Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 18:29:16 -0700 From: Gordon Zaft <gordonzaft@gmail.com> To: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ultra 5 Boot Hang Update. Message-ID: <CAGuhNT1dNft%2BV90NEuYGyKLkzAOax3oq%2BvMirCHFsGhp3d%2BnpQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9c6bbc9a-808e-d340-7595-54c5cb7ea8b1@gmail.com> References: <CACpH0Me4BMNaNQMZDc81RaQ5pyEKYgVYZE%2BbkVZd10QETP=dEw@mail.gmail.com> <CAGuhNT3Lzro57Szxa8aQi4g1JafoQZxKR3K5mn1iUKoBmgtR9Q@mail.gmail.com> <9c6bbc9a-808e-d340-7595-54c5cb7ea8b1@gmail.com>
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It seems to me that a bad CDROM drive could certainly hose your boot even if you aren't booting from it, but I am not really a firmware guy so I could be wrong. Did you try disconnecting the CDROM? G On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 3:45 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 2017-05-08 18:34, Gordon Zaft wrote: > > Have you tried booting from CDROM? I'm assuming this is 11.0? > > Well... the CDROM in the box probes in the openprom (ie: open prom sees > it), but it doesn't seem to work. I've put the 11.0 CD into it, but the > boot fails. > > I'm not sure making the CD work would solve the problem, though. Be > clear, I've put /boot/loader on my tftpboot server as C0A8DD07 > (192.168.221.7 --- the rarp'd IP address for the machine) and loader > loads. Then I can successfully "load /kernel" in loader ... which causes > it to load /tftpboot/cdrom/kernel (/cdrom is the nfs root ... which is > where the image of the CD is mounted on the network). > > You might say that I'm not a noob when it comes to netbooting old UN*X > boxes. Wel... maybe it took me a dozen tries to "remember" things, but > still... I got it done. > > But if the kernel boots, would an alternate method of booting the kernel > really make any difference? > > On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 2:11 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> so the whole boot -v is attached via the link below. Please help. Hangs >> forever after the last pcib1 line (and STOP-A doesn't drop to a prompt) >> ... just to jog everyone's memory, to get this going I (translate / to >> enter): >> >> set-defaults/1 0 mkp/80 1 mkp/8 2 mkp/0 3 mkp/20 4 mkp/c0 5 mkp/ff 6 >> mkp/ee >> 7 mkp/0 8 mkp/0 9 mkp/0 a mkp/0 b mkp/c0 c mkp/ff d mkp/ee e mkp/0 f 0 do >> i >> idprom@ xor loop f mkp >> >> ... does that initialization pose some problem for FreeBSD? >> >> https://owncloud.towernet.ca/index.php/s/14awIqSzdOBexok >> > > -- Gordon Zaft Province 35 Governor Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Fraternity gordonzaft@gmail.com
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