Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 14:02:41 -0800 (PST) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: Jens Baedeker <Jens.Baedeker@zu.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 2 SMP stop in probing devices during install Message-ID: <20031127135406.Y1458@sotec.home> In-Reply-To: <IIEPIPLJEPMDDLCABFKPCEJIEAAA.Jens.Baedeker@zu.net> References: <IIEPIPLJEPMDDLCABFKPCEJIEAAA.Jens.Baedeker@zu.net>
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On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Jens Baedeker wrote: > Hi there, > > i'm pretty new with freebsd. Currently i run a couple of sparc20 with > OpenBSD. But i want to > give Freebsd 5.1 a try. Unfortunately i cant get this Ultra2 with 2 CPUs > working. When boot with > first install CDROM it recognises the 2 cpus during the bootprocess and > start probing for devices. > > I can stop this probing but then i end up in the OBP prompt again. > > Checked google and the docs but nothing here. I updated the OBP to 3.11. You may have better luck with sparc specific questions over on freebsd-sparc64@. However, I strongly suspect that your Ultra 2 has a scsi controller that FreeBSD doesn't support (fas?), so even if you manage to boot, you'll have to run it diskless and configure it to netboot. $.02, /Mikko
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