topic Re: IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well" in Operating System - Linux

IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well"

Rod_14 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:20:33 GMT

On a rx4640
When booting from the Linux enablement kit CD and selecting any of the install options, I get:
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Uncompressing Linux... done
Loading initrd \efi\boot\root.bin...done
I'm alive and well
I'm alive and well
I'm alive and well
I'm alive and well
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then it just hangs forever.
I have updated to the latest firmware revs:
FW Rev: 3.11
BMC : 3.47
MPR : 3.13
SCSI : 1.03.01.00
I have set all console in/out/err to be basic vt100. I did not see any "PNP" identifiers, only "HWP" ones. I am connected to the serial port with a Lantronix.
System is healthy, runs HP-UX 11.23 with no problems.
Help!

Re: IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well"

Rod_14 — Fri, 11 Feb 2005 16:53:50 GMT

OK, I just hooked up a VGA monitor and can see that boot is continuing "over there". Looks like I need a different way in to configure those PNP devices. I looked at the the back of the box and my Lantronix serial cable is connected to the local MP port.

Re: IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well"

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 10:22:40 GMT

When You installed linux You turned it into a pc - pc's use VGA :)

(just kidding)

the kernel also takes some boot flags for activating a serial console, maybe that will do the trick.

in the worst case, I'd remove the vga board :)

Re: IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well"

rick jones — Sat, 12 Feb 2005 15:08:36 GMT

As you have found, under linux, kernels default to using the VGA port after the initrd stuff. You need to add a "console=ttyS0" to the boot command (edit elilo.conf and/or add it manually when you boot) and it will use the serial console for the console.

Might also be good to go into the EFI and make sure that there is only one serial console enabled. I do not recall the details, but suspect there will be a manual - either rx4640 hw/system manual, or linux at docs.hp.com that will explain how if no-one else posts those instructions.

Re: IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well"

Rod_14 — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:51:18 GMT

OK console=ttyS0, did the trick. Thanks!
As far as turning it into a PC..
Later, I'm also going to install Windows 2003 on it. I hope the hardware is not too insulted!

Re: IA-64 Install "I'm alive and well"

Florian Heigl (new acc) — Mon, 14 Feb 2005 13:45:38 GMT

It's an Itanium - how could it :))
Also it makes sense, graphics performance should be quite interesting for a windows system.