Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:24:20 +0200 From: Riccardo Veraldi <riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installing 8.2 on Sun Blade 1000 Message-ID: <4E4A2934.5040004@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4E4542C0.6010905@gmail.com> <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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I am sorry but it is not working. no errors on serial console. rebooting after installation lead to this: File /boot/loader not found Program terminated {0} OK whatever I boot from disk1:a or disk0:a So I do not really know how FreeBSD can boot. On 8/15/11 11:03 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote: > On 2011-Aug-12 17:12:00 +0200, Riccardo Veraldi<riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have a Sun Blade 1000. >> I tried to install FreeBSD 8.2 from CDROM and installation goes straight. >> Installation exits and I got back to {0} OK prompt > If you have serial access, it might simplify debugging if you use > the serial port (with logging) and post exact errors and the steps > leading up to them. > >> is there a way to fix this ? >> >> The installation goes fine but the system won't boot > I haven't needed to try this on sparc but at least on i386, you can go > into sysinstall "expert mode" and rewrite the bootblocks at the disk > partition step without needing to repeat the complete installation - > "expert mode" enables a "commit now" button. > > In order to rule out hardware issues, did the Sun Blade 1000 work > before you tried to install FreeBSD? Have you tried running the > diagnostics (this will need a serial console)? >
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