florian at eprofs
Mar 16, 2005, 7:00 PM
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Hello,
I've got an Octane2 (R12000) and tried to boot
http://dev.gentoo.org/~kumba/mips/netboot/ip30/ip30-r10k+-20050128.img.bz2
via bootp (Gentoo Linux/MIPS Handbook, Part 2). the kernel is
downloaded correctly but unfortunately it isn't execued. I only
see this message
+641696 entry: 0xa800000020798000
but then everything stops. Mouse and keyboard are dead and
sometimes the red light comes up.
Kumba recommended to try the following boot method
>> resetenv
>> unsetenv netaddr
>> unsetenv dlserver
>> setenv dbaud 9600
>> setenv console d
>> init
but unfortunately I cannot enter PROM of Octane2 by sending break
over null modem cable (http://caradhras.ccslab.aueb.gr/faq.html -
'cu -s 9600 -l ttyS0'). Sometimes 'cu' gets some weird characters
messing up the console. The System Maintenance Menu is never
displayed though. Octane boots straight to IRIX. This is strange
because I can get into the System Maintenance Menu of an O2 by
sending brake, using the same setup.
That is why I used nvram to switch back to console=g. afterwards I
tried
>> bootp(): root=/dev/ram0 console=ttyS0,9600
which causes Octane2 to freeze with the entry message above. I
cannot monitor any output on ttyS0 as well.
Please help, any suggestions appreciated!
chers
Florian
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