[Cbe-oss-dev] FC5 install with CB1-FW-6.14.1

[Gerhard Stenzel]

> 
> I'm trying to do a network install of a (revision 8 board) but my system
> hangs up shortly after starting anaconda.
> 
> I boot from the firmware as follows: "netboot vnc console=hvc0 nosmp
> mem=256M loglevel=6"
> I've tried both ppc64.img (stock FC5 image) and ppc64bcmfix.img
> 
> Last few messages (from my notes)
> Greetings.
> ...
> 
> anaconda installer init version 11.0.5 using /dev/hvc0 as console
> could not new controlling tty
> mounting /tmp as ramfs ... done
> running install ...
> running /sbin/loader
> G
Have you waited some time, e.g. 2-3 min, at this point. It unfortunately 
can take this time and only SEEMS to hang, but actually does not.

... 
> Why the 90 second pause after the "Welcome to Open Firmware screen"?
This is probably related to not updating the H8 firmware

> Where can I download official firmware and how can I update the H8
> firmware? 
I would suggest to contact your hardware supplier to provide you with the 
newest level of firmware and instructions how to install it. I am not sure 
that a OSS list is the right place to ask these questions.

>My console output is all garbled, don't know if that is because
> I moved from rtas to hvc or because the h8 and blade fw are out of sync.
Depending on at which stage the output is garbled, it can help to enable 
8bit characters in your terminal emulator (for example with minicom: 
"minicom -8")