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steveb
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 Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 10:11 pm Post subject: Compaq Proliant 2500 with 2.6.0-mm1 -> does not boot |
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hi all,
i try to make it short.
kernel 2.4.20 boots up when adding the following to grub.conf: | Code: | | root=/dev/ida/disc0/part4 mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=159M@1M |
kernel 2.6.0-mm1 does not boot (hangs at the "Uncompressing the Kernel" message): | Code: | | root=/dev/ida/c0d0/part4 mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=159M@1M |
kernel 2.6.0-mm1 does boot, but has not enought memory, because only the internal 16mb memory get recogniced. the boot process stops with an "Out of Memory" message: | Code: | | root=/dev/ida/c0d0/part4 |
or | Code: | | root=/dev/ida/c0d0/part4 mem=160M |
or | Code: | | root=/dev/ida/c0d0/part4 mem=640K@0 mem=159M@1M |
does any one know the "secret" switch to get this beast booting?
cheers
SteveB |
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FreeFly42
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I believe the kernel memory mapping options have changed. The usage of mem=aa@bb is valid for a 2.4 kernel, but not for a 2.6 kernel. You should take a look at /usr/src/linux-2.6<whatever>/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
Try just using mem=aa or memmap=aa@bb
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steveb
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they sure changed the documentation, but the memory otions for 2.6.x are almost the same as for 2.4.x: | Code: | February 2003 Kernel Parameters v2.5.59
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The following is a consolidated list of the kernel parameters as implemented
(mostly) by the __setup() macro and sorted into English Dictionary order
(defined as ignoring all punctuation and sorting digits before letters in a
case insensitive manner), and with descriptions where known.
The text in square brackets at the beginning of the description state the
restrictions on the kernel for the said kernel parameter to be valid. The
restrictions referred to are that the relevant option is valid if:
ACPI ACPI support is enabled.
ALSA ALSA sound support is enabled.
APIC APIC support is enabled.
APM Advanced Power Management support is enabled.
AX25 Appropriate AX.25 support is enabled.
CD Appropriate CD support is enabled.
DEVFS devfs support is enabled.
DRM Direct Rendering Management support is enabled.
EFI EFI Partitioning (GPT) is enabled
EIDE EIDE/ATAPI support is enabled.
FB The frame buffer device is enabled.
HW Appropriate hardware is enabled.
IA-32 IA-32 aka i386 architecture is enabled.
IA-64 IA-64 architecture is enabled.
IOSCHED More than one I/O scheduler is enabled.
IP_PNP IP DCHP, BOOTP, or RARP is enabled.
ISAPNP ISA PnP code is enabled.
ISDN Appropriate ISDN support is enabled.
JOY Appropriate joystick support is enabled.
LP Printer support is enabled.
LOOP Loopback device support is enabled.
M68k M68k architecture is enabled.
These options have more detailed description inside of
Documentation/m68k/kernel-options.txt.
MCA MCA bus support is enabled.
MDA MDA console support is enabled.
MOUSE Appropriate mouse support is enabled.
MTD MTD support is nebaled.
NET Appropriate network support is enabled.
NFS Appropriate NFS support is enabled.
OSS OSS sound support is enabled.
PARIDE The ParIDE subsystem is enabled.
PCI PCI bus support is enabled.
PCMCIA The PCMCIA subsystem is enabled.
PNP Plug & Play support is enabled.
PPC PowerPC architecture is enabled.
PPT Parallel port support is enabled.
PS2 Appropriate PS/2 support is enabled.
RAM RAM disk support is enabled.
S390 S390 architecture is enabled.
SCSI Appropriate SCSI support is enabled.
A lot of drivers has their options described inside of
Documentation/scsi/.
SERIAL Serial support is enabled.
SMP The kernel is an SMP kernel.
SPARC Sparc architecture is enabled.
SWSUSP Software suspension is enabled.
USB USB support is enabled.
V4L Video For Linux support is enabled.
VGA The VGA console has been enabled.
VT Virtual terminal support is enabled.
WDT Watchdog support is enabled.
XT IBM PC/XT MFM hard disk support is enabled.
In addition, the following text indicates that the option:
BUGS= Relates to possible processor bugs on the said processor.
KNL Is a kernel start-up parameter.
BOOT Is a boot loader parameter.
Parameters denoted with BOOT are actually interpreted by the boot
loader, and have no meaning to the kernel directly.
Do not modify the syntax of boot loader parameters without extreme
need or coordination with <Documentation/i386/boot.txt>.
Note that ALL kernel parameters listed below are CASE SENSITIVE, and that
a trailing = on the name of any parameter states that that parameter will
be entered as an environment variable, whereas its absence indicates that
it will appear as a kernel argument readable via /proc/cmdline by programs
running once the system is up.
53c7xx= [HW,SCSI] Amiga SCSI controllers
See header of drivers/scsi/53c7xx.c.
