From owner-freebsd-sparc64@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 1 16:23:55 2009 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 135E9106568D; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:23:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: from dirg.bris.ac.uk (dirg.bris.ac.uk [137.222.10.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3EF58FC16; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:23:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from isis.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.10.63]) by dirg.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NFVW0-0000W0-FE; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:23:53 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk ([137.222.187.241]) by isis.bris.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NFVVz-00021B-Ew; Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:23:47 +0000 Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nB1GNlYO011882; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:23:47 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nB1GNlwV011881; Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:23:47 GMT (envelope-from mexas@bristol.ac.uk) X-Authentication-Warning: mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk: mexas set sender to mexas@bristol.ac.uk using -f Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 16:23:47 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht To: Adrian Urquhart Message-ID: <20091201162347.GA11859@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <20091201154904.GA11679@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Spam-Score: -1.5 X-Spam-Level: - Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: trouble installing to sun blade 1500 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: Tue, 01 Dec 2009 16:23:55 -0000 On Tue, Dec 01, 2009 at 04:13:20PM +0000, Adrian Urquhart wrote: > On Tue, 1 Dec 2009, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > > > I'm new to sun, but have some experiece installing fbsd to > > i386, alpha and ia64. > > > > I've sun blade 1500: http://www.sun.com/desktop/workstation/sunblade1500/ > > > > I just burned a 8.0 release cd, and tried to boot from it. > > I've a keyboard, mouse and screen attached. > > I get to OK prompt, type "boot cdrom", but the process > > stops after a few seconds with: > > > > jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0088000. > > > > Then nothing, and the keyboard is not responsive. > > I have to force cold reset. On restart the process > > repeats. > > Hi > > I know on some Sun kit this can mean that the boot process is now > carrying on via a serial port. ok, I'll try to check this out. In the meantime I tried 7.2 cd with very similar result - I'm stuck with jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0078000 > > Also, there seem to be no reset button on the desktop. > > Is there a keyboard key or combination to force a reset? > > > > Not sure what you mean by "reset button" but STOP-A is the usual key > combination to get you to the OpenBOOT prom. yes, this was what I'm after. STOP/A doesn't seem to have any effect on my box. Do you mean hit "A" while "STOP" is pressed? many thanks anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423