Compaq DS10, ES40, DS20E appendix Insert the boot floppy into the drive

Linux Installation and Configuration Guide for AlphaServer 44

System Resource Manager Configuration

There are several pieces of information that you need to configure in the SRM subsystem, as well as device identifiers that you should make note of, prior to beginning the installation process. The steps that follow take you through that process.

Power up your system. After several diagnostics are completed, you will be presented an SRM prompt "P00>>>", as shown here:

256	Meg of system memory
probing hose 1, PCI
bus 0,		slot 9 -- ewa --	DE500-AA			Network Controller
probing hose 0, PCI
probing PCI-to-ISA bridge, bus 1
bus 0,		slot 5, function	1	--	dqa	-- Cypress 82C693 IDE
bus 0,		slot 5, function	2	--	dqb	-- Cypress 82C693 IDE
bus 0,		slot 6, function	0	--	pka	-- Adaptec AIC-7895
bus 0,		slot 6, function	1	--	pkb	-- Adaptec AIC-7895
bus 0,		slot 7 -- vga --	ELSA		GLoria Synergy
os_type: UNIX - console			CIPCA driver not started
System		Temperature is 30 degrees				C
initializing GCT/FRU at			1ec000

COMPAQ AlphaServer DS20E 500 MHz Console V5.5-21, Oct 18 1999 13:33:24 P00>>>

Determine what devices your system has installed. In particular you will need to note your installation device (a floppy and/or CD-ROM), and your target disk drive. Entering the command "show devices" as shown below will print out the information about your system:

P00>>>show device
dka0.0.0.6.0	DKA0	COMPAQ BA03611C9B	3B05
dka100.1.0.6.0	DKA100	COMPAQ BB01811C9C	3B05
dka200.2.0.6.0	DKA200	COMPAQ BB01811C9C	3B05
dqa0.0.0.105.0	DQA0	CD-224E	9.5B
dva0.0.0.0.0	DVA0
ewa0.0.0.9.1	EWA0	00-00-F8-01-F5-DA
pka0.7.0.6.0	PKA0	SCSI Bus ID 7
pkb0.7.0.106.0	PKB0	SCSI Bus ID 7

In the output above, the first line shows that DKA0 is a hard disk, DQA0 is a CD-ROM, and DVA0 is a floppy drive.

Also useful for inspecting the computer configuration is the "show config" command, as shown here:

P00>>>show config more

Configure the system SRM parameters to boot from your installation device. The commands for configuring to boot from the floppy device are shown here:

P00>>>set bootdef_dev dva0

P00>>>set boot_file vmlinux.gz

P00>>>set boot_osflags "root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1"

P00>>>show boot*

boot_dev	dva0.0.0.0.0
boot_file	vmlinux.gz
boot_osflags	root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1
boot_reset	OFF
bootdef_dev	dva0.0.0.0.0
booted_dev
booted_file
booted_osflags

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