I have just bought a RAQ4 and have been trying for a week to get the OS installed with no success.
Has anybody managed to successfully install on one of these boxes? I have tried a few distributions that use CentOS and BlueQuartz but the problem always appears to be the same.
I have been installing the OS by linking the hard disks up to an old PC, the details follow and I am at a loss as to what I should do.
The details follow, this is the startup after installing CentOS-BQ-1.04.iso from CobaltClone:
Sun Cobalt - Smaller, Bluer, Better, and Free
Firmware version 2.10.3-ext3
Current date: Mar 04 09:26:18 UTC 1976
ROM build info: Thu Mar 11 08:51:36 MST 2004 .
System serial number: Uninitialized
System type: 3000 series system, Version 1 board
Silicon serial number: 7c000007c52fbe01
Monitor: 153536 bytes
Memory: 512 MB
CPU: 1 processor(s) detected
CPU 0: AuthenticAMD 448MHz (4.5 x 100MHz host bus) [BSP]
Initializing flash: done
Flash Bank 0: ST Microelectronics M29F080A 1024KB (20:f1)
Flash Bank 1: not installed.
Mounting ROM fs: done
Initializing PCI: done
Host Bus: 0 (device 1f:07) [33MHz]
Device: 00:00 10b9:1541 Acer Labs M1541 Aladdin V Host Bridge
Device: 01:00 10b9:5243 Acer Labs M5243 AGP Controller
Device: 02:00 10b9:5237 Acer Labs M5237 USB Controller (IRQ 6)
Device: 03:00 10b9:7101 Acer Labs M7101 PMU
Device: 07:00 10b9:1533 Acer Labs M1543 Aladdin V PCI-ISA Bridge
Device: 0e:00 1000:000f Symbios Logic SYM53C875 SCSI Controller (IRQ 12)
Device: 0f:00 10b9:5229 Acer Labs M5229 TXpro IDE Controller (IRQ 14)
Device: 10:00 8086:1209 Intel 82559ER EEPro100 Fast Ethernet (IRQ 11)
Device: 12:00 8086:1209 Intel 82559ER EEPro100 Fast Ethernet (IRQ 10)
Bridged Bus: 1 (bridge: 00:01:00)
Initializing ethernet: 2 controller(s) found
Intel 82559ER Found at port 0xfd80, MAC: 00:10:e0:02:21:b2
Intel 82559ER Found at port 0xfd40, MAC: 00:10:e0:02:22:12
Initializing IDE: found ALI M5229 at 00:78
scanning ide0: master
scanning ide1: master
IDE: stabilizing spinup: 100%
Checking Memory: done
Press spacebar to enter ROM mode
Booting default method - From disk
Enabling L2 cache: done
First stage kernel (Linux): Decompressing - done
ERROR: cannot relocate with filesize 0
command line: 'console=ttyS0,115200 debug mem=22M cobalt_boot_image=/boot/vmlinux.bz2,/vmlinux.bz2,/boot/vmlinux.gz,/vmlinux.gz cobalt_boot_return=0x161f394 cobalt_boot_data=0x1634cc4 cobalt_boot_load=0x1700000 cobalt_ramcode_map=0x1600000,0xa00000 ip=off '
booting kernel...
Linux version 2.4.25-ROM (duncan@atherton) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040306)) #1 Thu Mar 11 08:47:53 MST 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e801: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
BIOS-e801: 0000000000100000 - 0000000020000000 (usable)
user-defined physical RAM map:
user: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
user: 0000000000100000 - 0000000001600000 (usable)
22MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 5632
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 1536 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
DMI not present.
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 debug mem=22M cobalt_boot_image=/boot/vmlinux.bz2,/vmlinux.bz2,/boot/vmlinux.gz,/vmlinux.gz cobalt_boot_return=0x161f394 cobalt_boot_data=0x1634cc4 cobalt_boot_load=0x1700000 cobalt_ramcode_map=0x1600000,0xa00000 ip=off
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 448.219 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop... 894.56 BogoMIPS
Memory: 20208k/22528k available (1141k kernel code, 1932k reserved, 244k data, 100k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 2048 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Enabling new style K6 write allocation for 22 Mb
CPU: L1 I Cache: 32K (32 bytes/line), D cache 32K (32 bytes/line)
CPU: After generic, caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002
CPU: Common caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002
CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
mtrr: detected mtrr type: AMD K6
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others
eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xc501, check settings before activating this device!
