From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 24 16:44:29 2006 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 2511116A41F for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:44:29 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kempf@rpi.edu) Received: from smtp4.server.rpi.edu (smtp4.server.rpi.edu [128.113.2.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9E0543D46 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:44:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kempf@rpi.edu) Received: from [128.113.62.40] (bauxite.ecse.rpi.edu [128.113.62.40]) by smtp4.server.rpi.edu (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id k0OGiR1C030431 for ; Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:44:27 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v746.2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org From: Jesse Kempf Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:44:21 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.746.2) X-CanItPRO-Stream: default X-RPI-SA-Score: undef - spam-scanning disabled X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . canit . ca) on 128.113.2.4 Subject: Bootloading Problems on E250 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: Tue, 24 Jan 2006 16:44:29 -0000 I have a Sun E250 that was decommissioned over the summer (it had been running Solaris 9) that I want to put back into service running FreeBSD 6. I've had no end of problems yet. Firstly, I'd tried booting from a 6-RELEASE CD. That doesn't work. The next approach I took was to use an old Ultra60 to build the latest STABLE code onto a hard drive which I can pop into my E250. Here's what happens when I stick the drive into the E250 and try to boot from it: RSC Alert: Host System has Reset Sun (TM) Enterprise 250 (2 X UltraSPARC-II 400MHz), No Keyboard OpenBoot 3.28, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #12853310. Ethernet address 8:0:20:c4:20:3e, Host ID: 80c4203e. Rebooting with command: boot /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:a Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:a File and args: >> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block Boot path: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:a Boot loader: /boot/loader Consoles: Open Firmware console FreeBSD/sparc64 bootstrap loader, Revision 1.0 (root@, Tue Jan 24 05:53:27 EST 2006) bootpath="/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:a" Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf /boot/kernel/kernel data=0x46d208+0x5bbe8 syms=[0x8+0x626e8+0x8+0x52af4] Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... nothing to autoload yet. jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0048000. RSC Alert: Host System has Reset Clearly the E250 is not as "fully supported" as the hardware docs indicate. Where do I begin trying to fix this problem? Cheers, -Jesse Kempf VLSI Lab Systems Manager Center for Integrated Electronics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute