From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 16 08:24:29 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 13D83106564A for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:24:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com) Received: from mail-wy0-f182.google.com (mail-wy0-f182.google.com [74.125.82.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E33D8FC0A for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:24:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wyh15 with SMTP id 15so2509738wyh.13 for ; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:24:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:cc:subject :references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=oC6T3M6Z59ljFHLH1MZJYvvuwf76YPcbz6/9uemsYwM=; b=ZiHDl8Lph9tUxYaR0PkcokMeHVm9gvRRNyMzEhd+zhAjtinR89QZrUqVLfBZ/iqxxJ on/2pV7wPBwbGMyfu6hWlApvAuMpSMjmfeLe4dhAf/OHdnhyTFtJpKiyO8ijXU5oe9ix SN6OGGc9IQ3HPYwjnNFhshBDBTzieXqh3MtjQ= Received: by 10.227.61.10 with SMTP id r10mr4227077wbh.74.1313483067629; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:24:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [131.154.3.242] (darwin.cnaf.infn.it [131.154.3.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id eq21sm4929035wbb.52.2011.08.16.01.24.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:24:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4E4A2934.5040004@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 10:24:20 +0200 From: Riccardo Veraldi User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 Thunderbird/3.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Jeremy References: <4E4542C0.6010905@gmail.com> <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installing 8.2 on Sun Blade 1000 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: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 08:24:29 -0000 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 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)? >