please tell us what options you have to work with there, if you're unable to get to a prompt in crux, sounds like tinkering with bios settings may be your only option. on another note, i have pentium 3 boards running from CF cards on crux 2.8 ( i believe). maybe try that version instead? On Jul 1, 2016 1:26 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre9@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I do.
im sorry i misread, do you have access to the bios?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:02 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
1.where'd you get this hardware?
It's hardware that is used in the lab I work in.
2.what's your install proceedure? what filesystem type are you
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote: putting
on that CF card?
I haven't even gotten to that point. The installation fails before I get to a prompt to format the drive.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Anthony LaTorre <
tlatorre@uchicago.edu>
wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install CRUX 2.7.1 on a Pentium 3 single board computer with 512 MB of RAM. The data sheet for the SBC is here:
https://www.surplussales.com/computeraccess/pdf/eqp-vmivme-7648-740.pdf.
I'm booting from a CD ROM and after I get to the "boot: " prompt and hit enter everything goes OK until I get to:
* Copying files from squashfs
at which point everything goes haywire. Sometimes I get "cp: read error" messages, sometimes it segfaults, but I've never been able to get past this point.
I should mention that the only hard drive on the machine is an 8 GB compact flash card, I don't know if that's relevant.
Any ideas on whether I might be able to get this to work or not?
Thanks,
Tony _______________________________________________ CRUX mailing list CRUX@lists.crux.nu https://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux
Yes, I have access to the BIOS. Should I send all the options to the list here? On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
please tell us what options you have to work with there, if you're unable to get to a prompt in crux, sounds like tinkering with bios settings may be your only option. on another note, i have pentium 3 boards running from CF cards on crux 2.8 ( i believe). maybe try that version instead?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:26 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre9@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I do.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
im sorry i misread, do you have access to the bios?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:02 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
1.where'd you get this hardware?
It's hardware that is used in the lab I work in.
2.what's your install proceedure? what filesystem type are you putting on that CF card?
I haven't even gotten to that point. The installation fails before I get to a prompt to format the drive.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Anthony LaTorre <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to install CRUX 2.7.1 on a Pentium 3 single board computer with 512 MB of RAM. The data sheet for the SBC is here:
https://www.surplussales.com/computeraccess/pdf/eqp-vmivme-7648-740.pdf.
I'm booting from a CD ROM and after I get to the "boot: " prompt and hit enter everything goes OK until I get to:
* Copying files from squashfs
at which point everything goes haywire. Sometimes I get "cp: read error" messages, sometimes it segfaults, but I've never been able to get past this point.
I should mention that the only hard drive on the machine is an 8 GB compact flash card, I don't know if that's relevant.
Any ideas on whether I might be able to get this to work or not?
Thanks,
Tony _______________________________________________ CRUX mailing list CRUX@lists.crux.nu https://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux
youre welcome to send them all to me, i dont know if the whole list wants that, i leave it to your discretion On Jul 1, 2016 1:30 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Yes, I have access to the BIOS. Should I send all the options to the list here?
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
please tell us what options you have to work with there, if you're unable to get to a prompt in crux, sounds like tinkering with bios settings may be your only option. on another note, i have pentium 3 boards running from CF cards on crux 2.8 ( i believe). maybe try that version instead?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:26 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre9@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I do.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
im sorry i misread, do you have access to the bios?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:02 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu>
wrote:
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,
1.where'd you get this hardware?
It's hardware that is used in the lab I work in.
2.what's your install proceedure? what filesystem type are you putting on that CF card?
I haven't even gotten to that point. The installation fails before I get to a prompt to format the drive.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Anthony LaTorre <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm trying to install CRUX 2.7.1 on a Pentium 3 single board > computer > with 512 MB of RAM. The data sheet for the SBC is here: > > >
https://www.surplussales.com/computeraccess/pdf/eqp-vmivme-7648-740.pdf.
