Ok, I got it. I did a reinstall and everything appears to be running well. I think it may have been the fact that there was no boot-file defined, but I'm not sure. Now I just need to figure out how to get a window manager running.
Thanks, Leonard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miller, Leonard Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:40 AM To: James Edwards; [email protected] Subject: RE: 8.2 fails to boot after install on Sun Thanks for responding. Auto-boot is set to true and the boot device is set to disk. When it boots, this is displayed: FreeBSD/Sparc64 boot block boot path: /pci@8,600000/SUNW/glc@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cf2fa3a3,0:a boot loader: /boot/loader file /boot/loader not found Program terminated Printenv shows boot-device is set to disk. Thanks, Leonard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James Edwards Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:09 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 8.2 fails to boot after install on Sun 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 _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
