Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 08:10:19 GMT From: "James Tanis" <jtanis@pycoder.org> To: freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: sparc64/98269: Fresh 6.1 installation fails to boot Message-ID: <200606010810.k518AJbJ022925@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR sparc64/98269; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "James Tanis" <jtanis@pycoder.org> To: "Jarkko Santala" <jake@iki.fi> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: sparc64/98269: Fresh 6.1 installation fails to boot Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2006 04:05:45 -0400 Assuming a Blade 100 operates near to the same as most previous Sparcs/UltraSparcs, the system defaults to booting off of the device last booted off of. Try hitting stop-a and doing a "boot disk," or whatever your version of PROM requires to boot off the first disk. This looks to me to have absolutely nothing to do with freebsd, its not even loading the freebsd bootloader from what I've seen. If installation was successful most likely you are attempting to boot off the wrong device (or at least, not the device the bootloader was installed on). Also, if its really typing x's for your ethernet address, you may need to get a new nvram as it's battery may be dead -- I'm not sure whether the Blade 100 uses NVRAM or if its one of the newer systems with an SEEPROM and therefore doesn't need a battery. Is there a keyboard connected? If there is, I think freebsd may be the least of your problems. On 6/1/06, Jarkko Santala <jake@iki.fi> wrote: > > >Number: 98269 > >Category: sparc64 > >Synopsis: Fresh 6.1 installation fails to boot > >Confidential: no > >Severity: serious > >Priority: medium > >Responsible: freebsd-sparc64 > >State: open > >Quarter: > >Keywords: > >Date-Required: > >Class: sw-bug > >Submitter-Id: current-users > >Arrival-Date: Thu Jun 01 07:10:17 GMT 2006 > >Closed-Date: > >Last-Modified: > >Originator: Jarkko Santala > >Release: 6.1-RELEASE > >Organization: > >Environment: > N/A > >Description: > I tried to install 6.1 sparc64 into a spanking unused Sun Blade 100 with 15GB IDE driver and 128MB RAM plus 2x256MB additional RAM. Installation went smoothly, but after reset it fails to boot with the following message: > > Sun Blade 100 (UltraSPARC-IIe), No Keyboard > OpenBoot 4.0, 640 MB memory installed, Serial #12345678. > Ethernet address xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx, Host ID: 12345678. > > > > Boot device: disk:b File and args: > > >How-To-Repeat: > Install a fresh copy of 6.1 into a Sun Blade 100 or perhaps some other IDE Sun. > >Fix: > > >Release-Note: > >Audit-Trail: > >Unformatted: > >> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block > Boot path: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0:b > Boot loader: /boot/loader > File /boot/loader not found > Program terminated > ok > > Shouldn't it try to load /boot/loader from a and not b? > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-sparc64 > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-sparc64-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- James Tanis jtanis@pycoder.org http://pycoder.org
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