From owner-freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Tue May 9 01:29:18 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B6C47D6291F for ; Tue, 9 May 2017 01:29:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordonzaft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-it0-x22f.google.com (mail-it0-x22f.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c0b::22f]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 61F4B1C9A for ; Tue, 9 May 2017 01:29:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gordonzaft@gmail.com) Received: by mail-it0-x22f.google.com with SMTP id c15so78213331ith.0 for ; Mon, 08 May 2017 18:29:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=KqdJ0SL5zZmqLl+VLSGKhIBKgV+O/oXnUYAOH0T64eM=; b=nBf8lsMTM2uEITvNWwbZVuHsWAPkFvbsx8AwQDsfEZyMz1+QLv012esnX40EVnMxXB khyC6Ei/xlso+ovJrIUbDnZQ3ocEuwH2s+bkwzKNYFQtdkKwHkueWV1MIqjUhOL20R5C eHm2Jn9BUofkRKxvSKUM2Drrm5S6y6cG73ieiUv61dU1qS7nAx3xfZZ97KbifQjKlLd1 j3Flf5oKSUihhaAkZ+bsDSlGwV4Z75akjEYc5l9SgS5RxrGlEZkNNtwfOVBhjinWnIyJ S8iHzyUaUENJ+mOY35YuOK7O4y+UDz0I7MNGc/nV0bCkxEauAEJ+rBjbBg9uozp4rsJg NJGA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=KqdJ0SL5zZmqLl+VLSGKhIBKgV+O/oXnUYAOH0T64eM=; b=X8Jm9jqN9g77Zf8uyZDI3uO5dsNHnPFWww/LxO5i7AwlZVayU6/F9ApQiZBi9TRHYs orvvF9Err8TQiEW8GxC1nBxMn4Kcumuyky2PledqcDJWEBPo1jqN0DboLLDjYGNuSOZB r/0WGNzAakSCyYbtyAn3dD4qXWa44aXsxRmtlwJsDzjpXqg56fkfKRSD8BMYxdTYuqoO Hh48lm053QaIXuiORldKoGiNPsztVlj7qyEGr0mgvMhs2S0cqzUYYz8ykNfLpMVOISkn dGy2rsZjkTUPhsZB0h/+qrdOdVlA48y8TExZVIQrzA99NZG1gQ6fk9Kl5XwcNzucmLo9 UOiA== X-Gm-Message-State: AN3rC/41+3uMwLXArWH9F22ua1JtryDa2b7xtchVrn3YCO5SlvM5VAfX jNv1nmHhKqL/K7vxDqCBkv6mB4j0dg== X-Received: by 10.36.217.145 with SMTP id p139mr23665860itg.120.1494293357581; Mon, 08 May 2017 18:29:17 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.107.10.206 with HTTP; Mon, 8 May 2017 18:29:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9c6bbc9a-808e-d340-7595-54c5cb7ea8b1@gmail.com> References: <9c6bbc9a-808e-d340-7595-54c5cb7ea8b1@gmail.com> From: Gordon Zaft Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 18:29:16 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Ultra 5 Boot Hang Update. To: Zaphod Beeblebrox Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2017 01:29:18 -0000 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 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 > 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