eth0: PCI device 8086:1209, 00:10:E0:02:21:B2, IRQ 11.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present:
Primary interface chip None PHY #0.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xdbd8681d).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth1: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x2502, check settings before activating this device!
eth1: PCI device 8086:1209, 00:10:E0:02:22:12, IRQ 10.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present:
Primary interface chip None PHY #0.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xdbd8681d).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0f.0
ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
ALI15X3: 100% native mode on irq 14
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfdd0-0xfdd7, BIOS settings: hda
MA, hdb
MA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfdd8-0xfddf, BIOS settings: hdc
MA, hdd
MA
hda: ST330621A, ATA DISK drive
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
blk: queue c0298fa0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: Nikimi NIK-XV400B, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c02993f4, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
ide0 at 0xfdf8-0xfdff,0xfdf6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0xfde8-0xfdef,0xfde6 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/1024KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63, UDMA(33)
hdc: attached ide-disk driver.
hdc: host protected area => 1
hdc: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4998/255/63, UDMA(33)
Partition check:
hda: [PTBL] [3649/255/63] hda1 hda2 hda3
hdc: hdc1 hdc2 hdc3
md: linear personality registered as nr 1
md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2
md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
md: raid5 personality registered as nr 4
raid5: measuring checksumming speed
8regs : 686.400 MB/sec
32regs : 388.800 MB/sec
pII_mmx : 971.200 MB/sec
p5_mmx : 934.800 MB/sec
raid5: using function: pII_mmx (971.200 MB/sec)
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
[events: 000000bb]
[events: 00000036]
[events: 0000000c]
[events: 000000bb]
[events: 00000036]
[events: 0000000c]
md: autorun ...
md: considering hdc3 ...
md: adding hdc3 ...
md: adding hda3 ...
md: created md2
md: bind<hda3,1>
md: bind<hdc3,2>
md: running: <hdc3><hda3>
md: hdc3's event counter: 0000000c
md: hda3's event counter: 0000000c
md: md2: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
md2: max total readahead window set to 124k
md2: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 124k
raid1: device hdc3 operational as mirror 1
raid1: device hda3 operational as mirror 0
raid1: raid set md2 not clean; reconstructing mirrors
raid1: raid set md2 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: updating md2 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc3 [events: 0000000d]<6>(write) hdc3's sb offset: 1052160
md: syncing RAID array md2
md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 100 KB/sec/disc.
md: using maximum available idle IO bandwith (but not more than 100000 KB/sec) for reconstruction.
md: using 124k window, over a total of 1052160 blocks.
md: hda3 [events: 0000000d]<6>(write) hda3's sb offset: 1052160
md: considering hdc2 ...
md: adding hdc2 ...
md: adding hda2 ...
md: created md1
md: bind<hda2,1>
md: bind<hdc2,2>
md: running: <hdc2><hda2>
md: hdc2's event counter: 00000036
md: hda2's event counter: 00000036
md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
md1: max total readahead window set to 124k
md1: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 124k
raid1: device hdc2 operational as mirror 1
raid1: device hda2 operational as mirror 0
raid1: raid set md1 not clean; reconstructing mirrors
raid1: raid set md1 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: updating md1 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc2 [events: 00000037]<6>(write) hdc2's sb offset: 32804608
md: delaying resync of md1 until md2 has finished resync (they share one or more physical units)
md: hda2 [events: 00000037]<6>(write) hda2's sb offset: 21968768
md: considering hdc1 ...
md: adding hdc1 ...
md: adding hda1 ...
