Re: QLA2xxx

Thanks for clearing that up. I have never really played with
initrd
images - never needed to before - so I was unaware they were
loaded by
the boot loader (e.g. SILO) -  I figured the path was
provided to the
kernel, which then loaded it from disk. My mistake. Thanks
for the
correction. Looks like a good solution.

Thanks all for the help.

Ben

--- Andrew Gaffney <agaffneygentoo.org> wrote:

> BRM wrote:
> > --- Ivan Kabaivanov <chepatiyahoo.com> wrote:
> >> On Thursday 28 February 2008, BRM wrote:
> >>> Thanks. Quick additional Q though -
> >>> where's the best place to store the
initrd? USB? Floppy? CD?
> >> the most logical place -- /boot, right next to
the kernel image.
> > 
> > Obviously - but on what storage medium?
> > 
> > If the kernel can't access the hard drive
connected to the QLA2xxx
> > controller, then I can't mount /boot if it is on
the hard drive.
> Sure,
> > the OpenBoot PROM might be able to load SILO from
the hard drive,
> but
> > then can SILO load the kernel from the hard drive
(probably)? So,
> it
> > comes back to my question - can the system boot
from a USB device?
> > 
> > Otherwise, I have to either do a network boot (not
sure how initrd
> > retrieval works there; but I don't really have the
resources to do
> that
> > any way), or use the floppy or CD; or go to
OpenSolaris.
> 
> Are you being purposely dense? It's already been stated
(probably
> more than 
> once) that SILO is capable of loading the kernel *and*
initramfs from
> the disk 
> via OBP. You don't need to stick the initramfs on any
other medium.
> 
> As for booting from USB, I'm not sure. I don't have any
systems with
> USB, so I 
> can't test it myself. However, my guess would be no.
> 
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I started trying to work on the system; however, we ran into
a few
problems with it. I haven't been able to get the 2007.0 CD
working
because of the aforementioned issue - it also doesn't list
an obppath,
loading, or data files for the QLA controller under
/sys/devices - so
following the instructions previously provided is
impossible. :-<

I have located the device:

/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0

uDev is on the 2007.0 CD, and loads the module, but has
problems.
Here's the dmesg output from the 2007.0 CD using the 2.6.20
kernel:

http://tinyurl.com/2l2zw4

I also managed to find the CD I used on another system - a
2006.1 CD.
It boots and detects the QLA controller just fine - but uses
the older
method where the firmware is built into the kernel. However,
it is
unable to spin up the hard drive for some reason - it does
detect it.
Here's the dmesg output from the 2006.1 CD using the 2.6.17
kernel:

http://tinyurl.com/3ck8t7

Any tips? Is the hard drive bad? I'm not sure where to go
from here,
and I need to get this at least with the basic OS on it
before the
29th.

TIA,

Ben
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To install the 2007.0 cd you have two kernels. You selected
2.6.20 when in fact you should do [TAB] and select the
2.6.17

Pablo

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> Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:21:05 -0700
> From: bm_witnessyahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-sparc] QLA2xxx
> To: gentoo-sparclists.gentoo.org
> 
> I started trying to work on the system; however, we ran
into a few
> problems with it. I haven't been able to get the 2007.0
CD working
> because of the aforementioned issue - it also doesn't
list an obppath,
> loading, or data files for the QLA controller under
/sys/devices - so
> following the instructions previously provided is
impossible. :-<
> 
> I have located the device:
> 
> /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:04.0
> 
> uDev is on the 2007.0 CD, and loads the module, but has
problems.
> Here's the dmesg output from the 2007.0 CD using the
2.6.20 kernel:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/2l2zw4
> 
> I also managed to find the CD I used on another system
- a 2006.1 CD.
> It boots and detects the QLA controller just fine - but
uses the older
> method where the firmware is built into the kernel.
However, it is
> unable to spin up the hard drive for some reason - it
does detect it.
> Here's the dmesg output from the 2006.1 CD using the
2.6.17 kernel:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/3ck8t7
> 
> Any tips? Is the hard drive bad? I'm not sure where to
go from here,
> and I need to get this at least with the basic OS on it
before the
> 29th.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Ben
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> gentoo-sparclists.gentoo.org mailing list
> 

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