Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 23:49:13 +0200 From: Riccardo Veraldi <riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@acm.org> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: problem installing 8.2 on Sun Blade 1000 Message-ID: <4E499459.9060909@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <4E4542C0.6010905@gmail.com> <20110815210349.GB59127@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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On 8/15/11 11:03 PM, Peter Jeremy wrote:
> On 2011-Aug-12 17:12:00 +0200, Riccardo Veraldi<riccardo.veraldi@gmail.com> 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)?
>
yes it was working with Solaris 10 and there were no POST problems,
everything is ok with that machine.
I will try to manually write the boot blocks.
thank you
Rick
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