Post-Installation

Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer

45. Tab to DONE and press ENTER.

For further information on creating partitions please refer to the Installation Guide provided by the software distribution vendor.

System Resource Manager Configuration

After the software has been loaded to the disk, the system will attempt to reboot. Before it begins the bootup process, press the front panel reset button. This will stop the bootup process, and allow you to make the final configuration changes to be able to boot directly from the disk, instead of the floppy or CD-ROM. You should now be at the SRM prompt, ">>>". Enter the following commands to finalize the configuration.

You need to enter these commands, such that the drive reference on the second line needs to refer to the drive which you installed to:

>>>set boot_file 2/boot/vmlinux.gz

>>>set bootdef_dev dka0

(or whatever device you installed on. It could also be dqa0 for an IDE drive. See Appendix C for further information on systems with IDE controllers.)

>>>set boot_osflags "root=/dev/sda2"

>>>boot dva0 -fi vmlinux.gz

Note - When the system boots, you may see a series of warnings similar to the following:

system.map - incorrect version

This warning indicates that the kernel version that you installed (i.e. the latest version that you copied from Compaq's ftp site) was not built at the same time as the rest of the kernel. This will not impact your use of Linux in any way. This warning can be eliminated by installing the kernel sources, all currently recommended patches and rebuilding the kernel.

Once the system is up, login and do the following:

1. Type: swriteboot –f1 /dev/TdZ /boot/bootlx(where T is the type of drive, s for SCSI or h for IDE; and Z is the letter of the drive you are booting; ex: dqa0=hda, dka0=sda).

2.Mount the floppy disk to copy the kernel from the floppy to the /boot/ directory on the system disk. Type: mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy

3.Now go to the /boot directory. Type: cd /boot

4. Copy the kernel. Type: cp /mnt/floppy/vmlinux.gz .

5.Unmount the floppy. Type: umount /dev/fd0

6.Reboot the system. Type: shutdown -h now

The system may or may not hang here. This is a known issue and is being worked on. Please reset or power cycled the system to continue with installation.

At the SRM prompt, you can now boot directly from the hard drive.

>>>boot

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