Re: [cobalt-users] Raq4 - Kernel 2.4 Upgrade Woes [UPDATE]

["Josh Trutwin" <josh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Mon, 14 Apr 2003, Josh Trutwin wrote:
>>
>> Yeah, I've connected a serial cable.
>>
>> Here is my first post:
>> http://list.cobalt.com/pipermail/cobalt-users/2003-April/089114.html
>>
>> This goes through what I've been trying to do (install Debian or
>> Slackware on a Raq4r) along with some helpful suggestions from the
>> list which unfortunately hasn't solved the problem.
>>
>>> Long shot:  Does it matter what jumper settings I have on the disk
>>> drives?  These are 2 40 GB drives, but I had to enable a jumper to
>>> set the size to 32 GB in order for my AMD's BIOS to recognize the
>>> drives.
>
> From your earlier post, having to strap the drives to 32GB indicates you
> have an old ROM image.
>
> You don't say waht the results of using the serial console port are?
> Where does it stop? Can you get into ROM mode?

Actually, my first post had a link (http://trutwins.homeip.net/raq4.txt)
which shows the boot output while connected via serial.  First it tries to
boot from disk by default, cycles, then I go into ROM mode, try to boot
from ROM, the error is at the bottom.  Someone thought it had to do with
CHS translation, but I don't know how to change that.  The old ROM has
been replaced with one from Tim Hockin's site.  2.3.40 to be specific.  I
did not update the BIOS kernel though as the Debian install instructions I
had did not require doing that.

Thanks!

Josh