From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 10 23:21:13 2005 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 4250C16A4E7 for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:21:13 +0000 (GMT) Received: from speedbuggy.telerama.com (speedbuggy.telerama.com [205.201.1.216]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2E8143D1D for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:21:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m@telerama.com) Received: (qmail 50481 invoked from network); 10 Feb 2005 23:21:11 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?67.100.218.234?) (m@67.100.218.234) by speedbuggy.telerama.com with SMTP; 10 Feb 2005 23:21:11 -0000 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/11.1.0.040913 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:21:23 -0500 From: m To: Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Subject: installation problem on Sun E450 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: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:21:13 -0000 I just picked up a Sun E450, and I'm having installation problems. After I get the system banner and the "OK" prompt, I type "boot cdrom", and get the following: Initializing Memory Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@2/disk@6,0:f File and args: The cdr DOES spin up, then the system totally freezes. I had thought I needed perhaps to have a serial console attached, in addition to the keyboard/monitor, but that does not seem to make a difference; nothing comes across on the serial terminal either. Any help would be MOST appreciated. If anyone needs more info regarding this, just ask & I will provide! M.