by Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.40
Booting the Linux 0.97 bootimage gives:
Serial port at 0x03f8 (irq 4) is a 16450
Serial port at 0x02f8 (irq 3) is a 16450
8 virtual consoles
4 ptys
lp_init: lp1 exists (0)
lp_init: lp1 exists (0)
Bus mouse detected and installed.
Linux version 0.97-11 Aug 1 1992 13:33:18
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.2M, fd1 is 1.44M
floppy: FDC version 0x90
sock_init: initializing family 1 (AF_UNIX)
scsi : 0 hosts
scsi : detected 0 scsi disks 0 tapes total.
hd0:
part 1 start 32 size 450528 end 450559
part 2 start 450560 size 204800 end 655359
part 3 start 655360 size 122880 end 778239
part 4 start 778240 size 122880 end 901119
Note: This a agrees with the what the NORTON utilities say. An YES, I know
these 4 partitions don't fill the disk: 1 & 2 are for DOS, 3 and 4 are
for Linux, but the (current) 64 Mbyte limit prevents using bigger partitions
until later (soon?).
Partition table ok
After feeding the floppy the 0.97.1 root disk:
325 buffers = 332800 bytes buffer space
Free mem: 15568896 bytes
Welcome to the Linux V0.97.1 root disk
Now, logging in as root:
# mkfs -c /dev/hda3 61440
20480 inodes
61440 blocks
Firstdtazone = 653 (653)
Zonesize = 1024
Maxsize = 268966912
HD: read_intr: status = 0x51
HD: read_intr: error = 0x10
HD: read_intr: status = 0x51
HD: read_intr: error = 0x10
HD: read_intr: status = 0x51
HD: read_intr: error = 0x10
HD-controller reset
Kernel panic: Trying to write bad sector
In swapper task - not syncing
At this point, there is not "#" prompt, but the keyboard is still active
in the sense that keystrokes are echoed and the "delete" key does the
right thing.
Anybody got any ideas, suggestions?
Hal R. Brand
LLNL