Re: Problems installing 4.0 on Alpha workstation

Daniel Gruner (dgruner@tikva.chem.utoronto.ca)
Mon, 30 Dec 1996 18:29:39 -0500 (EST)

>
> Hello Daniel
>
> >I have been having the most frustrating time with the installation of
> >RHL 4.0 on my new alpha workstation (Microway Screamer, PC164).
> >It came with 3.0.3 and kernel 2.0.23, but it seems to have some bugs,
> >among other things I cannot get "dip" to talk to the modem properly.
> >
> >For the record, I have an AHA2940UW scsi controller, 4GB fast/wide
> >Seagate disk, Plextor 8X scsi cdrom, Exabyte 8205XL tape drive,
> >128MB ram, 2MB cache.
>
> This configuration looks good.
>
> >I decided to install 4.0 from the CD, and I get different kinds of
> >problems:
> >
> >1) If I tell milo to boot from the CD, with the command
> > boot -t iso9660 scd0:kernels/pc164.gz root=/dev/scd0
> >the initial boot goes fine, but then I get the complaint that the
> >root device at some address cannot be accessed:
> >"VFS: Cannot open root device 0b:00
> >Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 0b:00:
> >Is there something wrong with the above specification of the root path?
> >Do I need more options or a different way of specifying the root device?
>
> This will never work.

Why? this is what the redhat manual tells me :-(

>
> >2) If I try to boot from floppies, with the command
> > boot fd0:vmlinux.gz root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
> >using the cp164.img and ramdisk.img images on the boot and ramdisk
> >floppies respectively, the boot proceeds ok and puts me in the
> >installation program. I reply that I have a local scsi cdrom, with
> >Adaptec 2940 controller.
>
> This happens due to not having a milo and kernel that supports Adaptec 2940.
> If you need it e-mail me and we'll make arrangements to get it to you. At
> present unless you have another system running Alpha Linux your dead in the
> water.
>

Actually, this is not quite right. My machine is currently running linux,
kernel 2.0.23, and redhat 3.0.3. It has a number of problems, and I thought
that installing rehat 4.0 (I bought the CD...) could help solve some of my
problems. Therefore, I do have a milo which supports the 2940, but as to the
kernel in the distribution, I am not certain. I guess I can copy my currently
working kernel (whatever its problems) to the boot floppy. I'll try it
now.

> Let me know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Steve
> +1-603-421-1800 http://www.dcginc.com

Thanks.
Daniel

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Dr. Daniel Gruner                        dgruner@tikva.chem.utoronto.ca
Dept. of Chemistry                       phone:  (416)-978-8689
University of Toronto                    fax:    (416)-978-5325



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