[Fedora-ia64-list] 2.6.17-1.2630 failed to boot on HP cx2600

[Zhang, Yanmin]

On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 22:46, Doug Chapman wrote:
> Yanmin,
> 
> I am not all that familiar with the cx series but I have been told they
> are essentially the same as the rx systems.  My guess is you are passing
> console=ttyS0 to the kernel at boot time.
I tried both with console=ttyS0 and without console=ttyS0. It always
failed.


>   Under RHEL4 this was
> appropriate as the console lines were numbered differently.  Under the
> recent kernels (anything after 2.6.10) the console line might NOT be
> ttyS0 anymore.
The same command line parameters work well if I use kernel 2.6.13.

>   However, the kernel has the ability to determine what
> the console should be on its own so you should not pass any console=
> line to the kernel (except in very special circumstances).
> 
> However, to ensure the console output goes to the right place make sure
> that you only have 1 destination for output and error in EFI.  You will
> find this in the efi menu under boot configuration.
> 
> If all of the above fails to fix your problem I suggest making sure you
> have the latest firmware installed on the system.  (actually I suggest
> making sure you have latest firmware even if it DOES work properly).
Thanks. It might be a good direction.

Yanmin