YES! WE ARE NOT INSANE!!! WE WERE DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT!
Ugh... :)
Stephen Gass wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have just tested booting linux using nfs on 6 indys. I have the following
> results :
>
> The following systems worked. Notice that the ones that worked are all R4600
> based CPUs with varying memory, CPU speed , CPU cache and Newport graphics
> options. The Indys I couldn't get to boot from a NFS server were all R4400
> based systems !
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
> 1 100 MHZ IP22 Processor
> FPU: MIPS R4610 Floating Point Chip Revision: 2.0
> CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
> On-board serial ports: 2
> On-board bi-directional parallel port
> Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Main memory size: 96 Mbytes
> Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
> Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
> Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Graphics board: Indy 8-bit
> Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam connected
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
> 1 133 MHZ IP22 Processor
> FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 2.0
> CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
> On-board serial ports: 2
> On-board bi-directional parallel port
> Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
> Main memory size: 96 Mbytes
> Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam connected
> Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
> Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
> Scanner: unit 7 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
>
> N.B. - Worked only after removing the scanner !
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
> 1 133 MHZ IP22 Processor
> FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 2.0
> CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
> On-board serial ports: 2
> On-board bi-directional parallel port
> Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
> Main memory size: 96 Mbytes
> Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam connected
> Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
> Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
> 1 133 MHZ IP22 Processor
> FPU: MIPS R4600 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 2.0
> CPU: MIPS R4600 Processor Chip Revision: 2.0
> On-board serial ports: 2
> On-board bi-directional parallel port
> Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 512 Kbytes on Processor 0
> Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
> Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam connected
> Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
> Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
> CDROM: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The following systems did not work :
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
> 1 150 MHZ IP22 Processor
> FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
> CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 5.0
> On-board serial ports: 2
> On-board bi-directional parallel port
> Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte on Processor 0
> Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
> Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam not connected
> Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
> Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
> Disk drive / removable media: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
>
> Error :
>
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000008, epc ==
> 880cbc5c , ra == 880cbc3c
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Iris Audio Processor: version A2 revision 4.1.0
> 1 200 MHZ IP22 Processor
> FPU: MIPS R4000 Floating Point Coprocessor Revision: 0.0
> CPU: MIPS R4400 Processor Chip Revision: 6.0
> On-board serial ports: 2
> On-board bi-directional parallel port
> Data cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Instruction cache size: 16 Kbytes
> Secondary unified instruction/data cache size: 1 Mbyte
> Main memory size: 64 Mbytes
> Integral ISDN: Basic Rate Interface unit 0, revision 1.0
> Integral Ethernet: ec0, version 1
> Integral SCSI controller 0: Version WD33C93B, revision D
> Disk drive: unit 4 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 3 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 2 on SCSI controller 0
> Disk drive: unit 1 on SCSI controller 0
> Graphics board: Indy 24-bit
> Vino video: unit 0, revision 0, IndyCam connected
>
> Error :
>
> Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00000008, epc ==
> 880cbc5c , ra == 880cbc3c
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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