md: created md0
md: bind<hda1,1>
md: bind<hdc1,2>
md: running: <hdc1><hda1>
md: hdc1's event counter: 000000bb
md: hda1's event counter: 000000bb
md: md0: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
md0: max total readahead window set to 124k
md0: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 124k
raid1: device hdc1 operational as mirror 1
raid1: device hda1 operational as mirror 0
raid1: raid set md0 not clean; reconstructing mirrors
raid1: raid set md0 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: updating md0 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc1 [events: 000000bc]<6>(write) hdc1's sb offset: 6289344
md: delaying resync of md0 until md2 has finished resync (they share one or more physical units)
md: hda1 [events: 000000bc]<6>(write) hda1's sb offset: 6289344
md: ... autorun DONE.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 1024 bind 2048)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 100k freed
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
BOOTLOADER: Mapping in physical locations
BOOTLOADER: load_addr=0xc2004000 ret_data=0xc2205cc4
BOOTLOADER: opening "/boot/vmlinux.bz2"
BOOTLOADER: opening "/vmlinux.bz2"
BOOTLOADER: opening "/boot/vmlinux.gz"
BOOTLOADER: opening "/vmlinux.gz"
BOOTLOADER: calling reboot notifiers
md: stopping all md devices.
raid1: mirror resync was not fully finished, restarting next time.
md: delaying resync of md1 until md2 has finished resync (they share one or more physical units)
md: updating md0 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc1 [events: 000000bd]<6>(write) hdc1's sb offset: 6289344
md: hda1 [events: 000000bd]<6>(write) hda1's sb offset: 6289344
md: md0 switched to read-only mode.
raid1: mirror resync was not fully finished, restarting next time.
md: updating md1 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc2 [events: 00000038]<6>(write) hdc2's sb offset: 32804608
md: hda2 [events: 00000038]<6>(write) hda2's sb offset: 21968768
md: md1 switched to read-only mode.
raid1: mirror resync was not fully finished, restarting next time.
md: md_do_sync() got signal ... exiting
md: updating md2 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc3 [events: 0000000e]<6>(write) hdc3's sb offset: 1052160
md: hda3 [events: 0000000e]<6>(write) hda3's sb offset: 1052160
md: md2 switched to read-only mode.
flushing ide devices: hda hdc
BOOTLOADER: mapping 22M-32M for ride home
BOOTLOADER: disabling interrupts
BOOTLOADER: flushing cache
BOOTLOADER: Leap of faith!
Back in ramcode: done
Second stage load failed. Booting ROM kernel...
Decompressing - done
ERROR: cannot relocate with filesize 0
command line: 'console=ttyS0,115200 debug ip=off '
booting kernel...
Linux version 2.4.25-ROM (duncan@atherton) (gcc version 3.3.3 (Debian 20040306)) #1 Thu Mar 11 08:47:53 MST 2004
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
BIOS-e801: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
BIOS-e801: 0000000000100000 - 0000000020000000 (usable)
512MB LOWMEM available.
On node 0 totalpages: 131072
zone(0): 4096 pages.
zone(1): 126976 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
DMI not present.
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 debug ip=off
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 448.219 MHz processor.
Calibrating delay loop... 894.56 BogoMIPS
Memory: 516556k/524288k available (1141k kernel code, 7344k reserved, 244k data, 100k init, 0k highmem)
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
CPU: L1 I Cache: 32K (32 bytes/line), D cache 32K (32 bytes/line)
CPU: After generic, caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002
CPU: Common caps: 008021bf 808029bf 00000000 00000002
CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor stepping 0c
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
mtrr: detected mtrr type: AMD K6
PCI: Using configuration type 1
PCI: Probing PCI hardware
PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
Starting kswapd
VFS: Disk quotas vdquot_6.5.1
Journalled Block Device driver loaded
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled
ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A
Real Time Clock Driver v1.10f
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <saw@saw.sw.com.sg> and others
eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xc501, check settings before activating this device!
eth0: PCI device 8086:1209, 00:10:E0:02:21:B2, IRQ 11.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present:
Primary interface chip None PHY #0.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xdbd8681d).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth1: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0x2502, check settings before activating this device!
eth1: PCI device 8086:1209, 00:10:E0:02:22:12, IRQ 10.
Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around.
Board assembly 000000-000, Physical connectors present:
Primary interface chip None PHY #0.
General self-test: passed.
Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
Internal registers self-test: passed.
ROM checksum self-test: passed (0xdbd8681d).
Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00beta4-2.4
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0f.0
ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
ALI15X3: 100% native mode on irq 14
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfdd0-0xfdd7, BIOS settings: hda
MA, hdb
MA
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfdd8-0xfddf, BIOS settings: hdc
MA, hdd
MA
hda: ST330621A, ATA DISK drive
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
blk: queue c0298fa0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
hdc: Nikimi NIK-XV400B, ATA DISK drive
blk: queue c02993f4, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff)
ide0 at 0xfdf8-0xfdff,0xfdf6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0xfde8-0xfdef,0xfde6 on irq 15
hda: attached ide-disk driver.
hda: 58633344 sectors (30020 MB) w/1024KiB Cache, CHS=58168/16/63, UDMA(33)
hdc: attached ide-disk driver.
hdc: host protected area => 1
hdc: 80293248 sectors (41110 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4998/255/63, UDMA(33)
Partition check:
hda: [PTBL] [3649/255/63] hda1 hda2 hda3
hdc: hdc1 hdc2 hdc3
md: linear personality registered as nr 1
md: raid0 personality registered as nr 2
md: raid1 personality registered as nr 3
md: raid5 personality registered as nr 4
raid5: measuring checksumming speed
8regs : 686.400 MB/sec
32regs : 388.800 MB/sec
pII_mmx : 970.800 MB/sec
p5_mmx : 934.400 MB/sec
raid5: using function: pII_mmx (970.800 MB/sec)
md: md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MD_SB_DISKS=27
md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.
[events: 000000bd]
[events: 00000038]
[events: 0000000e]
[events: 000000bd]
[events: 00000038]
[events: 0000000e]
md: autorun ...
md: considering hdc3 ...
md: adding hdc3 ...
md: adding hda3 ...
md: created md2
md: bind<hda3,1>
md: bind<hdc3,2>
md: running: <hdc3><hda3>
md: hdc3's event counter: 0000000e
md: hda3's event counter: 0000000e
md: md2: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
md2: max total readahead window set to 124k
md2: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 124k
raid1: device hdc3 operational as mirror 1
raid1: device hda3 operational as mirror 0
raid1: raid set md2 not clean; reconstructing mirrors
raid1: raid set md2 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: updating md2 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc3 [events: 0000000f]<6>(write) hdc3's sb offset: 1052160
md: syncing RAID array md2
md: minimum _guaranteed_ reconstruction speed: 100 KB/sec/disc.
md: using maximum available idle IO bandwith (but not more than 100000 KB/sec) for reconstruction.
md: using 124k window, over a total of 1052160 blocks.
md: hda3 [events: 0000000f]<6>(write) hda3's sb offset: 1052160
md: considering hdc2 ...
md: adding hdc2 ...
md: adding hda2 ...
md: created md1
md: bind<hda2,1>
md: bind<hdc2,2>
md: running: <hdc2><hda2>
md: hdc2's event counter: 00000038
md: hda2's event counter: 00000038
md: md1: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
md1: max total readahead window set to 124k
md1: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 124k
raid1: device hdc2 operational as mirror 1
raid1: device hda2 operational as mirror 0
raid1: raid set md1 not clean; reconstructing mirrors
raid1: raid set md1 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: updating md1 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc2 [events: 00000039]<6>(write) hdc2's sb offset: 32804608
md: delaying resync of md1 until md2 has finished resync (they share one or more physical units)
md: hda2 [events: 00000039]<6>(write) hda2's sb offset: 21968768
md: considering hdc1 ...
md: adding hdc1 ...
md: adding hda1 ...
md: created md0
md: bind<hda1,1>
md: bind<hdc1,2>
md: running: <hdc1><hda1>
md: hdc1's event counter: 000000bd
md: hda1's event counter: 000000bd
md: md0: raid array is not clean -- starting background reconstruction
md0: max total readahead window set to 124k
md0: 1 data-disks, max readahead per data-disk: 124k
raid1: device hdc1 operational as mirror 1
raid1: device hda1 operational as mirror 0
raid1: raid set md0 not clean; reconstructing mirrors
raid1: raid set md0 active with 2 out of 2 mirrors
md: updating md0 RAID superblock on device
md: hdc1 [events: 000000be]<6>(write) hdc1's sb offset: 6289344
md: delaying resync of md0 until md2 has finished resync (they share one or more physical units)
md: hda1 [events: 000000be]<6>(write) hda1's sb offset: 6289344
md: ... autorun DONE.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 100k freed
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