See also Documentation/scsi/ncr53c7xx.txt.
acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and Power Interface
Format: { force | off | ht }
force -- enables ACPI for systems with default off
off -- disabled ACPI for systems with default on
ht -- run only enough ACPI to enable Hyper Threading
See also Documentation/pm.txt.
acpi_pic_sci= [HW,ACPI] ACPI System Control Interrupt trigger mode
Format: { level | edge }
level Force PIC-mode SCI to Level Trigger (default)
edge Force PIC-mode SCI to Edge Trigge
acpi_irq_balance [HW,ACPI] ACPI will balance active IRQs
default in APIC mode
acpi_irq_nobalance [HW,ACPI] ACPI will not move active IRQs (default)
default in PIC mode
acpi_irq_pci= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, Clear listed IRQs for use by PCI
Format: <irq>,<irq>...
acpi_irq_isa= [HW,ACPI] If irq_balance, Mark listed IRQs used by ISA
Format: <irq>,<irq>...
ad1816= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
See also Documentation/sound/oss/AD1816.
ad1848= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<type>
adlib= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>
advansys= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/advansys.c.
advwdt= [HW,WDT] Advantech WDT
Format: <iostart>,<iostop>
aedsp16= [HW,OSS] Audio Excel DSP 16
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
See also header of sound/oss/aedsp16.c.
aha152x= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aha152x.txt.
aha1542= [HW,SCSI]
Format: <portbase>[,<buson>,<busoff>[,<dmaspeed>]]
aic7xxx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic7xxx.txt.
aic79xx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/aic79xx.txt.
allowdma0 [ISAPNP]
AM53C974= [HW,SCSI]
Format: <host-scsi-id>,<target-scsi-id>,<max-rate>,<max-offset>
See also header of drivers/scsi/AM53C974.c.
amijoy= [HW,JOY] Amiga joystick support
apc= [HW,SPARC] Power management functions (SPARCstation-4/5 + deriv.)
Format: noidle
Disable APC CPU standby support. SPARCstation-Fox does
not play well with APC CPU idle - disable it if you have
APC and your system crashes randomly.
apm= [APM] Advanced Power Management
See header of arch/i386/kernel/apm.c.
applicom= [HW]
Format: <mem>,<irq>
arcrimi= [HW,NET] ARCnet - "RIM I" (entirely mem-mapped) cards
Format: <io>,<irq>,<nodeID>
ataflop= [HW,M68k]
atarimouse= [HW,MOUSE] Atari Mouse
atascsi= [HW,SCSI] Atari SCSI
atkbd_set= [HW] Select keyboard code set
Format: <int>
atkbd_reset [HW] Reset keyboard during initialization
autotest [IA64]
awe= [HW,OSS] AWE32/SB32/AWE64 wave table synth
Format: <io>,<memsize>,<isapnp>
aztcd= [HW,CD] Aztech CD268 CDROM driver
Format: <io>,0x79 (?)
baycom_epp= [HW,AX25]
Format: <io>,<mode>
baycom_par= [HW,AX25] BayCom Parallel Port AX.25 Modem
Format: <io>,<mode>
See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_par.c.
baycom_ser_fdx= [HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Full Duplex Mode)
Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>[,<baud>]
See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_fdx.c.
baycom_ser_hdx= [HW,AX25] BayCom Serial Port AX.25 Modem (Half Duplex Mode)
Format: <io>,<irq>,<mode>
See header of drivers/net/hamradio/baycom_ser_hdx.c.
blkmtd_device= [HW,MTD]
blkmtd_erasesz=
blkmtd_ro=
blkmtd_bs=
blkmtd_count=
bttv.card= [HW,V4L] bttv (bt848 + bt878 based grabber cards)
bttv.radio= Most important insmod options are available as kernel args too.
bttv.pll= See Documentation/video4linux/bttv/Insmod-options
bttv.tuner= and Documentation/video4linux/bttv/CARDLIST
BusLogic= [HW,SCSI]
See drivers/scsi/BusLogic.c, comment before function
BusLogic_ParseDriverOptions().
c101= [NET] Moxa C101 synchronous serial card
cachesize= [BUGS=IA-32] Override level 2 CPU cache size detection.
Sometimes CPU hardware bugs make them report the cache
size incorrectly. The kernel will attempt work arounds
to fix known problems, but for some CPUs it is not
possible to determine what the correct size should be.
This option provides an override for these situations.
cdu31a= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>,<irq>[,PAS]
See header of drivers/cdrom/cdu31a.c.
chandev= [HW,NET] Generic channel device initialisation
clock= [BUGS=IA-32, HW] gettimeofday timesource override.
Forces specified timesource (if avaliable) to be used
when calculating gettimeofday(). If specicified timesource
is not avalible, it defaults to PIT.
Format: { pit | tsc | cyclone | pmtmr }
hpet= [IA-32,HPET] option to disable HPET and use PIT.
Format: disable
cm206= [HW,CD]
Format: { auto | [<io>,][<irq>] }
com20020= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM20020 chipset
Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<nodeID>[,<backplane>[,<ckp>[,<timeout>]]]]]
com90io= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (IO-mapped buffers)
Format: <io>[,<irq>]
com90xx= [HW,NET] ARCnet - COM90xx chipset (memory-mapped buffers)
Format: <io>[,<irq>[,<memstart>]]
condev= [HW,S390] console device
conmode=
console= [KNL] Output console
Console device and comm spec (speed, control, parity).
cpcihp_generic= [HW,PCI] Generic port I/O CompactPCI driver
Format: <first_slot>,<last_slot>,<port>,<enum_bit>[,<debug>]
cpia_pp= [HW,PPT]
Format: { parport<nr> | auto | none }
cs4232= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpuio>,<mpuirq>
cs89x0_dma= [HW,NET]
Format: <dma>
cs89x0_media= [HW,NET]
Format: { rj45 | aui | bnc }
cyclades= [HW,SERIAL] Cyclades multi-serial port adapter.
dasd= [HW,NET]
See header of drivers/s390/block/dasd_devmap.c.
db9= [HW,JOY]
db9_2=
db9_3=
debug [KNL] Enable kernel debugging (events log level).
decnet= [HW,NET]
Format: <area>[,<node>]
See also Documentation/networking/decnet.txt.
devfs= [DEVFS]
See Documentation/filesystems/devfs/boot-options.
digi= [HW,SERIAL]
IO parameters + enable/disable command.
digiepca= [HW,SERIAL]
See drivers/char/README.epca and
Documentation/digiepca.txt.
dmascc= [HW,AX25,SERIAL] AX.25 Z80SCC driver with DMA
support available.
