Re: SILO problems while installing lenny beta2
On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 11:31:31PM -0400, Brian Thompson wrote: > Jurij Smakov wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Have anyone tried to install on a sparc box using lenny beta2 >> installer images? My installation is hanging on "Configuring SILO", >> apparently because it prompts (without using debconf) for a >> confirmation about installing SILO configuration. Can anyone please >> confirm this behaviour? I can't see any relevant changes neither to >> the SILO package's postinst nor installer's silo-installer package, so >> I'm not even sure how it worked previously. >> >> Cheers. >> > Jurij, > > Just out of curiosity, did the disk used to have Solaris on it? > If so, can you try another disk that never had Solaris installed > on it? > > I've been having issues lately with a few boxes that refuse to > recognize disk under Debian that were previously Solaris disks. > I've even tried 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 bs=512 > count=100' to knock out the first few sectors but to no avail. No, this is a different failure. My disks are detected just fine (after I do the manual firmware loading dance), SILO hangs much later, after the base system and kernel is installed and an attempt to configure SILO is made. Cheers. -- Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SILO problems while installing lenny beta2
Jurij Smakov wrote: Hi, Have anyone tried to install on a sparc box using lenny beta2 installer images? My installation is hanging on "Configuring SILO", apparently because it prompts (without using debconf) for a confirmation about installing SILO configuration. Can anyone please confirm this behaviour? I can't see any relevant changes neither to the SILO package's postinst nor installer's silo-installer package, so I'm not even sure how it worked previously. Cheers. Jurij, Just out of curiosity, did the disk used to have Solaris on it? If so, can you try another disk that never had Solaris installed on it? I've been having issues lately with a few boxes that refuse to recognize disk under Debian that were previously Solaris disks. I've even tried 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/dsk/c0t0d0s2 bs=512 count=100' to knock out the first few sectors but to no avail. -Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
SILO problems while installing lenny beta2
Hi, Have anyone tried to install on a sparc box using lenny beta2 installer images? My installation is hanging on "Configuring SILO", apparently because it prompts (without using debconf) for a confirmation about installing SILO configuration. Can anyone please confirm this behaviour? I can't see any relevant changes neither to the SILO package's postinst nor installer's silo-installer package, so I'm not even sure how it worked previously. Cheers. -- Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
No luck here, tring it on a sunfire v480 tried normal, expert , rescue.. all of
them showed Illegal Instruction errror.
This is the transcript of the serial console:
{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>boot cdrom
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus... Done
>>Initializing CPUs. Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addra0ffb3 -
Initializing12MB of memory at addra0ff002000 -
Initializing16MB of memory at addra0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addra0 \|/-\|/-
>>Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
>>Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
>>PROTECTED],0:f File and args:
>>SILO Version 1.4.12
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
This is a Debian installation CD-ROM, built on 20060618.
Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it
to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary.
WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly
erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from
the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by applicable law.
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
[ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot: [ENTER]
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.6.16
Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xA0FF802000 phys, 0x40C0
virt)...[22;80H
Illegal Instruction
{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>reset-all
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus... Done
>>Initializing CPUs. Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addra0ffb3 -
Initializing12MB of memory at addra0ff002000 -
Initializing16MB of memory at addra0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addra0 \|/-\|/-
>>Boot device: disk File and args:
SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_117350-16 64-bit
>>Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cannot open '/etc/path_to_inst'
>>Program terminated
>>{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>boot cdrom
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus... Done
>>Initializing CPUs. Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addra0ffb3 -
Initializing12MB of memory at addra0ff002000 -
Initializing16MB of memory at addra0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addra0 \|/-\|/-
>>Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
>>Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],70/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
>>PROTECTED],0:f File and args:
>>SILO Version 1.4.12
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
This is a Debian installation CD-ROM, built on 20060618.
Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it
to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary.
WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly
erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from
the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by applicable law.
