Re: Weird TFTP Problems while booting an SGI Indy
> I dont think there is a problem in the prom - I guess you are trying
> to boot an elf image although the prom can only boot ecoff images.
No, it's an ecoff image.
Loaded from the debian archive. "vmlinux-2.4.3.ecoff" renamed to
"vmlinux" so i have to type less... i tried the ELF image as well, same
error message, i believe.
> When snooping with something like tcpdump or ethereal you should see
> possible access violations in the tftp setup.
As i wrote in the first mail, TFTP correctly transfers the first block
(i even checked the contents, it's the right file), the first block is
ACK'ed by the Indy.
> > IRIX 6.1 installed i think, but i want to run it diskless)
> > PROM is Version "5.1.2 Rev B4 R4X00 IP24 Dec 9, 1993 (BE)"
> ^^^^
> Thats strange - What kind of machine is that ? R4x00/R5000 Indys
> and I2s should be IP22, R8000 and R10000 I2 are something different.
As the machine was administred by some admin's before me, it could well
be that some of them installed an incorrect prom update.
That's why i don't want to use the IRIX installed - i fear it's quite
messed up... i was told that the netscape proxy on the machine was
configured with less than 10 MB Cache...
It's an Indy with a R4000 100 MHz Processor and 8 bit graphics - so this
is supposed to be a standard indy with nothing special...
I just checked "version" again, it does say IP24.
Greetings,
Erich
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