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 Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:14 pm Post subject: Octane Will Not Netboot |
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I have an SGI Octane that I'd like to attempt to put Gentoo on. All of the netboot images I've tried have failed. I've tried:
Every boot attempts to go but then I get 'entry: 0xa800000020798000' (or something similar) on the console.
Any ideas?
My hinv:
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System: IP30
Processor: 250 Mhz R10000, with FPU
Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary cache size: 2 Mbytes
Memory size: 512 Mbytes
Network: ef0 ethernet (100/10 base-T)
SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(1)
Audio: RAD Audio Processor
Graphics: ESI
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Pliablemammal
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 6:02 am Post subject: Re: Octane Will Not Netboot |
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Are you doing something like
bootphostip
bootp():192.168.1.X: root=/dev/ram0
In the prom menu? (Hitting escape and then 5 to go into this at bootup time)
I had several problems with my prom menu until I reset the env and then figured out the bootp commands a little better.
I also noticed a few of the images on the gentoo kumba site either booted with the wrong keyboard mapping for the control keys, hence i couldn't control-c out of stuff, and the network drivers are kind of hosed on a few as well, but I think there were two working ones that had absolutely no problems booting on my Octane.
I'll see if I can figure out which ones they were.
-Bob
| stack wrote: | I have an SGI Octane that I'd like to attempt to put Gentoo on. All of the netboot images I've tried have failed. I've tried:
Every boot attempts to go but then I get 'entry: 0xa800000020798000' (or something similar) on the console.
Any ideas?
My hinv:
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System: IP30
Processor: 250 Mhz R10000, with FPU
Primary I-cache size: 32 Kbytes
Primary D-cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary cache size: 2 Mbytes
Memory size: 512 Mbytes
Network: ef0 ethernet (100/10 base-T)
SCSI Disk: scsi(0)disk(1)
Audio: RAD Audio Processor
Graphics: ESI
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Redhatter
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 7:51 am Post subject: |
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I managed to get http://distfiles.gentoo.org/releases/mips/2006.1/netboot/ip30r10k.img to boot on my Octane (175MHz R10000, 512MB RAM, SI graphics) but I found once Linux was up, I had no keyboard.
Once I've got an area cleared for the Octane to live (gotta clean up the house first) I'll look at trying serial console though. 
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Pliablemammal
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:19 am Post subject: |
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Dude which image did you use? I got mine right here fired up I can check on mine too if ya'll like.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Pliablemammal wrote: | Dude which image did you use? I got mine right here fired up I can check on mine too if ya'll like.
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I told you... the exact URL even.
| Code: | | 537cb80583737b300b886411da2c2a7733f41ed6 /home/tftpboot/ip30r10k.img |
^^ There, is the sha1sum of it.
As I say... I get no keyboard, but the machine does boot.
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Pliablemammal
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 2:02 pm Post subject: |
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| damn my adhd! okay I'll give it a shot... wow ! |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:48 pm Post subject: |
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come to think of it, yeah i had the same problems with that kernel, my hinv reported in IRIX the following:
2 195 MHZ IP30 Processors
Heart ASIC: Revision D
CPU: MIPS R10000 Processor Chip Revision: 2.7
FPU: MIPS R10010 Floating Point Chip Revision: 0.0
Main memory size: 2048 Mbytes
Xbow ASIC: Revision 1.2
Instruction cache size: 32 Kbytes
Data cache size: 32 Kbytes
Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
Integral SCSI controller 0: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0 (unit 1)
Integral SCSI controller 1: Version QL1040B (rev. 2), single ended
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty1
IOC3/IOC4 serial port: tty2
IOC3 parallel port: plp1
Graphics board: MXI
Graphics board: SI
Integral Fast Ethernet: ef0, version 1, pci 2
Iris Audio Processor: version RAD revision 12.0, number 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0003) PCI slot 2
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 0
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x1077, device 0x1020) PCI slot 1
PCI Adapter ID (vendor 0x10a9, device 0x0005) PCI slot 3
So my Xbow is 1.2, I think all 4 of my Octanes are 1.2
if I wanted to link to my image I'd have to make a bzimage to get all the modules and stuff right? I compiled my kernel twice, once using the standard CFLAGS
and then again with the -O3 and it seems to run a little faster and in 64 bits...
brutus ~ # uname -a
Linux brutus 2.6.17.10-mipsgit-20060618 #4 SMP Thu Nov 16 10:45:43 GMT 2006 mips64 R10000 V2.7 FPU V0.0 SGI Octane GNU/Linux
Does it matter that I set smp to 4 cpus rather than 2?
(Sorry lots of questions, but I'm super excited that it's up and going!) |
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Pliablemammal
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| Posted: Sat Nov 18, 2006 9:54 pm Post subject: Re: Octane Will Not Netboot |
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ip30-r10k+-20050820.img does work on mine have you found this one anywhere? 9261 kb in size i think... this one worked with frame buffer / keyboard and net all working. I dont have the url where i got it tho.
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Redhatter
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| Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 1:12 am Post subject: |
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I managed to get my Octane going afterall. If you see this message when booting up:
| Code: | | IOC3 part: [060-0028-003], serial: [AAB7270506] => class unknown |
That means the power supply isn't recognised, and thus you'll have problems. Namely, the serio subsystem isn't set up correctly, making the serial console useless, and PS2 sockets unusable.
A patch against the kernel is here: http://dev.gentoo.org/~redhatter/mips/sgi/ip30/patches/
I'll see if I can roll a fixed netboot image with this fix included. For the record, I also have XBow 1.2.
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