From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jan 4 04:08:41 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 389BC106566B for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:08:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jedwards@bsdftw.org) Received: from mail.bsdftw.org (unknown [IPv6:2001:470:c630:3000::]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 120EF8FC08 for ; Wed, 4 Jan 2012 04:08:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from webmail.bsdftw.org (websrv [IPv6:2001:470:c630:1000::]) by mail.bsdftw.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DD17B5E8A for ; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:08:39 -0500 (EST) Received: from 2001:470:8:1030:90bc:6dcc:e0ae:5e6 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jedwards) by webmail.bsdftw.org with HTTP; Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:08:40 -0500 Message-ID: <267e5d8678b3f0bbf68cb516bcb63882.squirrel@webmail.bsdftw.org> In-Reply-To: <06B408A5F5046342A06A8084367540550D4412@TXAMASNWH024.ent.textron.com> References: <06B408A5F5046342A06A8084367540550D4412@TXAMASNWH024.ent.textron.com> Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 23:08:40 -0500 From: "James Edwards" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.22 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: 8.2 fails to boot after install on Sun X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:08:41 -0000 On Tue, January 3, 2012 15:33, Miller, Leonard wrote: > Hi, > I have tried installing 8.2 Sparc on a Sun system multiple times, using > different options, and each time I do, it takes me back to the initial > options screen, where I have to exit the install, forcing it to halt. I > am never prompted to install a boot manager or anything else. I always > get through the install process, installing packages, adding users, > network settings, etc. > Your install experience sounds normal and successful. When you are finished and exit the installer, it should take you to the openboot prompt. All you *should* need to do is type in 'boot', the system will reboot and boot to disk. You don't need to worry about a boot manager as multibooting isn't supported on this platform. > When I power cycle the machine and change the boot settings back to > defaults, it fails to boot. > If it fails to boot, I'm assuming it is stopping at the OpenBoot prompt? Can you elaborate further? What happens when you type 'boot disk' at the openboot prompt? If it boots, auto-boot may not be set correctly, which can be rectified by 'setenv auto-boot? true' at the openboot prompt. If that does not work, what is the output of 'printenv' - specifically what is 'boot-device' set to? Also, some further reading on installing FreeBSD on sparc64: http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Sparc_-_Installing_FreeBSD -and for more detail- http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installation_on_Ultra_5 Hope this helps, James