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
[ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot: expert
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.6.16
Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xA0FF802000 phys, 0x40C0
virt)...[22;80H
Illegal Instruction
{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>{2} ok boot cdrom
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enablin
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
Jurij: No luck, I'm afraid. Sun Ultra-10: cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre) fpu : UltraSparc IIi integrated FPU promlib : Version 3 Revision 19 prom: 3.19.4 type: sun4u ncpus probed: 1 ncpus active: 1 D$ parity tl1 : 0 I$ parity tl1 : 0 Cpu0Bogo: 878.59 Cpu0ClkTck : 1a39de00 MMU Type: Spitfire Using this latest image, all I get is: boot: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Uncompressing image... Loaded kernel version 2.6.16 Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xC0 phys, 0x40C0 virt)... | Remapping the kernel... done. Registering the callbacks... done. Booting Linux... The system does not get past this point. I am able to run Gentoo without issue [well, one issue -- keyboard doesn't work at a console login], but I could not get Debian to boot. 2.6.16-gentoo-r9 #1 PREEMPT Sun Jun 4 20:06:12 EDT 2006 sparc64 sun4u GNU/Linux Hope this helps. Cheers, Dave Jurij Smakov wrote: Hi, David Miller has just posted a silo fix, addressing the long-standing problem of it being unable to boot the system from CDROM on a variety of hardware. So if you've got a machine which dies with 'Fast Data Access MMU Miss', or 'FP Disabled', or 'Illegal instruction' while trying to boot from CDROM, please try the iso image at http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo/sparc-mini.iso It features the patched-up silo, and might work for you. Please report your experiences to the list. Thanks, Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
* Jurij Smakov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > David Miller has just posted a silo fix, addressing the long-standing > problem of it being unable to boot the system from CDROM on a variety of > hardware. So if you've got a machine which dies with 'Fast Data Access > MMU Miss', or 'FP Disabled', or 'Illegal instruction' while trying to boot > from CDROM, please try the iso image at > > http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo/sparc-mini.iso > > It features the patched-up silo, and might work for you. Please report > your experiences to the list. Finally! This booted up to "Booting Linux..." for me, making it *much* farther than previous SILO's. No 'MMU Miss' error! This was on my SunFire v880 (which had always previously given an 'MMU Miss' error). I'm guessing it probably did boot the kernel and just ended up finding the video card, so I'll have to pop by the lab sometime and see what's on the screen. :) Thanks! Stephen signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
On Monday 19 June 2006 05:49, Jurij Smakov wrote: > It features the patched-up silo, and might work for you. Please report > your experiences to the list. Tried on my U10, just to check for regressions on systems that already work... The initial boot is fine, but ramdisk_size seems to be set too small to complete the boot and get the installer. pgpWnJb5GJ25d.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
Jurij Smakov wrote: David Miller has just posted a silo fix, addressing the long-standing problem of it being unable to boot the system from CDROM on a variety of hardware. So if you've got a machine which dies with 'Fast Data Access MMU Miss', or 'FP Disabled', or 'Illegal instruction' while trying to boot from CDROM, please try the iso image at http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo/sparc-mini.iso On SunBlade 100: boot: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Uncompressing image... Loaded kernel version 2.6.16 Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xF802000 phys, 0x40C0 virt)... Illegal instruction ok Unfortunately I can't netboot this machine at present - I couldn't get RARP or BOOTP to work, & if I try TFTP, the machine picks up another net-boot image (one available from the wider college network). Regards, Juliet -- + + Ms Juliet Kemp+ + Computer Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] + + Astrophysics Group+ + Imperial College Tel: +44 (0)20759 47538 + + London. SW7 2AZ Fax: +44 (0)20759 47541 + + -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Matthew Pease wrote: Hi Just tried the iso, no luck for me. Here is the last little bit of the startup: [ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ] [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ] boot: expert Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Uncompressing image... Loaded kernel version 2.6.16 Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0x17808000 phys, 0x40C0 virt)... Illegal Instruction ok Hi Matt, Thanks for testing. The fix I've mentioned addresses the problem with silo crashing much earlier in the boot process, so you are hitting something else here. I would recommend to try and netboot the machine, this usually allows to work around silo quirks, since then it's not involved in booting the kernel at all. Best regards, Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
Hi Just tried the iso, no luck for me. Here is the last little bit of the startup: [ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ] [ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ] boot: expert Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x4000 for kernel Uncompressing image... Loaded kernel version 2.6.16 Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0x17808000 phys, 0x40C0 virt)... Illegal Instruction ok Matt On Jun 18, 2006, at 11:49 PM, Jurij Smakov wrote: Hi, David Miller has just posted a silo fix, addressing the long-standing problem of it being unable to boot the system from CDROM on a variety of hardware. So if you've got a machine which dies with 'Fast Data Access MMU Miss', or 'FP Disabled', or 'Illegal instruction' while trying to boot from CDROM, please try the iso image at http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo/sparc-mini.iso It features the patched-up silo, and might work for you. Please report your experiences to the list. Thanks, Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- 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]
Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
Hi, David Miller has just posted a silo fix, addressing the long-standing problem of it being unable to boot the system from CDROM on a variety of hardware. So if you've got a machine which dies with 'Fast Data Access MMU Miss', or 'FP Disabled', or 'Illegal instruction' while trying to boot from CDROM, please try the iso image at http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo/sparc-mini.iso It features the patched-up silo, and might work for you. Please report your experiences to the list. Thanks, Jurij Smakov[EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SILO problems on an E450
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 08:59:00PM -0400, Scott Walker wrote: > Speaking of SILO... Can SILO boot from a Raid 1 root drive like lilo > can? Yes. You need something like append="md=0,/dev/scsi/host1/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1" in your silo.conf. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Warning: dates in calendar are closer than they appear.
