From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 25 04:44:12 2005 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 86CAF16A41C for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:44:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 733F143D48 for ; Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:44:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 62F1972DE7; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:44:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 617D772DE5; Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:44:12 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 21:44:12 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: Robert Slade In-Reply-To: <1119246217.29224.1.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> Message-ID: <20050624214047.V47411@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <1119246217.29224.1.camel@lmail.bathnetworks.co.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Sun U10 Installation Problem 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: Sat, 25 Jun 2005 04:44:12 -0000 On Mon, 20 Jun 2005, Robert Slade wrote: > Hi, > > I have been trying to install Freebsd on a Sun U10. It tries to boot > from the CDROM but I get short read the files does not appear to be > executable. I have tried with bot 5.3 and 5.4. The boot only iso does > boot though. Make sure your devaliases haven't been messed with. You need to boot partition f off the cdrom otherwise you will get the "The read file does not appear to be executable" error since it'll get garbage instead of the OBP-compatible bootblock. I was installing an AXi today and needed to do "boot diskx6:f" to get the right thing to happen since the cdrom devalias was for the internal scsi channel and diskx6 specified no partition. Also I strongly suggest using a Sun-supplied CDROM drive and not a 3rd party one. They do funky things to the firmware and 3rd party drives are not likely to work. Its also entirely possible the drive is old enough that it can't read newer CD-Rs. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org