Messages in this thread | | | From | jordan.breeding@attbi ... | Subject | Re: Trouble rebooting Tyan Thunder K7 (S2462UNG) | Date | Sat, 20 Apr 2002 13:01:39 +0000 |
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Hello,
Sorry about any duplicates of the last reply I sent which might have gotten sent out, I am having to use an online emailer right now and it seems to be acting up.
Jordan Breeding > Sorry that I did not explain myself better the first time. > The other OSes on this machine _do_ initialize a > cold boot. Here is how they _all_ reboot: screen > immediately goes black, hd light comes on as > memory is ECC checked, hd light goes off and BIOS > post screen comes up (monitor is now on again), > Adaptec SCSISelect screen comes up, BIOS issues > single beep and boots into GRUB. This is the way > that _all_ versions of linux reboot with _all_ reboot > parameters: screen hangs (but still has text on it, ie. > the reboot messages) for at least 15-30 seconds, > screen then goes blank, hd light comes on but _not_ > for ecc check (during ecc check nothing is accessed > except for memory) instead the system goes straight > into SCSISelect once the screen goes blank and the > hd light comes on (this is evident because during > normal boot SCSISelect is the stage at which the hd > light is on and each SCSI device is accessed in > order), once SCSISelect has polled every id on the > system it tries to hand back off to the BIOS which > was apparently never initialized correctly during a > Linux reboot since it issues a very weird series of > eight or so BIOS beeps and then just sits there, the > ecc memory is never polled, the BIOS post screen > never comes up, the monitor never goes active > again, the system is just hung at a black screen until > I hard reboot it. Other OSes _do_ perform a reboot > in which ecc memory is polled however, so that > does not seem to be the problem here. Thanks for > any more help anyone can offer. > > Jordan Breeding > > On Fri, 2002-04-19 23:15:23 -0000, Jordan Breeding <jordan.breeding@attbi.com> > > wrote in message > > > <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAjQHXypTRWUeX0Da3WGxUUMKAAAAQAAAA > > b2jlXi9TM0a+IKeYbO47lAEAAAAA@attbi.com>: > > > I am having trouble getting a brand new Tyan Thunder K7 S2462UNG (the > > > one with onboard SCSI) to reboot successfully using Linux. This board > > > > > FreeBSD do with this board, instead the text stays there for at least > > > 15-20 seconds (maybe longer) then when it finally blanks the video and > > > the monitor light begins to flash it goes straight into the Adaptec > > > SCSISelect scan (I can tell because my HD light comes on and the CDROMs > > > > What is so uncommon? The board does use ECC RAM, so maybe the board's > > BIOS / firmware needs this time to blank and check all the RAM. Maybe > > othe OSes don't initiate a full "cold boot" but something that doesn't > > make the board to re-initialize all the RAM... > > > > MfG, JBG > > > > -- > > Jan-Benedict Glaw . jbglaw@lug-owl.de . +49-172-7608481 > > -- New APT-Proxy written in shell script -- > > http://lug-owl.de/~jbglaw/software/ap2/ > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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