Format: <io_dev0>[,<io_dev1>[,..<io_dev32>]]
dmasound= [HW,OSS] Sound subsystem buffers
dscc4.setup= [NET]
dtc3181e= [HW,SCSI]
eata= [HW,SCSI]
eda= [HW,PS2]
edb= [HW,PS2]
eicon= [HW,ISDN]
Format: <id>,<membase>,<irq>
eisa_irq_edge= [PARISC]
See header of drivers/parisc/eisa.c.
elanfreq= [IA-32]
See comment before function elanfreq_setup() in
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/elanfreq.c.
elevator= [IOSCHED]
Format: {"as"|"cfq"|"deadline"|"noop"}
See Documentation/as-iosched.txt for details
es1370= [HW,OSS]
Format: <lineout>[,<micbias>]
See also header of sound/oss/es1370.c.
es1371= [HW,OSS]
Format: <spdif>,[<nomix>,[<amplifier>]]
See also header of sound/oss/es1371.c.
ether= [HW,NET] Ethernet cards parameters
This option is obsoleted by the "netdev=" option, which
has equivalent usage. See its documentation for details.
eurwdt= [HW,WDT] Eurotech CPU-1220/1410 onboard watchdog.
Format: <io>[,<irq>]
fd_mcs= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/fd_mcs.c.
fdomain= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/fdomain.c.
floppy= [HW]
See Documentation/floppy.txt.
ftape= [HW] Floppy Tape subsystem debugging options.
See Documentation/ftape.txt.
gamma= [HW,DRM]
gc= [HW,JOY]
gc_2= See Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt.
gc_3=
gdth= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/gdth.c.
gpt [EFI] Forces disk with valid GPT signature but
invalid Protective MBR to be treated as GPT.
gscd= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>
gt96100eth= [NET] MIPS GT96100 Advanced Communication Controller
gus= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>
gvp11= [HW,SCSI]
hcl= [IA-64] SGI's Hardware Graph compatibility layer
hd= [EIDE] (E)IDE hard drive subsystem geometry
Format: <cyl>,<head>,<sect>
hd?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
hd?lun= See Documentation/ide.txt.
hisax= [HW,ISDN]
See Documentation/isdn/README.HiSax.
hugepages= [HW,IA-32,IA-64] Maximal number of HugeTLB pages.
noirqbalance [IA-32,SMP,KNL] Disable kernel irq balancing
i8042_direct [HW] Keyboard has been put into non-translated mode
by BIOS
i8042_dumbkbd [HW] Don't attempt to blink the leds
i8042_noaux [HW] Don't check for auxiliary (== mouse) port
i8042_nomux
i8042_reset [HW] Reset the controller during init and cleanup
i8042_unlock [HW] Unlock (ignore) the keylock
i810= [HW,DRM]
ibmmcascsi= [HW,MCA,SCSI] IBM MicroChannel SCSI adapter
See Documentation/mca.txt.
icn= [HW,ISDN]
Format: <io>[,<membase>[,<icn_id>[,<icn_id2>]]]
ide?= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem
Config (iomem/irq), tuning or debugging
(serialize,reset,no{dma,tune,probe}) or chipset
specific parameters.
See Documentation/ide.txt.
idebus= [HW] (E)IDE subsystem - VLB/PCI bus speed
See Documentation/ide.txt.
idle= [HW]
Format: idle=poll or idle=halt
in2000= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/in2000.c.
init= [KNL]
Format: <full_path>
Run specified binary instead of /sbin/init as init
process.
initcall_debug [KNL] Trace initcalls as they are executed. Useful
for working out where the kernel is dying during
startup.
initrd= [BOOT] Specify the location of the initial ramdisk
inport_irq= [HW] Inport (ATI XL and Microsoft) busmouse driver
Format: <irq>
inttest= [IA64]
io7= [HW] IO7 for Marvel based alpha systems
See comment before marvel_specify_io7 in
arch/alpha/kernel/core_marvel.c.
ip= [IP_PNP]
See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
ip2= [HW] Set IO/IRQ pairs for up to 4 IntelliPort boards
See comment before ip2_setup() in drivers/char/ip2.c.
ips= [HW,SCSI] Adaptec / IBM ServeRAID controller
See header of drivers/scsi/ips.c.
isapnp= [ISAPNP]
Format: <RDP>, <reset>, <pci_scan>, <verbosity>
isp16= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<setup>
iucv= [HW,NET]
js= [HW,JOY] Analog joystick
See Documentation/input/joystick.txt.
keepinitrd [HW,ARM]
l2cr= [PPC]
lapic [IA-32,APIC] Enable the local APIC even if BIOS disabled it.
lasi= [HW,SCSI] PARISC LASI driver for the 53c700 chip
Format: addr:<io>,irq:<irq>
llsc*= [IA64]
See function print_params() in arch/ia64/sn/kernel/llsc4.c.
load_ramdisk= [RAM] List of ramdisks to load from floppy
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
lockd.udpport= [NFS]
lockd.tcpport= [NFS]
logibm_irq= [HW,MOUSE] Logitech Bus Mouse Driver
Format: <irq>
log_buf_len=n Sets the size of the printk ring buffer, in bytes.
Format is n, nk, nM. n must be a power of two. The
default is set in kernel config.
lp=0 [LP] Specify parallel ports to use, e.g,
lp=port[,port...] lp=none,parport0 (lp0 not configured, lp1 uses
lp=reset first parallel port). 'lp=0' disables the
lp=auto printer driver. 'lp=reset' (which can be
specified in addition to the ports) causes
attached printers to be reset. Using
lp=port1,port2,... specifies the parallel ports
to associate lp devices with, starting with
lp0. A port specification may be 'none' to skip
that lp device, or a parport name such as
'parport0'. Specifying 'lp=auto' instead of a
port specification list means that device IDs
from each port should be examined, to see if
an IEEE 1284-compliant printer is attached; if
so, the driver will manage that printer.
