From: John E. <jo...@co...> - 2008-04-24 18:21:37
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Hi I've come across a bug where IPCop SVN will not boot on Pentium CPUs, and need some help finding the source of the problem. Could people please test a recent build of IPCop SVN on an old 486 or 586 class CPU (eg Pentium 1, AMD K5 or K6, Cyrix M1, but not Pentium 2)? You only need to see if the installer can boot and get to the language selection screen, so don't worry about wiping out your existing OS. As many people will not be able to build their own CDROM image, I have made one available for download (only 52MB!) at: http://www.cornerstonelinux.co.uk/software/ipcop/ipcop-r1332-install-cd.i486.iso with the MD5SUM to check it at: http://www.cornerstonelinux.co.uk/software/ipcop/ipcop-r1332-install-cd.i486.iso.MD5SUM Because IPCop 2.0 is still in heavy development and not yet ready, please do not use this for any production firewalls. The problem I find is that the kernel stops booting when it gets to: Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k freed input: AT Translation Set 2 keyboard as <snip device path> Which is when the initrd is supposed to be load and run, but that never happens for some reason. It seems to work fine on Pentium 2 and above CPUs. Could people email me to say if their machine does or does not boot, along with the type of CPU, amount of RAM and model of motherboard. Thanks. -- #---------------------------------------------------------# | John Edwards Email: jo...@co... | #---------------------------------------------------------# |
From: Ivan K. <ch...@ya...> - 2008-04-24 18:35:35
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On Thursday 24 April 2008, John Edwards wrote: > Hi > I've come across a bug where IPCop SVN will not boot on Pentium > CPUs, and need some help finding the source of the problem. > > Could people please test a recent build of IPCop SVN on an old 486 or > 586 class CPU (eg Pentium 1, AMD K5 or K6, Cyrix M1, but not Pentium 2)? > > You only need to see if the installer can boot and get to the language > selection screen, so don't worry about wiping out your existing OS. > > > As many people will not be able to build their own CDROM image, > I have made one available for download (only 52MB!) at: > > http://www.cornerstonelinux.co.uk/software/ipcop/ipcop-r1332-install-cd.i48 >6.iso with the MD5SUM to check it at: > > http://www.cornerstonelinux.co.uk/software/ipcop/ipcop-r1332-install-cd.i48 >6.iso.MD5SUM John, I would recommend you create a bootable CD with just the /boot directory, in other words just syslinux and the initramfs image. You'll reduce the iso image dramatically and save your internet connection a heavy hammering if too many people take you up on the offer. Besides, they don't need the rest of the iso to test the initramfs. Let me know if you need help pruning the iso. Just put a note on your site for people to know that they can't use that cd for installation, as it will wipe out their HDD and fail to install ipcop. IvanK. > > Because IPCop 2.0 is still in heavy development and not yet ready, > please do not use this for any production firewalls. > > > The problem I find is that the kernel stops booting when it gets to: > Freeing unused kernel memory: 276k freed > input: AT Translation Set 2 keyboard as <snip device path> > > Which is when the initrd is supposed to be load and run, but that > never happens for some reason. It seems to work fine on Pentium 2 > and above CPUs. > > > Could people email me to say if their machine does or does not boot, > along with the type of CPU, amount of RAM and model of motherboard. > > Thanks. |
From: John E. <jo...@co...> - 2008-04-24 19:39:24
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On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 02:35:13PM -0400, Ivan Kabaivanov wrote: > On Thursday 24 April 2008, John Edwards wrote: <snip> >> As many people will not be able to build their own CDROM image, >> I have made one available for download (only 52MB!) at: <snip> > I would recommend you create a bootable CD with just the /boot directory, in > other words just syslinux and the initramfs image. You'll reduce the iso > image dramatically and save your internet connection a heavy hammering if too > many people take you up on the offer. Besides, they don't need the rest of > the iso to test the initramfs. Let me know if you need help pruning the iso. > > Just put a note on your site for people to know that they can't use that cd > for installation, as it will wipe out their HDD and fail to install ipcop. If you fell happier creating a CD image that doesn't run the full install then that is OK with me. Either post me the URL or send as an attachement and I'll put that up. I did not do this because I wanted people to use a CD image that I had already tested. Also this image could be used later for testing hardware detection, which is another area where we need to have access to wide range of hardware. I did assume that everyone on the ipcop-devel mailing list is IT aware and knows what happens if you run an installer and ignore the warnings. I did think about putting up an index page with more information, but then thought that it would be better put that in the email as people have to read that to get the link. Internet bandwidth should not be a major problem as I have already OK'ed this with the owner of the web server, who is an IPCop user and past helper. But I did not consider the internet access of potential testers, where a smaller image might be easier to download. -- #---------------------------------------------------------# | John Edwards Email: jo...@co... | #---------------------------------------------------------# |