mux ignored) biomask 800009c netmask 800009c ttymask 800009c scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle... cd0 at scsibus0 target 3 lun 0: <IBM, CDRM00203\000\000\000\000\000!K, 1.00> cdrom removable cd0: sync (100.00ns offset 8), 8-bit (10.000MB/s) transfers sd0 at scsibus0 target 4 lun 0: <IBM, DCHS04U, 6363> disk fixed sd0: 4303 MB, 6077 cyl, 9 head, 161 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8813870 sectors sd0: sync (100.00ns offset 8), 16-bit (20.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing sd1 at scsibus0 target 5 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST34572WC, HP03> disk fixed sd1: 4095 MB, 6300 cyl, 8 head, 166 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 8388314 sectors sd1: sync (100.00ns offset 8), 16-bit (20.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing Kernelized RAIDframe activated boot device: cd0 root on md0a dumps on md0b root file system type: ffs WARNING: clock gained 150 days WARNING: CHECK AND RESET THE DATE! erase ^H, werase ^W, kill ^U, intr ^C, status ^T Terminal type? [vt100] Erase is backspace. (I)nstall, (S)hell or (H)alt ? s # Janos -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