See also header of drivers/char/lp.c.
ltpc= [NET]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
mac5380= [HW,SCSI]
Format: <can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
mac53c9x= [HW,SCSI]
Format: <num_esps>,<disconnect>,<nosync>,<can_queue>,<cmd_per_lun>,<sg_tablesize>,<hostid>,<use_tags>
mad16= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>,<joystick>
maui= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>
max_loop= [LOOP] Maximum number of loopback devices that can
be mounted
Format: <1-256>
maxcpus= [SMP] Maximum number of processors that an SMP kernel
should make use of
max_scsi_luns= [SCSI]
max_scsi_report_luns=
[SCSI] Maximum number of LUNs received
Should be between 1 and 16384.
mca-pentium [BUGS=IA-32]
mcatest= [IA-64]
mcd= [HW,CD]
Format: <port>,<irq>,<mitsumi_bug_93_wait>
mcdx= [HW,CD]
mce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
md= [HW] RAID subsystems devices and level
See Documentation/md.txt.
mdacon= [MDA]
Format: <first>,<last>
Specifies range of consoles to be captured by the MDA.
mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
to see the whole system memory or for test.
mem=nopentium [BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
memory.
memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32] Enable setting of an exact
E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
option description.
memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
meye= [HW] Set MotionEye Camera parameters
See Documentation/video4linux/meye.txt.
mga= [HW,DRM]
mpu401= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>
MTD_Partition= [MTD]
Format: <name>,<region-number>,<size>,<offset>
MTD_Region= [MTD]
Format: <name>,<region-number>[,<base>,<size>,<buswidth>,<altbuswidth>]
mtdparts= [MTD]
See drivers/mtd/cmdline.c.
n2= [NET] SDL Inc. RISCom/N2 synchronous serial card
NCR_D700= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/NCR_D700.c.
ncr5380= [HW,SCSI]
ncr53c400= [HW,SCSI]
ncr53c400a= [HW,SCSI]
ncr53c406a= [HW,SCSI]
ncr53c8xx= [HW,SCSI]
netdev= [NET] Network devices parameters
Format: <irq>,<io>,<mem_start>,<mem_end>,<name>
Note that mem_start is often overloaded to mean
something different and driver-specific.
nfsaddrs= [NFS]
See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
nfsroot= [NFS] nfs root filesystem for disk-less boxes.
See Documentation/nfsroot.txt.
nmi_watchdog= [KNL,BUGS=IA-32] Debugging features for SMP kernels
no387 [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel to use the 387 maths
emulation library even if a 387 maths coprocessor
is present.
noalign [KNL,ARM]
noapic [SMP,APIC] Tells the kernel not to make use of any
APIC that may be present on the system.
noasync [HW,M68K] Disables async and sync negotiation for
all devices.
nocache [ARM]
nodisconnect [HW,SCSI,M68K] Disables SCSI disconnects.
noexec [IA-64]
nofxsr [BUGS=IA-32]
nohighio [BUGS=IA-32] Disable highmem block I/O.
nohlt [BUGS=ARM]
no-hlt [BUGS=IA-32] Tells the kernel that the hlt
instruction doesn't work correctly and not to
use it.
noirqdebug [IA-32] Disables the code which attempts to detect and
disable unhandled interrupt sources.
noisapnp [ISAPNP] Disables ISA PnP code.
noinitrd [RAM] Tells the kernel not to load any configured
initial RAM disk.
nointroute [IA-64]
nolapic [IA-32,APIC] Do not enable or use the local APIC.
nomce [IA-32] Machine Check Exception
noresume [SWSUSP] Disables resume and restore original swap space.
no-scroll [VGA] Disables scrollback.
This is required for the Braillex ib80-piezo Braille
reader made by F.H. Papenmeier (Germany).
nosbagart [IA-64]
nosmp [SMP] Tells an SMP kernel to act as a UP kernel.
nosync [HW,M68K] Disables sync negotiation for all devices.
notsc [BUGS=IA-32] Disable Time Stamp Counter
nousb [USB] Disable the USB subsystem
nowb [ARM]
opl3= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>
opl3sa= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
opl3sa2= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<mss_io>,<mpu_io>,<ymode>,<loopback>[,<isapnp>,<multiple]
oprofile.timer= [HW]
Use timer interrupt instead of performance counters
optcd= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>
osst= [HW,SCSI] SCSI Tape Driver
Format: <buffer_size>,<write_threshold>
See also Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
panic= [KNL] Kernel behaviour on panic
Format: <timeout>
parport=0 [HW,PPT] Specify parallel ports. 0 disables.
parport=auto Use 'auto' to force the driver to use
parport=0xBBB[,IRQ[,DMA]] any IRQ/DMA settings detected (the
default is to ignore detected IRQ/DMA
settings because of possible
conflicts). You can specify the base
address, IRQ, and DMA settings; IRQ and
DMA should be numbers, or 'auto' (for
using detected settings on that
particular port), or 'nofifo' (to avoid
using a FIFO even if it is detected).
Parallel ports are assigned in the
order they are specified on the command
line, starting with parport0.
pas2= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma16>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<sb_dma16>
pas16= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/pas16.c.
pcbit= [HW,ISDN]
pcd. [PARIDE]
See header of drivers/block/paride/pcd.c.
