Re: install problems

On 3/24/25 21:07, Christian Groessler wrote:
> On 3/23/25 23:28, John David Anglin wrote:
>> Hi Christian,
>>
>> On 2025-03-23 5:48 p.m., Christian Groessler wrote:
>>> ello Dave,
>>>
>>> On 3/23/25 18:16, John David Anglin wrote:
>>>> Maybe try adding "earlycon=pdc" to kernel command line.  I would of thought it would be
>>>> default.
>>>
>>> Makes no difference. Neither "earlycon=pdc" nor "earlycon=ttyS0" show additional output on the serial connection or the montor.
>> If old installer works, I would use it and then update system with apt/apt-get.
>>
>> It looks to me like your installed kernel crashes shortly after transfer to start kernel.
>>
>> Debian kernels work okay on c3700/c3750.
>>
>> Latest installer hasn't had much testing.
>
>
> I can try (again). Something didn't work back then therefore I
> haven't installed Linux on the box. I think it had problems to
> detect the hard disk. But I'll check again.

What's so special with your machine so that you have problems with
hard disc? Are you using normal SCSI drives?

> How would I build my own version of the installer CD? I could use
> latest (or whichever) kernel.
It's quite complicated.
All steps are here:
https://parisc.docs.kernel.org/en/latest/how_to_create_debian_unstable_iso_images.html
But of course it's possible to hack around, e.g. use existing
CD-image and "just" hack in a new boot kernel. But, it's not easy!

Helge