From owner-freebsd-sparc Mon Mar 4 9:12:22 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc@freebsd.org Received: from asmodean.nks.net (asmodean.nks.net [216.139.201.16]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83A837B400 for ; Mon, 4 Mar 2002 09:12:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (joeo@localhost) by asmodean.nks.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA01551 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:15:44 -0500 Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 01:15:44 -0500 (EST) From: X-Sender: To: Subject: Re: freebsd/sparc64 bootable iso available In-Reply-To: <20020303060453.D75158@locore.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I'm using the "dist" tarball from the same directory as the iso image on an old 270Mhz Ultra5. I'm get a few minutes of uptime followed by the following console output and a lockup (the box is still pingable). ad0: WRITE command timeout tag=0 serv=0 - resetting ata2: resetting devices .. On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Jake Burkholder wrote: > > I've put up a bootable ISO image, which can be used to install a system > relatively easily. I've tested it on an ultra 10 with the onboard ide > and an ultra 60 with sym scsi, should also work on ultra 5s and blade 100s > at least. The cd boots multi user and has a binary distribution tarball > on it; you can use system on the cd to install on disk. The root password > is abc123. > > Use the tools on the cd to label, install the bootblock, and newfs your > drive, then mount your partitions and untar the tarball in root's home > directory on them. I put up a transcript of an install on an ultra 60. > When labeling your drive be sure that the partitions are on cylinder > boundaries, the disklabel format requires it. Insert usual warnings > about experimental software and destruction of data. > > http://people.freebsd.org/~jake/sparc64 > > In that directory is also a copy of the binary distribution on the cd > and a loader and kernel which you can use to setup an nfs root system > and install on disk from there. > > If everything goes well this will be put up on the main ftp site in > the next few days. > > Enjoy. > > Jake > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message