See also Documentation/paride.txt.
pci=option[,option...] [PCI] various PCI subsystem options:
off [IA-32] don't probe for the PCI bus
bios [IA-32] force use of PCI BIOS, don't access
the hardware directly. Use this if your machine
has a non-standard PCI host bridge.
nobios [IA-32] disallow use of PCI BIOS, only direct
hardware access methods are allowed. Use this
if you experience crashes upon bootup and you
suspect they are caused by the BIOS.
conf1 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 1.
conf2 [IA-32] Force use of PCI Configuration Mechanism 2.
nosort [IA-32] Don't sort PCI devices according to
order given by the PCI BIOS. This sorting is done
to get a device order compatible with older kernels.
biosirq [IA-32] Use PCI BIOS calls to get the interrupt
routing table. These calls are known to be buggy
on several machines and they hang the machine when used,
but on other computers it's the only way to get the
interrupt routing table. Try this option if the kernel
is unable to allocate IRQs or discover secondary PCI
buses on your motherboard.
rom [IA-32] Assign address space to expansion ROMs.
Use with caution as certain devices share address
decoders between ROMs and other resources.
irqmask=0xMMMM [IA-32] Set a bit mask of IRQs allowed to be assigned
automatically to PCI devices. You can make the kernel
exclude IRQs of your ISA cards this way.
lastbus=N [IA-32] Scan all buses till bus #N. Can be useful
if the kernel is unable to find your secondary buses
and you want to tell it explicitly which ones they are.
assign-busses [IA-32] Always assign all PCI bus
numbers ourselves, overriding
whatever the firmware may have
done.
usepirqmask [IA-32] Honor the possible IRQ mask
stored in the BIOS $PIR table. This is
needed on some systems with broken
BIOSes, notably some HP Pavilion N5400
and Omnibook XE3 notebooks. This will
have no effect if ACPI IRQ routing is
enabled.
noacpi [IA-32] Do not use ACPI for IRQ routing.
pcmv= [HW,PCMCIA] BadgePAD 4
pd. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
pf. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
pg. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
pirq= [SMP,APIC] Manual mp-table setup
See Documentation/i386/IO-APIC.txt.
plip= [PPT,NET] Parallel port network link
Format: { parport<nr> | timid | 0 }
See also Documentation/parport.txt.
pnpbios= [ISAPNP]
{ on | off | curr | res | no-curr | no-res }
pnp_reserve_irq=
[ISAPNP] Exclude IRQs for the autoconfiguration
pnp_reserve_dma=
[ISAPNP] Exclude DMAs for the autoconfiguration
pnp_reserve_io= [ISAPNP] Exclude I/O ports for the autoconfiguration
Ranges are in pairs (I/O port base and size).
pnp_reserve_mem=
[ISAPNP] Exclude memory regions for the autoconfiguration
Ranges are in pairs (memory base and size).
profile= [KNL] Enable kernel profiling via /proc/profile
(param: profile step/bucket size as a power of 2)
prompt_ramdisk= [RAM] List of RAM disks to prompt for floppy disk
before loading.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
psmouse_proto= [HW,MOUSE] Highest PS2 mouse protocol extension to
probe for (bare|imps|exps).
psmouse_resetafter=
[HW,MOUSE] Try to reset Synaptics Touchpad after so many
bad packets (0 = never).
pss= [HW,OSS] Personal Sound System (ECHO ESC614)
Format: <io>,<mss_io>,<mss_irq>,<mss_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
pt. [PARIDE]
See Documentation/paride.txt.
quiet= [KNL] Disable log messages
r128= [HW,DRM]
raid= [HW,RAID]
See Documentation/md.txt.
ramdisk= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes [deprecated]
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_blocksize=
[RAM]
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_size= [RAM] Sizes of RAM disks in kilobytes
New name for the ramdisk parameter.
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
ramdisk_start= [RAM] Starting block of RAM disk image (so you can
place it after the kernel image on a boot floppy).
See Documentation/ramdisk.txt.
reboot= [BUGS=IA-32,BUGS=ARM,BUGS=IA-64] Rebooting mode
Format: <reboot_mode>[,<reboot_mode2>[,...]]
See arch/*/kernel/reboot.c.
reserve= [KNL,BUGS] Force the kernel to ignore some iomem area
resume= [SWSUSP] Specify the partition device for software suspension
riscom8= [HW,SERIAL]
Format: <io_board1>[,<io_board2>[,...<io_boardN>]]
ro [KNL] Mount root device read-only on boot
root= [KNL] Root filesystem
rootflags= [KNL] Set root filesystem mount option string
rootfstype= [KNL] Set root filesystem type
rw [KNL] Mount root device read-write on boot
S [KNL] Run init in single mode
sa1100ir [NET]
See drivers/net/irda/sa1100_ir.c.
sb= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
sbni= [NET] Granch SBNI12 leased line adapter
sbpcd= [HW,CD] Soundblaster CD adapter
Format: <io>,<type>
See a comment before function sbpcd_setup() in
drivers/cdrom/sbpcd.c.
sc1200wdt= [HW,WDT] SC1200 WDT (watchdog) driver
Format: <io>[,<timeout>[,<isapnp>]]
scsi_debug_*= [SCSI]
See drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c.
scsi_default_dev_flags=
[SCSI] SCSI default device flags
Format: <integer>
scsi_dev_flags= [SCSI] Black/white list entry for vendor and model
Format: <vendor>:<model>:<flags>
(flags are integer value)
scsi_logging= [SCSI]
scsihosts= [SCSI]
serialnumber [BUGS=IA-32]
sf16fm= [HW] SF16FMI radio driver for Linux
Format: <io>
sg_def_reserved_size=
[SCSI]
sgalaxy= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sgbase>
shapers= [NET]
Maximal number of shapers.
sim710= [SCSI,HW]
See header of drivers/scsi/sim710.c.