> > I'm booting from a CD ROM and after I get to the "boot: " prompt and > hit enter everything goes OK until I get to: > > * Copying files from squashfs > > at which point everything goes haywire. Sometimes I get "cp: read > error" messages, sometimes it segfaults, but I've never been able to > get past this point. > > I should mention that the only hard drive on the machine is an 8 GB > compact flash card, I don't know if that's relevant. > > Any ideas on whether I might be able to get this to work or not? > > Thanks, > > Tony > _______________________________________________ > CRUX mailing list > CRUX@lists.crux.nu > https://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux
I tried a few different optical drives to see if that might be the issue, but no luck. Here are the BIOS options I think might be relevant: BIOS Options for CD-ROM ==================== - Multi-Sector Transfers: [Disabled] - LBA Mode Control: [Disabled] - 32 Bit I/O: [Enabled] - Transfer Mode: [Fast PIO 2] - Ultra DMA Mode: [Disabled] Compact Flash ============ Cylinders: [16522] (interesting that it has a cylinders section for a CF card) Heads: [15] Sectors: [63] Maximum Capacity: 7994 MB Total Sectors: 15613920 Multi-Sector Transfers: [Disabled] LBA Mode Control: [Enabled] 32 Bit I/O: [Enabled] Transfer Mode: [Fast PIO 2] Ultra DMA Mode: [Disabled] Advanced Settings ============== - Advanced Chipset Control - Video boot type [Onboard 1MB] - Enable Memory Gap [Disabled] - I/O Device Configuration - Serial Port A: [Auto] - Serial Port B: [Auto] - Floppy Disk Controller: [Disabled] - PS/2 Mouse [Auto Detect] - Reset Configuration Data: [No] - Installed O/S: [Other] - Large Disk Access Mode: [Other] - LBA Assisted Translation: [Disabled] - Local Bus IDE Adapter: [Both] - Assign Interrupt to USB: [Enabled] - Legacy USB Support: [Enabled] - CardBus Bridge Memory Size: [512 Kbyte] - POST Errors: [Enabled] - Force Hard Reset: [Disabled] I've tried changing a few of the parameters and so far no luck. In particular I tried turning off the DMA access for the CD ROM since I know that the CF card must be set to nodma (see http://edg.uchicago.edu/projects/vme7648/). Thanks, Tony On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
youre welcome to send them all to me, i dont know if the whole list wants that, i leave it to your discretion
On Jul 1, 2016 1:30 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
Yes, I have access to the BIOS. Should I send all the options to the list here?
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:28 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
please tell us what options you have to work with there, if you're unable to get to a prompt in crux, sounds like tinkering with bios settings may be your only option. on another note, i have pentium 3 boards running from CF cards on crux 2.8 ( i believe). maybe try that version instead?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:26 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre9@gmail.com> wrote:
Yes, I do.
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
im sorry i misread, do you have access to the bios?
On Jul 1, 2016 1:02 PM, "Anthony LaTorre" <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> wrote:
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 11:52 AM, Steve Volumetric <volumetricsteve@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > 1.where'd you get this hardware?
It's hardware that is used in the lab I work in.
> > 2.what's your install proceedure? what filesystem type are you > putting > on > that CF card?
I haven't even gotten to that point. The installation fails before I get to a prompt to format the drive.
> > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Anthony LaTorre > <tlatorre@uchicago.edu> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm trying to install CRUX 2.7.1 on a Pentium 3 single board >> computer >> with 512 MB of RAM. The data sheet for the SBC is here: >> >> >> >> https://www.surplussales.com/computeraccess/pdf/eqp-vmivme-7648-740.pdf. >> >> I'm booting from a CD ROM and after I get to the "boot: " prompt >> and >> hit enter everything goes OK until I get to: >> >> * Copying files from squashfs >> >> at which point everything goes haywire. Sometimes I get "cp: read >> error" messages, sometimes it segfaults, but I've never been able >> to >> get past this point. >> >> I should mention that the only hard drive on the machine is an 8 >> GB >> compact flash card, I don't know if that's relevant. >> >> Any ideas on whether I might be able to get this to work or not? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Tony >> _______________________________________________ >> CRUX mailing list >> CRUX@lists.crux.nu >> https://lists.crux.nu/mailman/listinfo/crux > >
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