about sun disk labels (was Re: Booting a sparc10)
About Sun disk labels: * yes, it is the 's' key in fdisk * yes, this is documented over and over in the Install Manual (http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/) * yes, it is required as a kernel configuration option. Also, more importantly, OpenBoot can't boot on a disk w/o a Sun disk label (unless you've got some wacky forth code you're loading -- never say never) -- .Adam Di [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.onShore.com/>
Re: Booting a sparc10
> > I agree, but isn't it "Sun disk label"? At least that is what I > > have on my SS20: > > > > huilu:~# fdisk -l > > > > Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 14 heads, 72 sectors, 2036 cylinders > > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes > > > >Device Flag BeginStart End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sda100 1400 705600 83 Linux native > > /dev/sda2 u 1401 1401 144120160 83 Linux native > > /dev/sda300 2036 10261445 Whole disk > > /dev/sda4 u 1442 1442 2036 299376 82 Linux swap > > This is almost exactly what I needed, just one thing, how do I do a > disklabel with fdisk? If you are not afraid of experimenting, you could try what I did. At one point when I was playing with installation I decided to initialize the disk completely. I had a partial Debian installation on it and to get a fresh start I did "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda", let it run a while, interrupted it with ^C, run "sync", and then Stop-A to get the system prom monitor prompt. After that I did "boot net" to boot the rescue image over the net and start a new installation. When it was time to create the partitions, the disk had no label and, if I remember correctly, I was prompted by fdisk for correct values. Since I was not sure about them, I choose "auto configure" and accepted the defaults. I just checked fdisk and looks like "s" command goes through the same dialog I am describing above. You might want to try that before doing the "dd" trick. I also had to create the "Whole disk" partition by hand. I think Solaris does it automagically. Maybe this helps. If it does not, I can add some disks to the box and make notes how it goes exactly. However, I can not do that over the net, so you will have to wait for tomorrow for that :) // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
Re: Booting a sparc10
> > > I have a sparc10 that I installed debian 2.1 sparc on. I can't get it > > > to boot off the hard drive. It always complains about no disk label. > > > > Sounds like you've make an fdisk disklabel on it, the sparc prom needs > > to see a sun disklabel (known as a bsd disklabel in fdisk). > > I agree, but isn't it "Sun disk label"? At least that is what I > have on my SS20: > > huilu:~# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 14 heads, 72 sectors, 2036 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes > >Device Flag BeginStart End Blocks Id System > /dev/sda100 1400 705600 83 Linux native > /dev/sda2 u 1401 1401 144120160 83 Linux native > /dev/sda300 2036 10261445 Whole disk > /dev/sda4 u 1442 1442 2036 299376 82 Linux swap This is almost exactly what I needed, just one thing, how do I do a disklabel with fdisk?
Re: Booting a sparc10
> > I have a sparc10 that I installed debian 2.1 sparc on. I can't get it > > to boot off the hard drive. It always complains about no disk label. > > Sounds like you've make an fdisk disklabel on it, the sparc prom needs > to see a sun disklabel (known as a bsd disklabel in fdisk). I used the fdisk that the installer ran (looks like plain ole fdisk). What do I do to do this? I have no problem erasing the entire drive and starting over again.
Re: Booting a sparc10
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > I have a sparc10 that I installed debian 2.1 sparc on. I can't get it > > to boot off the hard drive. It always complains about no disk label. > > Sounds like you've make an fdisk disklabel on it, the sparc prom needs > to see a sun disklabel (known as a bsd disklabel in fdisk). I agree, but isn't it "Sun disk label"? At least that is what I have on my SS20: huilu:~# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 14 heads, 72 sectors, 2036 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Flag BeginStart End Blocks Id System /dev/sda100 1400 705600 83 Linux native /dev/sda2 u 1401 1401 144120160 83 Linux native /dev/sda300 2036 10261445 Whole disk /dev/sda4 u 1442 1442 2036 299376 82 Linux swap huilu:~# grep DISKLABEL /usr/src/linux-2.2.7/.config # CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL is not set CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL=y # CONFIG_UNIXWARE_DISKLABEL is not set CONFIG_SMD_DISKLABEL is defined as "SMD disklabel (Sun partition tables) support" in linux/Documentation/Configure.help > /Anders // Heikki -- Heikki Vatiainen * [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tampere University of Technology * Tampere, Finland
Re: Booting a sparc10
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > I have a sparc10 that I installed debian 2.1 sparc on. I can't get it > to boot off the hard drive. It always complains about no disk label. Sounds like you've make an fdisk disklabel on it, the sparc prom needs to see a sun disklabel (known as a bsd disklabel in fdisk). /Anders -- -- Of course I'm crazy, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. Anders Hammarquist | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Physics student | Hem: +46 31 47 69 27 Chalmers University of Technology, G|teborg, Sweden | Mob: +46 707 27 86 87
Booting a sparc10
I have a sparc10 that I installed debian 2.1 sparc on. I can't get it to boot off the hard drive. It always complains about no disk label. The kernel on the cdrom is 2.2.1 The bootloader is silo. The disk is a 1.3gb with 2 partitions. First partition is almost the entire disk with type 83. the 2nd partition is about 20mb type 82. ROM is v2.12 32mb ram
