Re: Altix hang on boot with 2.6.8+

From: Jan Kasprzak
Date: Mon Jan 03 2005 - 08:12:36 EST


Keith Owens wrote:
: On Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:52:00 +0100,
: Jan Kasprzak <kas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: >I cannot boot a 2.6.8 or 2.6.10 kernel on my SGI Altix - it hangs during
: >boot after printing this:
: >
: >[...]
: >CPU 0: base freq=200.000MHz, ITC ratio=14/2, ITC freq=1400.000MHz+/--1ppm
: >Console: colour dummy device 80x25
:
: The Altix console changed from ttyS0 to ttySG0 around 2.6.8. You need to

OK, thanks. I have found that few minutes after sending my previous mail
- 2.6.8 booted even without console. I did not wait long enough, because
2.6.10 did not boot even after a long time - so there may be some other
problem with 2.6.10 or with our init scripts on 2.6.10.

: mknod ttySG0 c 204 40

Thanks again,

-Yenya

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