Re: Updating Openboot PROM
On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 02:51:42PM +0100, Giulio Sichel wrote: Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss so the flash update isn't started. What does it mean? How can I avoid this error? I've seen that when trying to boot off a partition/drive that doesn't have a bootloader install. Maybe the image isn't bootable. I do recall there being bootable firmware installers, but i've only run them under solaris. -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: An (flamebait ?) idea to preserve debian on sparc32...
On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 10:23:05AM +0200, Romain Dolbeau wrote: So my idea is: why not go over to a kernel and libc that actually support all of the above ? Namely, the NetBSD kernel... It'd be easier just to install netbsd. It doesn't have all the features of linux, but it's not bad. It has tons of apps in pkgsrc and you can get binaries, too. -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
netra LOM serial port
I got a rack mount netra off of ebay recently, but i can't seem to get into the firmware console. I have an rj-45 - db-9 adapter and a db9-db9 null modem cable. I'm using 9600 8n1, and i've tried w/ and w/o flow ctrl. I tried sending break and hitting enter and it doesn't respond, even when it's powered up. I've also tried a attaching to the rj45-db9 a cable with and w/o a null modem adapter. Am i missing something? -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Using ReiserFS on raid1 devices (except /boot) advise anyone ??
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 02:01:42PM -0400, Gabor Szilagyi wrote: I gather that SILO can only deal with ext3, so I will keep the /boot partition ext3. But, is it OK/Safe to use reiserFS on the other partitions? make /boot ext2 and you can have a raid1 root. the debian installer has problems setting up persistent superblocks, though. i recommend installing to a sparce drive, then making the arrays, copy everything other, and install silo. i've used reiserfs on sparc for a while. never had any problems. i didn't stress it much, though. i haven't tried raid on sparc, but it should be endian clean (i think i've run it on ppc). -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE
Re: Ultra 5 SSH/Ethernet Lockup
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 06:50:24AM +0100, Francis Devereux wrote: ssh needs a source of randomness to operate (/dev/random), which in turn needs a pool of entropy which is fed from things like the keyboard interrupt. Your lockups could be caused by sshd stalling because the entropy pool is empty - can you try the following: are you sure it uses /dev/random? except for key generation, it should use /dev/urandom. -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0xE6CB97DA
Re: Ultra 5 SSH/Ethernet Lockup
fwiw, i haven't had any lockups, but ssh'ing from my 270mhz ultra5, it takes much longer for the passwd prompt to appear than it does from even an old 166mhz pentium. -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0xE6CB97DA
how do i override bad atyfb values in silo?
i was trying to switch my ultra5 from the default high res (it's hard to read), to a low, by putting append=video=atyfb:xres:800,yres:600 in silo.conf. unfortunetly, this video mode doesn't work. is there any way to override the kernel args? i tried xres:0,yres:0, but that didn't work. -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0xE6CB97DA
where's sparc64-linux-gcc for 2.4.21-pre7?
i tried to build 2.4.21-pre7 on my ultra5 (i just installed debian stable) and it wants to use sparc64-linux-gcc to build it. i searched all packages, but nothing seems to provide it. what version of gcc can i safely use to build it? -- Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] DSA Key ID 0xE6CB97DA