Re: SILO problems on an E450
Speaking of SILO... Can SILO boot from a Raid 1 root drive like lilo can? On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 18:28, Ben Collins wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 03:29:21PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: > > [ Please CC me on all replies ] > > > > I'm currently trying to install Debian on a Sun Enterprise 450 with a > > SCSI drive. OpenBSD's bootloader has worked fine in the past, but when > > trying to install silo, it seems that nothing ever gets written onto the > > disk; when booting, OpenBoot can't recognize any valid boot loader on > > the drive. I've tried versions of silo all the way up to 1.3.0, and > > not a single one of them ever prints an error; strace seems to show that > > silo is writing stuff to the disk, but booting is never successful. The > > disk can be written to perfectly fine, and can be mounted from the > > a SPARC netinst CD shell. > > > > Any suggestions? I'm really stumped on this and I've tried everything I > > could think of. > > Are you sure that OBP is attempting to boot from the correct disk? > > -- > Debian - http://www.debian.org/ > Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ > Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ > Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/ >
Re: SILO problems on an E450
Ari, Sorry for the erroneous time stamp on my previous message. Hopefully this machine keeps time better than the previous one. ap> ... Sun Enterprise 450 with a SCSI drive. ap> ... silo ... really stumped ... How many drives are on the machine? ap> Please CC ... Address? Regards, Peter E. http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/
Re: SILO problems on an E450
Ari, ap> ... Sun Enterprise 450 with a SCSI drive. ap> ... silo ... really stumped ... How many drives are on the machine? ap> Please CC ... Address? Regards, Peter E. http://carnot.pathology.ubc.ca/
Re: SILO problems on an E450
Actually, it seems the SCSI controllers & Debian act very weirdly - what OpenBoot thinks is device 1 when there are six drives installed, Debian does not think is sda, but rather something like sde. Very odd, but I fnially figured out which slot is which drive and SILO works now. Ben Collins wrote: > Are you sure that OBP is attempting to boot from the correct disk?
Re: SILO problems on an E450
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 03:29:21PM -0400, Ari Pollak wrote: > [ Please CC me on all replies ] > > I'm currently trying to install Debian on a Sun Enterprise 450 with a > SCSI drive. OpenBSD's bootloader has worked fine in the past, but when > trying to install silo, it seems that nothing ever gets written onto the > disk; when booting, OpenBoot can't recognize any valid boot loader on > the drive. I've tried versions of silo all the way up to 1.3.0, and > not a single one of them ever prints an error; strace seems to show that > silo is writing stuff to the disk, but booting is never successful. The > disk can be written to perfectly fine, and can be mounted from the > a SPARC netinst CD shell. > > Any suggestions? I'm really stumped on this and I've tried everything I > could think of. Are you sure that OBP is attempting to boot from the correct disk? -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
SILO problems on an E450
[ Please CC me on all replies ] I'm currently trying to install Debian on a Sun Enterprise 450 with a SCSI drive. OpenBSD's bootloader has worked fine in the past, but when trying to install silo, it seems that nothing ever gets written onto the disk; when booting, OpenBoot can't recognize any valid boot loader on the drive. I've tried versions of silo all the way up to 1.3.0, and not a single one of them ever prints an error; strace seems to show that silo is writing stuff to the disk, but booting is never successful. The disk can be written to perfectly fine, and can be mounted from the a SPARC netinst CD shell. Any suggestions? I'm really stumped on this and I've tried everything I could think of.
