On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Jacob Ritorto <jacob.ritorto at gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah! ?I'm really close on the old E450 and osol200906 prerelease install! ?I > got around the OBP version problem by using the wanboot feature from an old > Solaris 10 CD, typing > ?boot cdrom -o prompt -F wanboot - install > which worked like a charm and, after I set up the IP variables, pulled in the > miniroot from my silly little pc AI server. ?But then it started asking > scary, weird questions: > > Wed May 27 16:41:40 wanboot progress: miniroot: Read 174542 of 174542 kB > (100%) > Wed May 27 16:41:40 wanboot info: miniroot: Download complete > boot: cannot find /usr/lib/sparcv9/ld.so.1 > boot: error loading interpreter (/usr/lib/sparcv9/ld.so.1) > Elf64 read error. > boot failed > Enter filename [/platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix]: > Alloc of 0x400000 bytes at 0x1000000 refused. > Elf64 read error. > boot failed > Enter filename [/platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix]: > > Does anyone know the answers to these questions? ?Is there any other weird > stuff I should be mentally prepared for?
Hello Jake, this specific (early) failiure could be related to an invalid sun4v entry in the configuration file. Correct it to sun4u. Last month my Laptop's internal 1.8" SATA hdd died, and with it 250GB. Then I had unreliable USB disks, which was a bug in the Laptop's Chipset. Now I switched to an Intel based Laptop (rather than AMD). At the same clock speed it is way faster. And eSata boot works (in contrast to the AMD Laptop). Both Laptops are FSC Fujitsu-Siemens AMILO parts built in November 2008. I'm shocked to witness the reliability and performance difference (in clear favor of Intel). Why do I say all that? Because I lost much stuff and time. And needed (and still need, not yet ready) to start from scratch. See improved sun4u support anytime soon. Community-driven. Until then: Much luck. And never bother to ask the list. (p.s. I'm just a hobbyist like you, this list is doing everything in the open, a good example for how it should be handled everywhere) One sun4u, one for me. SPARCy regards, Martin