simeth= [IA-64]
simscsi=
sjcd= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>
See header of drivers/cdrom/sjcd.c.
slram= [HW,MTD]
smart2= [HW]
Format: <io1>[,<io2>[,...,<io8>]]
snd-ad1816a= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ad1848= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ali5451= [HW,ALSA]
snd-als100= [HW,ALSA]
snd-als4000= [HW,ALSA]
snd-azt2320= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cmi8330= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cmipci= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cs4232= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cs4236= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cs4281= [HW,ALSA]
snd-cs46xx= [HW,ALSA]
snd-dt019x= [HW,ALSA]
snd-dummy= [HW,ALSA]
snd-emu10k1= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ens1370= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ens1371= [HW,ALSA]
snd-es968= [HW,ALSA]
snd-es1688= [HW,ALSA]
snd-es18xx= [HW,ALSA]
snd-es1938= [HW,ALSA]
snd-es1968= [HW,ALSA]
snd-fm801= [HW,ALSA]
snd-gusclassic= [HW,ALSA]
snd-gusextreme= [HW,ALSA]
snd-gusmax= [HW,ALSA]
snd-hdsp= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ice1712= [HW,ALSA]
snd-intel8x0= [HW,ALSA]
snd-interwave= [HW,ALSA]
snd-interwave-stb=
[HW,ALSA]
snd-korg1212= [HW,ALSA]
snd-maestro3= [HW,ALSA]
snd-mpu401= [HW,ALSA]
snd-mtpav= [HW,ALSA]
snd-nm256= [HW,ALSA]
snd-opl3sa2= [HW,ALSA]
snd-opti92x-ad1848=
[HW,ALSA]
snd-opti92x-cs4231=
[HW,ALSA]
snd-opti93x= [HW,ALSA]
snd-pmac= [HW,ALSA]
snd-rme32= [HW,ALSA]
snd-rme96= [HW,ALSA]
snd-rme9652= [HW,ALSA]
snd-sb8= [HW,ALSA]
snd-sb16= [HW,ALSA]
snd-sbawe= [HW,ALSA]
snd-serial= [HW,ALSA]
snd-sgalaxy= [HW,ALSA]
snd-sonicvibes= [HW,ALSA]
snd-sun-amd7930=
[HW,ALSA]
snd-sun-cs4231= [HW,ALSA]
snd-trident= [HW,ALSA]
snd-usb-audio= [HW,ALSA,USB]
snd-via82xx= [HW,ALSA]
snd-virmidi= [HW,ALSA]
snd-wavefront= [HW,ALSA]
snd-ymfpci= [HW,ALSA]
sonicvibes= [HW,OSS]
Format: <reverb>
sonycd535= [HW,CD]
Format: <io>[,<irq>]
sonypi= [HW] Sony Programmable I/O Control Device driver
Format: <minor>,<verbose>,<fnkeyinit>,<camera>,<compat>,<nojogdial>
specialix= [HW,SERIAL] Specialix multi-serial port adapter
See Documentation/specialix.txt.
speedstep_coppermine=
[HW,IA-32] Take CPU in your notebook as SpeedStep-capable
See comment before function speedstep_setup() in
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/cpufreq/speedstep.c.
spia_io_base= [HW,MTD]
spia_fio_base=
spia_pedr=
spia_peddr=
sscape= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
st= [HW,SCSI] SCSI tape parameters (buffers, etc.)
See Documentation/scsi/st.txt.
st0x= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.
sti= [HW]
Format: <num>
Set the STI (builtin display/keyboard on the HP-PARISC
machines) console (graphic card) which should be used
as the initial boot-console.
See also comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
sti_font= [HW]
See comment in drivers/video/console/sticore.c.
stifb= [HW]
Format: bpp:<bpp1>[:<bpp2>[:<bpp3>...]]
stram_swap= [HW,M68k]
swiotlb= [IA-64] Number of I/O TLB slabs
switches= [HW,M68k]
sym53c416= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/sym53c416.c.
sym53c8xx= [HW,SCSI]
See Documentation/scsi/ncr53c8xx.txt.
t128= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/t128.c.
tdfx= [HW,DRM]
tgfx= [HW,JOY] TurboGraFX parallel port interface
tgfx_2= See Documentation/input/joystick-parport.txt.
tgfx_3=
tipar= [HW]
See header of drivers/char/tipar.c.
tiusb= [HW,USB] Texas Instruments' USB GraphLink (aka SilverLink)
Format: <timeout>
tmc8xx= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/seagate.c.
tmscsim= [HW,SCSI]
See comment before function dc390_setup() in
drivers/scsi/tmscsim.c.
tp720= [HW,PS2]
trix= [HW,OSS] MediaTrix AudioTrix Pro
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>,<sb_io>,<sb_irq>,<sb_dma>,<mpu_io>,<mpu_irq>
u14-34f= [HW,SCSI] UltraStor 14F/34F SCSI host adapter
See header of drivers/scsi/u14-34f.c.
uart401= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>
uart6850= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>
video= [FB] Frame buffer configuration
See Documentation/fb/modedb.txt.
vga= [BOOT,IA-32] Select a particular video mode
See Documentation/i386/boot.txt and Documentation/svga.txt.
Use vga=ask for menu.
This is actually a boot loader parameter; the value is
passed to the kernel using a special protocol.
vmhalt= [KNL,S390]
vmpoff= [KNL,S390]
waveartist= [HW,OSS]
Format: <io>,<irq>,<dma>,<dma2>
wd33c93= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd33c93.c.
wd7000= [HW,SCSI]
See header of drivers/scsi/wd7000.c.
wdt= [WDT] Watchdog
See Documentation/watchdog.txt.
xd= [HW,XT] Original XT pre-IDE (RLL encoded) disks.
xd_geo= See header of drivers/block/xd.c.
xirc2ps_cs= [NET,PCMCIA]
Format: <irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
Changelog:
The last known update (for 2.4.0) - the changelog was not kept before.
