From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 16:55:22 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E77916A74E for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 16:55:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mail1.panix.com (mail1.panix.com [166.84.1.72]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C5EC43D73 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 16:55:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from mailspool2.panix.com (mailspool2.panix.com [166.84.1.79]) by mail1.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF143598D1; Wed, 10 May 2006 12:55:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (c-68-58-232-106.hsd1.sc.comcast.net [68.58.232.106]) by mailspool2.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF6D817F4E1; Wed, 10 May 2006 12:55:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1Fdrxp-0007Fi-00; Wed, 10 May 2006 12:55:05 -0400 Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 12:55:05 -0400 From: stan To: Konstantin Saurbier Message-ID: <20060510165505.GA27650@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Konstantin Saurbier , freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org References: <20060509234858.GA26850@teddy.fas.com> <20060510155639.42af143a.saurbier@math.uni-bielefeld.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060510155639.42af143a.saurbier@math.uni-bielefeld.de> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.23 X-Uptime: 12:51:31 up 23 days, 14:12, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.05, 0.02 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on a SunBlade 1500 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 16:55:22 -0000 On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 03:56:39PM +0200, Konstantin Saurbier wrote: > On Tue, 9 May 2006 19:48:59 -0400 > stan wrote: > > > I;m trying to install 6.1-RELEASE on a SunBlade 1500. > (...) > > > What am I doing wrong? > > Your Blade 1500 is UltraSparc III based, but unfortunately all machines based on USIII or higher are unsupported. > For my Blade 1000 there is at least the driver for the Schizo PCI-Chip missing. > You should notice a similar error while booting FreeBSD, it should hang at nexus0 without loading or detecting other hardware. Actually, mine says the CD is not bootable _). I wonder if that's because it's an IDE CD? OpenBSD gets a little further, it panics trying ro access the hard disk (which it detected). Any idea if this ahrdware is supported under NetBSD, or Linux? -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967