Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:34:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:33:59 -0500 Received: from khan.acc.umu.se ([130.239.18.139]:16349 "EHLO khan.acc.umu.se") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 6 Mar 2001 11:33:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 17:33:37 +0100 From: David Weinehall To: Jeremy Jackson Cc: mshiju@in.ibm.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mca@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux installation problem Message-ID: <20010306173337.C21941@khan.acc.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <3AA50CE8.2EA86CD@coplanar.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <3AA50CE8.2EA86CD@coplanar.net>; from jerj@coplanar.net on Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:14:32AM -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Mar 06, 2001 at 11:14:32AM -0500, Jeremy Jackson wrote: > mshiju@in.ibm.com wrote: > > > Hi all, > > I am trying to install Linux (redhat-7) on a ps/2 > > server-9595 machine (mca ). I am booting from a floppy > > disk and using a custom build 2.4.1 kernel image since > > there are problems booting the machine using the > > installation image on redhat CD and also it is not CD > > bootable. The problem is that after booting it asks for > > redhat CDROM and when I insert the redhat CDROM it gives > > a message "I could not find a redhat linux CDROM in any > > of your CDROM drives ". The CD drive is a SCSI device and > > I have enabled SCSI cdrom in kernel compilation . Can any > > one help me . > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Shiju > > Hi, > > I have a type 8560 PS/2... not the same as yours but I did install > slackware on it once. 8560? Isn't that a 286?! Is it processor-upgraded? > I would suggest installing from a standard PC. Boot disks are very > inflexible, since you don't have any utilities to poke around and > figure out what's going on. > Once you have a complete root filesystem, once you've got a kernel to > recognise your scsi adapter, (and disk), you're off to the races, and > can use all kinds of tools to look into the CDROM problem...BUT > > it's probably not going to recognise the disk either... > > check different virtual consoles with alt-f1, f2, etc: under a normal > redhat boot disk, the different vc's will have diagnostic messages, ie > kernel messages, list of modules being loaded, etc. > > maybe the best way is to be sure to compile kernel with support for > scsi subsystem *in kernel* - not module, along with scsi-disk, > scsi-cdrom, and your scsi host adapter. the last one may be the > tricky one. you will have to figure out if it is supported. (the one > in my PS/2 is at least for 2.0 kernel) The 8595 either has an IBM FAST SCSI/2 (uses ibmmca) or an FD MCS-600/700 (uses fd_mcs). > if you can make the kernel on the boot disk use a smaller font, > you will be able to see more of the messages at once. > > also, shift-PgUp should let you scroll back some of the messages. > look for the kernel messages from your scsi host adapter driver... > if you don't see any there's a problem! > > take a look inside your box and see what kind of scsi adapter it has. > or use your reference disk to see what it is. post that here > so someone (maybe me) can check for kernel support. I've never ever installed any of my MCA-machines from CD, only using the a couple of boot-disks and installing the rest via net. Oh, and for that matter, I've never installed Red Hat either, but that shouldn't matter. /David Weinehall _ _ // David Weinehall /> Northern lights wander \\ // Project MCA Linux hacker // Dance across the winter sky // \> http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/