From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 15 21:03:54 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03191106564A for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:03:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@acm.org) Received: from mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.196]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 871998FC12 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:03:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c220-239-116-103.belrs4.nsw.optusnet.com.au [220.239.116.103]) by mail15.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id p7FL3oi4017153 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:03:51 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p7FL3oWK059295; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:03:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p7FL3nnQ059294; Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:03:49 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2011 07:03:49 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Riccardo Veraldi Message-ID: <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4E4542C0.6010905@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="DBIVS5p969aUjpLe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4E4542C0.6010905@gmail.com> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installing 8.2 on Sun Blade 1000 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: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:03:54 -0000 --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2011-Aug-12 17:12:00 +0200, Riccardo Veraldi wrote: >I have a Sun Blade 1000. >I tried to install FreeBSD 8.2 from CDROM and installation goes straight. >Installation exits and I got back to {0} OK prompt If you have serial access, it might simplify debugging if you use the serial port (with logging) and post exact errors and the steps leading up to them. >is there a way to fix this ? > >The installation goes fine but the system won't boot I haven't needed to try this on sparc but at least on i386, you can go into sysinstall "expert mode" and rewrite the bootblocks at the disk partition step without needing to repeat the complete installation - "expert mode" enables a "commit now" button. In order to rule out hardware issues, did the Sun Blade 1000 work before you tried to install FreeBSD? Have you tried running the diagnostics (this will need a serial console)? --=20 Peter Jeremy --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk5JibUACgkQ/opHv/APuIcj8QCeIBK18wZkFQMv7BwDMETZESSW M6gAn05zj5r2w3BVd5BjvN4+ZcZ+7YYD =r1wS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --DBIVS5p969aUjpLe--