From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 30 14:02:16 2004 Return-Path: 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 2678116A4CE for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:02:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU [128.205.32.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9B0343D39 for ; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 14:02:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU) Received: from electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (kensmith@localhost [127.0.0.1]) i2UM2F8o022156; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:02:15 -0500 (EST) Received: (from kensmith@localhost) by electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.12.10/8.12.9/Submit) id i2UM2F0e022155; Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:02:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 17:02:15 -0500 From: Ken Smith To: Brandon Shiers Message-ID: <20040330220215.GA22027@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem installing on Enterprise 250 X-BeenThere: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Sparc List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2004 22:02:16 -0000 On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 02:51:39PM -0700, Brandon Shiers wrote: > I have a Enterprise 250 and am having problems getting FreeBSD > installed on the box. I know I have to use the serial console to > install, due to lack of support for Sun keyboards/terminals. My box > does not have a floppy drive on it, so booting via CD is my only > option. Has anybody made an install CD ISO that has the required boot > options enabled to use the serial port as the console device so I can > get FreeBSD installed on my machine, or any other options/pointers for > me? I recently did an install on an Enterprise-250 using the snapshot CD available on many of the FTP mirror sites in the "snapshots/sparc64" directory. That CD has the 64-bit time_t change made in it so at this point it is probably the best thing to try first. That said, I haven't tried the normal 5.2.1 CD's in an Enterprise-250 but I don't know of any reason they should not work. -- Ken Smith - From there to here, from here to | kensmith@cse.buffalo.edu there, funny things are everywhere. | - Theodore Geisel |