Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 08:01:07 -0700 From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> To: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-ia64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing on zx6000 Message-ID: <97D695A7-DAE0-4054-8958-1F4DB0EBDCEC@xcllnt.net> In-Reply-To: <20120703112755.GA39761@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> References: <4FE38863.9020303@wizardlike.ca> <1817B805-693A-4635-9506-EBD8F90C1166@xcllnt.net> <20120702124138.GB36368@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> <14CF4E3A-17A4-466D-A1BB-A080616B35DD@xcllnt.net> <20120703112755.GA39761@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
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On Jul 3, 2012, at 4:27 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 08:36:49AM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: >> >> On Jul 2, 2012, at 5:41 AM, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: >>> >>> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. >>> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]... >>> Entering /boot/kernel/kernel at 0x9ffc000000010500... >>> *********************************************************** >>> * ROM Version : 02.31 >>> * ROM Date : 03/11/2004 >>> * BMC Version : 01.53 >>> *********************************************************** >> >> I can possibly explain this one, having bitten by it myself: >> >> Starting with loader 3.0, we support having the kernel linked > > yes, I thought this might be related to the new loader. > In this case it should be possible to install an older > release/snapshot, with the older loader (how old? > 7-stable? 8-stable?) and then update via svn, right? All you need is a kernel that doesn't use the PBVM. That should be an 8-stable kernel IIRC. The loader is fine. >> If this is indeed the bug, then all you need to do is pre- >> load some module. It doesn't matter which one. This has the >> effect that "kernend" moves into the next 64K page and you >> don't hit the bug. > > Are the modules included in the -release iso image? > So I can just load them from the loader prompt? ispfw is on the ISO. That should do the trick. >>> uhub1: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered >>> uhub0: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered >>> uhub2: 5 ports with 5 removable, self powered >>> da0 at mpt0 bus 0 scbus1 target 0 lun 0 >>> *********************************************************** >>> * ROM Version : 02.31 >>> * ROM Date : 03/11/2004 >>> * BMC Version : 01.53 >>> *********************************************************** >> >> This one could be related to the USB stack. If it is, then it >> means you have a CD in the DVD drive and all you need to do >> is eject the disc. If you don't have a disc in the CD drive > > Sure I do. I'm installing from a CD image. Ok. > I'm not sure I can take the CD out before > the boot is complete, can I? You should be able to. As an experiment, try to boot verbose (this prints a lot more stuff and may impact timing) or boot with -a. -a tells the kernel to ask for the root mount and can also introduce a "breather". At the rootmount prompt, type "dot" with enter to have the kernel work for a second. Do this until you have /dev/cd0. > Maybe when > > Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt. > > prompt appears? Or does the boot process still > involves copying from the CD at this point? The loader may be trying to read /etc/fstab at that point, but it's ok if that fails. So yes this should be a good point. Anyway: I was hoping noone would be bitten by it and it was just on my particular machine. This is getting too visible for me to put off. -- Marcel Moolenaar marcel@xcllnt.net
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