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techyoda
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 Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject: (Fixed) Proliant 5000 will not boot after install |
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Hello,
I am attempting to install Gentoo on a Proliant 5000R. Previously it was running the ClarkConnect gateway distro (a variation of RedHat) with no problems.
I ran through the install guide without any problems. Upon reboot, I get the lilo menu, I select Gentoo, hit enter...
It then says:
"Loading Gentoo..........................
BIOS data check successful.
Uncompressing Linux... OK, booting the kernel."
and then it just HANGS....
Some things that might be an issue:
-You have to pass parameters to the kernel to specify the amount of memory. For example: | Code: | | "mem=exactmap mem=640k@0m mem=1023m@1m" |
I have read here that older versions of lilo had trouble passing that parameter and that the gentoo-sources kernel didn't like it either. I am using whatever lilo version portage would have given me yesterday, 22.5.something I think. (not at home right now) and I am now using vanilla-sources as the linked topic recommends. (I have version 2.4.23) I have the same problems with vanilla-sources as I did with gentoo-sources.
-The system contains (and boots from) a hardware SCSI raid array. I think I enabled all the right kernel options, but maybe I didn't? Also, I'm not sure what syntax to use for the raid array.. When I boot from the gentoo cd, the array is in /dev/ida/disc0/ and that directory contains "disc", "part1", "part2", "part3", and "part4" (4 partitions), but when I chroot to /mnt/gentoo, they appear in "/dev/ida/c0d0", "/dev/ida/c0d0p1", "/dev/ida/c0d0p2", "/dev/ida/c0d0p3", and "/dev/ida/c0d0p4" (unless I mount /dev to /mnt/gentoo/dev before hand). So I'm not sure which syntax I should be using in fstab and lilo.conf, though I've tried it both ways and it doesn't seem to effect my other problem. I know ClarkConnect always referred to them in the c0d0p# syntax...
Could anyone point me in the right direction here?
I'm kind of desperate. If you want more info, let me know.
Thanks in advance!
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krusty_ar
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:08 pm Post subject: |
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What do you mean when you say it hangs? does the screen turns black? if so, you have a missconfigured kernel, I can't remember exactly where to look but it has something to do with tty drivers and it apears at least two times in the kernel config (at least in 2.4)
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techyoda
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| Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2003 11:18 pm Post subject: |
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| krusty_ar wrote: | | What do you mean when you say it hangs? does the screen turns black? if so, you have a missconfigured kernel, I can't remember exactly where to look but it has something to do with tty drivers and it apears at least two times in the kernel config (at least in 2.4) |
It doesn't turn black, it does nothing. All the text I mentioned stays on the screen, but nothing more is printed, and nothing else happens. (No HD activity, etc.) |
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techyoda
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| Posted: Sat Dec 27, 2003 1:57 am Post subject: My Fault |
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Chalk this one up to idiocy..
It was a syntax error in lilo.conf that I hadn't noticed till just now.
Sorry for wasting anyone's time. I'm still having some other problems, but I think I can fix them. |
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