Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 11:33:31 -0400 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: Leigh V <leighv@roq.com> Cc: freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Sun Netra X1 success, almost Message-ID: <20020806113331.E76014@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <006001c23d39$2d4daa50$2d01a8c0@michael>; from leighv@roq.com on Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 09:05:29PM %2B1000 References: <006001c23d39$2d4daa50$2d01a8c0@michael>
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Apparently, On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 09:05:29PM +1000, Leigh V said words to the effect of; > After trying to netboot the Netra X1, and failing > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=6418+0+archive/2002/freebsd-spa > rc/20020804.freebsd-sparc > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=33066+0+archive/2002/freebsd-sp > arc/20020804.freebsd-sparc > > I pulled out the HD of the Netra X1 and put it into a sunblade 100 machine I > have. with the idea of installing and setting it up from CD from that and > putting it back into the Netra X1 > I got it to boot from CD but only seems to work properly in single user mode > and booting it with -C to mount the cdrom and the root filesystem > boot -sC > but once I get to the shell its extremely slow and sometimes have to hit a > key twice for it to go through to the machine. > I did disklabel -w -r ad0 auto > on the shell and the CDROM started up and just stayed spinning, I left it > for over 30mins but nothing happened, so I thought I would try putting the > CDROM in the second IDE port of the Netra X1. > I set the cdrom to master and put it in the second IDE port of the Netra X1 > and did "boot cdrom" and it booted nicely and ran at a nice normal speed. > It printed out pretty much the exact same crap that is on here > http://people.freebsd.org/~jake/sparc64/tip.record > But I don't understand how to disklabel it, > I did "disklabel -w -r ad0 auto" which went just fine > And then I did "disklabel -e ad0" and it comes up with all the partition > info with just partition "c:" showing the full size of the drive, how do I > make the other slices? how am I spose to know what numbers to put in there? > On the instructions at > http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/CURRENT/installation-sparc64.html > and the man file for disklabel > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD > +5.0-current > They just have examples of doing "disklabel -e devicename" and just say "add > them here" like its some super easy thing that doesn't deserve an example. > Well I say it does :) Can some one give me an example? > > All I want is a disklabel example for root "/" and swap, and maybe "/usr" I > like to have the least amount of partitions possible because they always end > up being a pain in the ass other wise, I never use any of that read only > partition crap and I don't recon having separate partitions has noticeable > performance benefits if it does I wanna see some benchmarks, or does it make > it easier to manage in terms of file system checks?, Look at an example from another machine (ie disklabel ad0 on an x86 box). The sizes are in sectors (512 bytes/sector). Be sure to make the sizes a multiple of the sectors/cylinder listed in the disklabel on the sparc (sectors/cylinder: xxxx). You can put * for the offset and disklabel will calculate it. FYI the davicom ethernet in the netra x1 is not supported so you'll have no network. Jake > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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