Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:59:26 -0500 From: m <m@telerama.com> To: <jbrierre@bellsouth.net>, "freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org" <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: installation problem on Sun E450 Message-ID: <BE315F8E.CD7D%m@telerama.com> In-Reply-To: <420BF135.2000604@bellsouth.net>
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> From: jacques brierre <jbrierre@bellsouth.net> > Organization: Mean Mice Elf > Reply-To: <jbrierre@bellsouth.net> > Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 18:41:41 -0500 > To: m <m@telerama.com> > Cc: <freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org> > Subject: Re: installation problem on Sun E450 > > m: > what version? cdrom might not be "good"? > I did this on Ultra 2 with CDs downloaded and burnt on Windows laptop. > Ultra 2 is headless. Used Serial A. Terminal software: TeraTerm. > I did cut the CDs twice. Might want to check eeprom settings as well. > > bash-3.00# uname -a > FreeBSD sphynx 5.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Nov 5 19:30:40 > UTC 2004 root@bobbi.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC > sparc64 > bash-3.00# > The CD is definitely OK. It mounts just fine on my x86 BSD box and also on a Mac. (It was burned on my Mac laptop). What eeprom settings might I need to change? > > -jb > > m wrote: > >> I just picked up a Sun E450, and I'm having installation problems. >> >> After I get the system banner and the "OK" prompt, I type "boot cdrom", and >> get the following: >> >> Initializing Memory >> Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@2/disk@6,0:f File and args: >> >> >> The cdr DOES spin up, then the system totally freezes. >> >> I had thought I needed perhaps to have a serial console attached, in >> addition to the keyboard/monitor, but that does not seem to make a >> difference; nothing comes across on the serial terminal either. >> >> Any help would be MOST appreciated. If anyone needs more info regarding >> this, just ask & I will provide! >> >> M. >> > >
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