2000-06-?? Mr. Unknown
Update for 2.5.49, description for most of the options introduced,
references to other documentation (C files, READMEs, ..), added S390,
PPC, SPARC, MTD, ALSA and OSS category. Minor corrections and
reformatting.
2002-11-24 Petr Baudis <pasky@ucw.cz>
Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@verizon.net>
TODO:
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but you are rigth. i will try with just mem=xxx
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You know, horseshoes, hand-grenades, and all... 
Let me know if it works.
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ohhhh... did still not boot the cpq server. but i am reading my own posting and what do i see?? | Code: | mem=nn[KMG] [KNL,BOOT] Force usage of a specific amount of memory
Amount of memory to be used when the kernel is not able
to see the whole system memory or for test.
mem=nopentium [BUGS=IA-32] Disable usage of 4MB pages for kernel
memory.
memmap=exactmap [KNL,IA-32] Enable setting of an exact
E820 memory map, as specified by the user.
Such memmap=exactmap lines can be constructed based on
BIOS output or other requirements. See the memmap=nn@ss
option description.
memmap=nn[KMG]@ss[KMG]
[KNL] Force usage of a specific region of memory
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]#ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as ACPI data.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn.
memmap=nn[KMG]$ss[KMG]
[KNL,ACPI] Mark specific memory as reserved.
Region of memory to be used, from ss to ss+nn. |
i must be blind!! the "mem=" option does NOT allow nn@ss anymore! i need to use memmap (like you suggested)!
i will now reboot the server and try: | Code: | | memmap=exactmap memmap=640K@0 memmap=159M@1M |
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what can i say? WHAT? | Code: | xxxxxxxxxxx-150 / # dmesg
Linux version 2.6.0-mm1 (root@xxxxxxxxxxx-150.yyyyyyyy.zzz) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Gentoo Linux 1.4 3.2.3-r1, propolice)) #2 Sun Jan 4 07:47:49 CET 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-88: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
BIOS-88: 0000000000100000 - 0000000001000000 (usable)
user-defined physical RAM map:
user: 0000000000000000 - 00000000000a0000 (usable)
user: 0000000000100000 - 000000000a000000 (usable)
160MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 40960
DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:1
Normal zone: 36864 pages, LIFO batch:9
HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1
DMI not present.
ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP
Building zonelist for node : 0
Kernel command line: root=/dev/ida/c0d0/part4 memmap=exactmap memmap=640K@0 memmap=159M@1M
current: c0355a60
current->thread_info: c03c6000
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 1024 (order 10: 8192 bytes)
Detected 199.481 MHz processor.
Using tsc for high-res timesource
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Memory: 158384k/163840k available (2095k kernel code, 4832k reserved, 737k data, 204k init, 0k highmem)
zapping low mappings.
Calibrating delay loop... 390.14 BogoMIPS
Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0000f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: After vendor identify, caps: 0000f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000
CPU: L1 I cache: 8K, L1 D cache: 8K
CPU: L2 cache: 256K
CPU: After all inits, caps: 0000f1ff 00000000 00000000 00000040
CPU: Intel Pentium Pro stepping 09
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
NET: Registered protocol family 16
EISA bus registered
PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0068, last bus=3
PCI: Using configuration type 1
mtrr: v2.0 (20020519)
ACPI: Subsystem revision 20031203
ACPI: Interpreter disabled.
Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
SCSI subsystem initialized
ACPI: ACPI tables contain no PCI IRQ routing entries
PCI: Invalid ACPI-PCI IRQ routing table
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:01:06.0
PCI: Failed to allocate resource 0(44000000-43ffffff) for 0000:01:06.0
PCI: Device 00:00 not found by BIOS
PCI: Device 00:a0 not found by BIOS
Total HugeTLB memory allocated, 0
ikconfig 0.7 with /proc/config*
devfs: v1.22 (20021013) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x1
SGI XFS for Linux with ACLs, large block numbers, no debug enabled
SGI XFS Quota Management subsystem
Initializing Cryptographic API
Limiting direct PCI/PCI transfers.
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Real Time Clock Driver v1.12
Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 48 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
cpqarray: Device 0xe11 has been found at bus 2 dev 0 func 0
Compaq SMART2 Driver (v 2.4.5)
Found 1 controller(s)
cpqarray: Finding drives on ida0Using anticipatory io scheduler
(SMART-2/P)
cpqarray ida/c0d0: blksz=512 nr_blks=33537600
/dev/ida/c0d0: p1 p2 p3 p4
Compaq CISS Driver (v 2.5.0)
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
hda: HITACHI CDR-7930, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
NCR53c406a: no available ports found
sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0-ac
sym0: <875> rev 0x3 at pci 0000:01:09.0 irq 11
sym0: No NVRAM, ID 7, Fast-20, SE, parity checking
sym0: SCSI BUS has been reset.
scsi0 : sym-2.1.18f
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard on isa0060/serio0
EISA: Probing bus 0 at 0000:00:14.0
EISA: Mainboard CPQ0551 detected.
Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 6
Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 7
Cannot allocate resource for EISA slot 8
EISA: Detected 0 cards.
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP: routing cache hash table of 1024 buckets, 8Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 32768)
NET: Registered protocol family 1
NET: Registered protocol family 17
BIOS EDD facility v0.10 2003-Oct-11, 1 devices found
Please report your BIOS at http://domsch.com/linux/edd30/results.html
XFS mounting filesystem ida/c0d0p4
Ending clean XFS mount for filesystem: ida/c0d0p4
VFS: Mounted root (xfs filesystem) readonly.
