On 6/7/07, Landry Breuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
2007/6/7, Landry Breuil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
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> 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
>
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> 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
I'm afraid it doesn't really help you much, but I got 4.1 installed on
a Blade 100 from the CDs without a hitch :D
Just so you know it's not an issue specific to all blades I guess.
Jimmy.
