From: avliet@nl.oracle.com (Arrie van der Vliet) Subject: Help wanted - LINUX does not boot on PS/2 Date: 19 Aug 1992 14:23:32 GMT
I'm new to LINUX, in fact so new that I never saw it running on my own
IBM/PS2...
The problem is that my system does not boot from the LUNIX boot
floppy. Perhaps there is somebody out there that can shed some light
on this.
My configuration is as follows:
An IBM/PS2 model 80 with:
2 IDE harddisks (110 and 70 MByte)
1 3.5" floppy
1 serial Microsoft mouse connected to mouse port
1 serial port card (MCA, 2 extra ports)
1 memory card with 6 MByte of memory
1 VGA monitor
I use the LINUX 0.97 boot floppy(boot floppy + floppy with root
filesystem, although the system has not asked me yet to insert that
one).
The two floppies have been tested on a standard IBM/PS2 model 70 with
one harddisk.
What I get on the screen is as follows (my actions prefixed with
>>>):
Loading......
Press <RETURN> to see SVGA modes available or any key to continue
>>> Pressing the space bar results in EGAc in the upper right corner
>>> And the following output:
serial port at 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
serial port at 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
8 virtual consoles
4 pty's
>>> Than nothing happens....
>>> If I press the <RETURN> key (or any other key) a few times,
>>> I get the following:
lp_init: lp0 exists(0)
No bus mouse
Linux 0.97-19 Aug 1992
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
floppy: unexpected interrupt
sockinit: initializing family (AF_UNIX)
>>> And that's it; nothing happens after that.
It looks like the system is waiting for something; I'd like to know
for what.
Anybody any ideas?
Thanks for your help,
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Arrie van der Vliet Rijnzathe 6
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