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per at computer

Jun 17, 2008, 1:40 AM

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booting with serial console?

I'm using install-hppa-universal-2004.3-r1.iso and trying to boot an HP J280
that I've recently acquired. I'm using serial console on port A.
After I do "BOOT P2" which boots the gentoo livecd from the SCSI CD, I get the
palo prompt, choose the vmlinux32 image and go. (console=ttyS0 was already
set).
This ends up in the "...you may need to switch consoles... common symptom"
message. The LCD display on the front show "Linux-2.6.8.1-pa".

I have switched console using "PATH CON SERIAL_1", is there anything else I need
to do? Read some more HOWTOs?

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vapier at gentoo

Jan 9, 2005, 1:04 PM

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Re: booting with serial console? [In reply to]

On Sunday 09 January 2005 06:57 am, Per Jessen wrote:
> I'm using install-hppa-universal-2004.3-r1.iso and trying to boot an HP
> J280 that I've recently acquired. I'm using serial console on port A.
> After I do "BOOT P2" which boots the gentoo livecd from the SCSI CD, I get
> the palo prompt, choose the vmlinux32 image and go. (console=ttyS0 was
> already set).
> This ends up in the "...you may need to switch consoles... common symptom"
> message. The LCD display on the front show "Linux-2.6.8.1-pa".

try with console=ttyS1 ? or plug the cable into the other serial port ?
-mike

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per at computer

Jun 17, 2008, 1:40 AM

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Re: booting with serial console? [In reply to]

Mike Frysinger wrote:

> try with console=ttyS1 ? or plug the cable into the other serial port ?
> -mike

Yeah, tried plugging in the other port instead, doesn't make a difference.
I'm just now downloading the 2004.2-r1 version to try that too - just in case.

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per at computer

Jun 17, 2008, 1:40 AM

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Re: booting with serial console? [In reply to]

Per Jessen wrote:

> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>
>> try with console=ttyS1 ? or plug the cable into the other serial port ?
>> -mike
>
> Yeah, tried plugging in the other port instead, doesn't make a difference.
> I'm just now downloading the 2004.2-r1 version to try that too - just in case.

Yep, 2004.2 worked just fine. I'm only just getting my feet wet with gentoo,
but if I can help with diagnostics or something, let me know.

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per at computer

Jun 17, 2008, 1:40 AM

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Re: booting with serial console? [In reply to]

Per Jessen wrote:

> Per Jessen wrote:
>
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>
>>> try with console=ttyS1 ? or plug the cable into the other serial port ?
>>> -mike
>>
>> Yeah, tried plugging in the other port instead, doesn't make a difference.
>> I'm just now downloading the 2004.2-r1 version to try that too - just in
>> case.
>
> Yep, 2004.2 worked just fine. I'm only just getting my feet wet with gentoo,
> but if I can help with diagnostics or something, let me know.

Is something not quite as it should be with the 2004.3-r1 universal livecd?
According to the handbook:

"The Universal LiveCD is called install-hppa-universal-2004.3-r1.iso and
consumes the entire surface of a 650 MB CD."

well, it only consumes about half a CD, being just short of 300Mb. In fact it is
60M smaller than 2004.2.

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