Mounted devfs on /dev
Freeing unused kernel memory: 204k freed
Adding 526312k swap on /dev/ida/c0d0/part2. Priority:1000 extents:1
hda: ATAPI 8X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
end_request: I/O error, dev hda, sector 0
st: Version 20030811, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
ThunderLAN driver v1.15
TLAN: eth0 irq=10, io=7800, Compaq Netelligent Integrated 10/100 TX UTP, Rev. 16
TLAN: 1 device installed, PCI: 1 EISA: 0
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.26
TLAN: eth0: Starting autonegotiation.
TLAN: Giving autonegotiation more time.
TLAN: Please check that your adapter has
TLAN: been properly connected to a HUB or Switch.
TLAN: Trying to establish link in the background...
TLAN: eth0: Autonegotiation complete.
TLAN: eth0: Link active
nfs warning: mount version older than kernel
nfs warning: mount version older than kernel
xxxxxxxxxxx-150 / # |
great! it is working and thanks for the hint with memmap.
cheers
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I just upgraded my ProLiant 1500R's 2.4.23-kernel to 2.6.2 and I had the RAM problem too: only 16MB of 256MB was recognized even with the
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append="mem=240M@16M"
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line in my lilo.conf.
Changing that to
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append="memmap=240M@16M"
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steveb
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| Fubarovic wrote: | | I just upgraded my ProLiant 1500R's 2.4.23-kernel to 2.6.2 |
ohhhh my god! how did you get that thing to recognice the internal eisa raid controller?
i have an 1500 and i can not get gentoo to recognice the eisa controller. i did so manny hacks to get it booting (yes. i got it booting from an custom made disk) but failed big time, when i tryed to install gentoo on it.
wich livecd version did you use?
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Fubarovic
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It's running Debian GNU/Linux since it's only a dual P-166.
I wanted to install Gentoo on it at first, but bootstrapping took me 5 days and ended with an error so I didn't bother anymore.
For the RAID-controller (Compaq Smart2/P), just enable the cpqarray module, it's under
Device drivers -> Block devices -> Compaq SMART2 support.
Put in some SCSI-support for the CD-Rom, and you're good to go. No need for IDE/ATAPI support if you don't have any of those connected.
I'm not sure if SCSI disk support is needed but I compiled it in just to be sure.
Your SCSI-array should be available under /dev/ida/c0d0... . |
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steveb
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| Fubarovic wrote: | It's running Debian GNU/Linux since it's only a dual P-166.
I wanted to install Gentoo on it at first, but bootstrapping took me 5 days and ended with an error so I didn't bother anymore.
For the RAID-controller (Compaq Smart2/P), just enable the cpqarray module, it's under
Device drivers -> Block devices -> Compaq SMART2 support.
Put in some SCSI-support for the CD-Rom, and you're good to go. No need for IDE/ATAPI support if you don't have any of those connected.
I'm not sure if SCSI disk support is needed but I compiled it in just to be sure.
Your SCSI-array should be available under /dev/ida/c0d0... . |
you are funny
i know how to enable the smart-2 controller, but the controller is in an EISA slot and every attempt to install it with the livecd fails.
anyway... i have now made my own boot disks and have now the server up and runing with gentoo 1.4 (kernel 2.4.25). but i will install 2.6.x on it soon.
cheers
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Fubarovic
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How am I funny? 
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| Fubarovic wrote: | | How am I funny? |
very funny
giving me the options to enable in the kernel to get the smart2 controller up and runing. this is funny, since you can read, that i have another cpq server up and runing with another cpq array controller.
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Fubarovic
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My mind sometimes freezes on me. 
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steveb
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| Posted: Sun Feb 29, 2004 1:25 am Post subject: |
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| Fubarovic wrote: | | My mind sometimes freezes on me. |
hmm... getting older then 30, has this site effect (now! don't tell me you are not 30 or over!?!? if not, then it is time to start training your brain )
i am joking. joking, joking.... now i have to go sleep. it is 2:30 in the morning! geeeeeeee
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mwoodiupui
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| Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 10:04 pm Post subject: So, any solution to "SMART-2/E never finds controller&q |
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It's here too! Proliant 2500R, SMART-2/E, trying to install from 2004-2 minimal LiveCD. UMP image has no cpqarray module; SMP image has one but can't get it to connect to the controller.
Boot without "noprobe" (or whatever option suppresses the scan for hardware) and I find that /proc/ioports has four entries for a SMART-2/E. "modprobe cpqarray" loads the module but doesn't find a controller; "modprobe cpqarray eisa=0x4000" spews something to the effect that the ports are in use, continuously.
Boot with "noprobe" and "modprobe cpqarray eisa=0x4000" loads quietly but still doesn't find any controller.
Yes, the controller is present, enabled, and works. The RAID set has a DOS partition on it, and it boots just fine when I take out the LiveCD.
Yes, I set the OS (in the BIOS) to "Unixware 2.0x" as several people have noted. |
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steveb
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2004 1:18 am Post subject: |
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try it with SystemRescueCD
just add the eisa parameter to the boot option and don't forgett to add the "mem=exactmap mem=640K@0 mem=<your total memory minus 1mb>M@M" to the boot parameter.
i am just on my way to install 3 compaq proliant 5000 servers and 1 compaq proliant 1500 (once again another cpqpl1500. have already another one. but this one is now a tower modell and the other is a rack version. the 1500 and 2500 are realy heavy to configure because of the eisa stuff. anyway...)) and it looks like systemrescuecd is able to boot up and activate the cpq array (i ask my self, why the gentoo livecd does not do that, since systemrescuecd is based on gentoo).
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