Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:57:11 +0200 From: Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de> To: Gheorghe Ardelean <ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 6.0-BETA5 and Ultra 1 !? Message-ID: <20051025145711.C32605@newtrinity.zeist.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0510191226240.10776-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de>; from ardelean@ww.uni-erlangen.de on Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:33:45PM %2B0200 References: <20051019120151.Q32605@newtrinity.zeist.de> <Pine.LNX.4.33.0510191226240.10776-100000@servww6.ww.uni-erlangen.de>
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On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 12:33:45PM +0200, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > On Wed, 19 Oct 2005, Marius Strobl wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2005 at 03:55:56AM +0200, Gheorghe Ardelean wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Marius, > > > > > > Thank you for your tip. It works now! > > > Booting a new loader with "make LOADER_GZIP_SUPPORT=no" solved the > > > problem. I can definitely boot from the onboard SCSI disc. > > > > > > What we need to make this work also with installation ISO? > > > > There's no simple way to modifiy an existing install ISO so it > > will boot on an U1 and install a loader that is able to boot > > from a disk attached to the on-board controller. It's proably > > easier to build a custom install ISO with gzipfs disabled or > > a patch with a proper workaround in the first place. > > If you meant what it would take to get either of it into > > the 6.0-R ISOs it's most likely too late; I don't think that > > changes allowing U1 (which are not yet properly supported > > anyway due to lack of drivers for the on-board NIC and CG6 > > cards) to boot would be accepted this late in the release > > cycle. > > I don't expect to see this in 6.0-R. Now that you provided a solution for > this problem it's ok. I am satisfied with this, but I am thinking that in > the future it would be nice to provide such an "out of the box" solution with > the ISO. > I just committed a workaround for this problem. I plan to MFC it in one month so it should be part of 6.1 and onward releases. Marius -- This mail was scanned by AntiVir Milter. This product is licensed for non-commercial use. See www.antivir.de for details.
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