[Fedora-ia64-list] Boot Problem with FC5 on Itanium HP rx2600

[Sohst, Martin]

 Hello Emeric and Doug,

 I updated my rx2600 to Firmware Version 2.31A and this
fixed the problem. I can now boot from the first FC5 disk.
I had a very old FW version on my system and I needed
to step to E0226 and E0229 before I could install FW 2.31

Thanks for the hint.

Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-ia64-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:fedora-ia64-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Doug Chapman
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 19:34
To: emeric.maschino at jouy.inra.fr; ia64 Fedora Core Development
Subject: Re: [Fedora-ia64-list] Boot Problem with FC5 on Itanium HP rx2600

On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 19:25 +0200, Emeric Maschino wrote:
> >   I have a problem with FC5 ia64 on HP Itanium rx2600. I downloaded 
> > the first iso image CD and tried to boot from it. After loading the 
> > kernel and initrd the system just hangs.
> > Has anyone successfully installed FC5 on a HP Itanium rx2600 ?
> 
> I just tried the DVD iso image on my hp workstation zx6000: no problem.
> Could this be related to the firmware? I remember a post on the Debian
> ia64 list warning that in order to boot the latest Linux kernel, the 
> hp zx6000/zx2000/rx2600 must have the latest firmware.
> 
>     Émeric
> 

Emeric,

Very good point.  For those that need to upgrade you can find the latest firmware for the rx2600/zx6000/zx2000 (all use the same) on the HP web site at:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=447335&prodNameId=88839&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ux-29665-1

This is an iso image that you can boot.

One warning however, especially for the MP firmware.  If your MP firmware is way out of date you cannot go directly to the latest fw version.  The older versions of the MP firmware can ONLY be updated via ftp and not via CD.

however for the "sys" and "bmc" firmware you should be OK using the iso image above.

- Doug


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