Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jan 1999 16:58:05 -0500 | From | Michael Meissner <> | Subject | Re: Booting 2.2.0-pre6 on a PowerStack-II (Net 4000/200) |
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On Fri, Jan 15, 1999 at 04:28:55PM +0100, Alois Fertl wrote: > Cort Dougan wrote: > > > > It looks like your zImage is being stomped on before it can be > > decompressed. I'll take a look at the boot loader code and see why it > > isn't adjusting your free ram section. You might want to try changing to > > load address in the PPCBug to be near the top of memory in the mean time. > I guess this system is running "PowerPC Open Firmware". You can change the > load address via the firmware menu: > Administrative Options... > ---> Modify the Configuration Settings... > ---> Edit Configuration Variables > step to the parameter "load-base" and enter a new value (decimal). > One other problem is the this firmware version obviously does not provide > residual data. So Linux will probably not find the PCI devices correctly.
I tried setting the load-base to various values, and all of them caused dumps within the monitor (I tried 10 meg, 64 meg, 3 meg, 120 meg, and even 4 meg + 4 all to no avail).
Also, Gary Thomas's 2.0.32 kernel seemed to have no problem in sizing memory, so I presume it is able to pick up the residual data.
> > > > } loaded at: 00400400 00415FD0 > > } relocated to: 00600000 00615BD0 > > } zimage at: 0040A400 0049A889 > > } avail ram: 00400000 00600000 > > } > > } Linux/PPC load: console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8 root=/dev/sda2 mem=127M > > } Uncompressing Linux...done. > > } Now booting the kernel > > > > [[ This message was sent via the linuxppc-dev mailing list. Replies are ]] > > [[ not forced back to the list, so be sure to Cc linuxppc-dev if your ]] > > [[ reply is of general interest. To unsubscribe from linuxppc-dev, send ]] > > [[ the message 'unsubscribe' to linuxppc-dev-request@lists.linuxppc.org ]]
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