2007/6/7, Landry Breuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > 2007/5/31, Ted Bullock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > I had the same problem until I updated the firmware to 4.17.1 > > -Ted > > > > Landry Breuil wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > i'm trying to install OpenBSD/Sparc64 on a Blade 100, tried various > > > methods/versions (all described in INSTALL.sparc64), they all fail > > after > > > 'Trying bsd....' and stall. Where can i have a start point to debug > > what > > > happens/doesn't happen ? > > > > > > I've tried : > > > - 3.9-release Cdrom (original version from wim) > > > - 4.1-release cd41.iso taken from mirror/4.1 > > > - 4.1-current cd41.iso taken from snapshots > > > - knowing cd-install are not really good on blades, i tried netbooting > > > bsd.rd 4.1-release and -current, using another obsd box as > > > rarpd/tftpd/rpc.bootparamd/nfsd/mountd server, set like described in > > > diskless(8). The weird thing is that ofwboot.net is taken from tftpd > > after > > > 'boot net bsd.rd', ran, i see the first twolines : > > > OpenBSD 4.1 (obj) #0: -build-date- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > :/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC > > > then > > > Trying bsd.... > > > and > > > stalled-nothing more on the screen. > > > > > > but i see no mount requests in mountd -d output. > > > i tried following > > > https://www-s.acm.uiuc.edu/wiki/comments/OpenBSD+Sparc64#notesdocumentation > > > too. > > > > > > security-mode is set to none in OBP, and firmware version is 4.0.45, i > > don't > > > think it needs a firmware upgrade. > > > Could it be a hardware problem ? How can i get more debug information > > ? > > > > > > Thanks for any hints. > > > > > > Next step will be trying to use a floppy (gee, i have to find a floppy > > > > > reader and a disk), or putting the disk in my U10 (which works fine) > > and try > > > to do the install on it. > > > > > > Landry > > > Upgrading to 4.17.1 didn't solved the issue here.... i'm still having the > same problem, kernel hanging just after "Trying bsd....", either using > netboot or cdrom and various versions. > I had no problem installing -current on Ultra60, even with a really older > firmware version.. > > Really annoying. If anyone has a hint to debug this issue.. >
I'm starting to suspect hardware, because even with this OBP upgrade i didn't manage to start the install of FreeBSD/sparc, NetBSD/sparc64, and various flavors of Linux/Sparc. All the installers start a kernel, and hangs at various places in kernel startup. It's not a question of serial console redirection, because i can ping the host when the boot starts, and it doesn't respond to pings as soon as it stalls during boot process. (And i don't have a db25 compatible serial cable..). Could it be memory ? hard disk ? Box has a 256mb + 512mb , and i don't know a way to test this memory without os on the box. Smth like memconf http://myweb.cableone.net/4schmidts/memconf.html or memtest for sparc would be appreciated. I'll try maybe setenv diag-switch? true setenv diag-level max reset but i really have no more ideas to boot this Blade 100. (and various flavors of openbsd works really well on Ultra 10 and ultra 60 here) Landry
