IA 64 Install, Trouble Booting

[thaller]

[armin76]

Ok

I can reproduce the hang to on a zx6000...since we now know what driver is required, let me build a minimal installation cd with the normal kconfig and your driver.

[thaller]

[armin76]

Here it is:
http://dev.gentoo.org/~armin76/install-ia64-minimal-testcd.iso.20100205

Make sure you boot with gentoo-serial or with gentoo and specifying the console parameter.

[thaller]

[thaller]

I tried the new build and I got a successful boot!

However,

Booting with gentoo-serial (as suggested) did some strange things:

1. It changed the serial port it was outputting on (Not a big deal, just had to switch the cable).
2. Boot process up to mounting was in another language.

But it did boot to the prompt...


Booting with gentoo (as I had done before):

1. It stayed on the correct serial port.
2. The language was English though the boot process.
3. It hung at "Starting Local"

I verified these 2 scenarios twice each.

At this point I'm pretty happy, I'd like it to work 100% as in stay on the "console" serial port, and be in English.

Let me know if there is something else I can do.
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Ty Haller
Systems Administrator, SEFCU

[armin76]

Okay, let's see...

We have two issues here:
gentoo
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Your problem is that the kernel is using ttyS1 as output. Thats fine, however, the init scripts on the installcd, modify the inittab and securetty accordingly to what console= parameter is. If you're using 'gentoo' only(since it thinks console == tty0), it doesn't modify those two files, therefore it won't listen on ttyS1. Solution: boot with 'gentoo console=ttyS1,9600'.

Any reason why are you using the ttyS1 serial and not ttyS0?


gentoo-serial
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You serious about the language thing? Can you paste it?

[thaller]

OK.....

I must be crazy....


I just tried it again, and the language is fine.

The only thing I can think of is an improper baud rate or something making the text do that...

Anyway it boots all the way though to the prompt via "gentoo-serial", the console as I understand is just a setting so I'll look into that.


Although using "gentoo" does select the right console, but it hangs after "starting local", is it then outputting to a different port??

When I say the 'right console', I mean that on the rx5670 there are 3 serial connections on a pig tail cable that goes though the management processor (MP), the one labeled console is the one that the "gentoo" option selects and is the one that EFI uses.

The one that "gentoo-serial" selects is labeled UPS.

The main reason for wanting to stick to the console port is I notice it has far many less pins than the other 2, which leads me to believe that it can only be used for a console.

If you have any other suggestions about the console, I'm all ears, but seriously thank you for your tremendous help!


Here is the full successful boot log:
http://paste2.org/p/657790


Thanks again!!
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Ty Haller
Systems Administrator, SEFCU

[armin76]

Yes, but i already explained why when you boot with 'gentoo', you see it boot but it hangs after it...its because after starting local, it doesn't listen to the ttyS1 port(or another port than tty{0,1,2,3,4..})...

I guess its a kernel thing that is uses the default output port as ttyS1...obviously we can't predict this kind of thing

Anyway, just use 'gentoo console=ttyS1,9600' and should be enough

[thaller]

Thanks