Re: Etch installation on Sun Blade 100 - magic for /etc/silo.conf needed
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 01:34:44AM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: I guess you want something simple, like this: root=/dev/hda2 partition=2 default=Linux read-only timeout=100 append= video=atyfb:off image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Linux initrd=/boot/initrd.img The first parameter, root, specifies the device that should be mounted as root. It's no different from ix86, I guess. The partition parameter is the number of the partition that is implied in the /some/thing paths later in the file. Andy *hugs* Josip :) That's what I needed: I'd ended up with a completely blank silo.conf. I wasn't sure whether I needed the full scale @PCI magic stuff that you have to work out at an OpenPROM prompt as the first line where it said root= Not knowing whether SILO numbered partitions from 0 or 1, I'd ended up with an off-by-one error _as well_ :( The OpenPROM is not immediately obvious - and not very well documented if you do a random Google search. Ditto silo.conf - at least when you're under the time pressure/pressure of why doesn't the ###*??# thing work that you put yourself under :) I think I can probably write this one off to experience: don't do stuff without good 'Net access, don't do stuff in a relative hurry on a Friday afternoon - ASK THE EXPERTS _FIRST_ :) After you edit, run silo to check the configuration. I did - and it parsed it correctly. It looks like I'd managed to produce a grammatically correct SILO configuration file that validated - but was wrongly phrased :( Thanks again, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Etch installation on Sun Blade 100 - magic for /etc/silo.conf needed
Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: Hello all, A long and tortuous tale. A Sun Blade 100 which had a Debian Sarge installation on failed with initially lots of network errors occurring in the logs. An attempted upgrade in place to Etch failed for various reasons (mostly my user incompetence :( then the saga below followed.) [snipped] Can anyone share the magic needed to get SILO to boot on one of these machines. Once we can boot it, we can amend silo.conf and carry on from there. A sarge bare basic install from CD ROM is also feasible if necessary. Mine says: -- root=/dev/hda2 partition=1 default=Linux read-only timeout=100 ### Note that for 2.6.18, the CD Rom needs ide=nodma or the boot process ### hangs at any one of several points where the CD is accessed. ### You can use hdparm to turn DMA back on for the HDD once the system is up. image=/vmlinuz label=Linux initrd=/initrd.img append=video=atyfb:off ide=nodma ### CDROM requires ide=nodma image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD initrd=/initrd.img.old -- This was a clean etch install only a few days ago. The ide=nodma business may be your problem Hugh -- S=u=p=p=o=r=t===D=e=b=i=a=n===http://www.debian.org === Dr. Hugh C. Pumphrey| Tel. 0131-650-6026,Fax:0131-662-0478 School of GeoSciences | Replace 0131 with +44-131 if outside UK The University of Edinburgh | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EDINBURGH EH9 3JN, Scotland | web: www.geos.ed.ac.uk/contacts/homes/hcp =I==o=f=t=e=n==i=g=n=o=r=e==M=S==W=o=r=d==a=t=t=a=c=h=m=e=n=t=s -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Etch installation on Sun Blade 100 - magic for /etc/silo.conf needed
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:12:08AM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: I wasn't
sure whether I needed the full scale @PCI magic stuff that you have to
work out at an OpenPROM prompt as the first line where it said root=
Ah, yes, it's possible to use those long device strings, but it's not
necessary, usually the first bootable disk works fine ('boot disk' from
PROM).
Not knowing whether SILO numbered partitions from 0 or 1, I'd ended up
with an off-by-one error _as well_ :(
I tend to get confused by that as well - I have actually come to expect 0,
which used to be completely unintuitive to me in the past...
The OpenPROM is not immediately obvious - and not very well documented
if you do a random Google search. Ditto silo.conf - at least when you're
under the time pressure/pressure of why doesn't the ###*??# thing work
that you put yourself under :)
Hm, I agree for OpenPROM, but for silo.conf it's different - the first hit
on google for 'silo.conf' shows the manual page, and the full example is at
the bottom of the page.
Maybe it confused you that the example is very simple, you were expecting
something overly complicated? :)
I think I can probably write this one off to experience: don't
do stuff without good 'Net access, don't do stuff in a relative hurry
on a Friday afternoon - ASK THE EXPERTS _FIRST_ :)
:)
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Re: Etch installation on Sun Blade 100 - magic for /etc/silo.conf needed
Hi Andrew, * Andrew M.A. Cater [EMAIL PROTECTED], [2007-05-08 6:12 +]: The OpenPROM is not immediately obvious - and not very well documented if you do a random Google search. That's true, here's a couple of pointers: OpenBoot 3.x Quick Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/data/802/802-3240/pdf/802-3240-10.pdf OpenBoot 3.x Command Reference http://sunsolve.sun.com/data/802/802-3242/html/TOC.html OpenBoot 3.x Supplement for PCI http://sunsolve.sun.com/data/802/802-7679/pdf/ ciao, ema -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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The 'Illegal instruction' problem occurs unless ...
For your information - Forwarded message from Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Josip Rodin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unidentified subject! Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 00:57:14 +0200 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 01:08:33PM -0700, dat wrote: As requested ( section 3.2 of http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/release-notes/ch-installing.en.html#s-sparc_illegal_instruction )... You can add Enterprise 220R boxes to the list. The 'Illegal instruction' problem occurs unless system is powered down and then booted directly from cdrom without allowing solaris to begin to boot. Thanks for the info. -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - HtH GSt -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: The 'Illegal instruction' problem occurs unless ...
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:25:45PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: For your information Oh yeah... I thanked him and added to the file in CVS which generates: http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/release-notes/ch-installing.en.html#s-sparc_illegal_instruction -- 2. That which causes joy or happiness. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Java for Iceape
Mark Morgan Lloyd wrote: What package should I be using to tack Java onto Iceape in an off-the-shelf Etch for SPARC? Apologies for answering my own question, but just in case it's ever useful to anybody else. sun-java5-jre appears to be broken by an ia32 dependency. I backed out of Kaffe after spotting java-gcj-compat-plugin which appears designed for the job, i.e. no fiddling with manual symlinks. Runs the VNC viewer applet, http://mindprod.com/applets/unicode.html and wassup.html -- Mark Morgan Lloyd markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk [Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