Re: SILO problems
In a message dated 9/22/99 10:36:36 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Installing on a sparcstation two, I'm trying to reboot. >In my /etc/silo.conf: > >partition=1 >root=/dev/sda1 >timeout=100 >image=vmlinuz >label=Linux > >I then run: # /sbin/silo > and it brings me back to a root prompt. > However when I reboot, I don't even get the "S" from SILO, but the > followong error message: > > File and args: > Illegal Instruction > Type help for more information > ok This was a big problem that I had with my SS10 when I first put Debian on it, and it took a few weeks before I figured out the problem. I had to boot from a floppy every time I started the SPARC10. I am by no means a LINUX or SPARC expert, so quickly strike down what might be misinformation from me. I was new to the type of support that a SPARC requires, but had Debian on an Intel based machine previously. The SPARC will require a "Big Partition", or "Whole Disk partition" which I believe is the same thing as what some refer to as the "Sun Disk Label," thought I am not absolutely sure that is accurate. The Whole Disk partition is type 5, if you use the L list command within the partition program. You need a Whole Disk partition on the disk, and then your Linux Native partition and Linux Swap partition inside of this. The S command does this all for you, usually. If you are not getting that "S" option under fdisk, then you that disk might not be bootable. You have no been playing around with the hardware, have you? Setup of partitions on a SPARC is nowhere near the same as it is on an Intel machine, which may be where your previous experiences come from. I am a Novell admin, trying to learn UNIX. Shoot me. In a message dated 9/22/99 11:54:24 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > there is an option in fdisk (option s) > that allows you to do this .. This is a very good idea, but on my resuce disk, this option is not always listed. It is there after I have configured the disks right, but was not listed in the fdisk prompt during dbootstrap the first few times around. Pressing M should gives you the help list of options, but S sometimes goes away if the fdisk program thinks that the disk is not bootable, for what reasons I do not know. The option will still be available, but not listed. This problem had been addressed before on the Debian SPARC eMail list a few months back, but I do not know if anything was ever done about it. In a message dated 9/23/99 10:01:55 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I tried "setenv boot-device /dev/sda1" at the ok prompt, but had no > luck. How do I specify for it to use the first partition on the first > harddrive in a sparcstation10? Type "help boot" at the PROM prompt to get examples of the syntax. Use "printenv" to list out the environment variables. To my understanding, the typical ID that a SPARC uses to boot from disk is SCSI ID 3, though I do not think that this matters so long as the PROM is programmed right. Use "probe-scsi", or "probe-scsi-all" to get the ID listing of your SCSI devices. The IDs will be listed after the word "Target." I hope that this assists you in some way Jesse Molina-Lanners[EMAIL PROTECTED] Phoenix Arizona
Re: SILO problems
hans witvliet wrote: > > I had the same problem: > > I forgot to set the boot device in the eeprom > you can set this when you have the "OK" prompt. I tried "setenv boot-device /dev/sda1" at the ok prompt, but had no luck. How do I specify for it to use the first partition on the first harddrive in a sparcstation10? Thanks in Advance, -- Kris Constable I'm simply a packet, Spectrum CSA - Unix Administrator in the internet of life. Nortel Networks -userfriendly.org
Re: SILO problems
I had the same problem: I forgot to set the boot device in the eeprom you can set this when you have the "OK" prompt. SDHans. Kris Constable wrote: > > Installing on a sparcstation two, I'm trying to reboot. > In my /etc/silo.conf: > > partition=1 > root=/dev/sda1 > timeout=100 > image=vmlinuz > label=Linux > > I then run: # /sbin/silo >and it brings me back to a root prompt. >However when I reboot, I don't even get the "S" from SILO, but the > followong error message: > >File and args: >Illegal Instruction >Type help for more information >ok > > --- > > Any ideas? > > -- > Kris Constable I'm simply a packet, > Spectrum CSA - Unix Administrator in the internet of life. > Nortel Networks -userfriendly.org > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- SDHans Alcatel Telecom Nederland bv mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: SILO problems
> > Jason Fraley wrote: > > > Have you created a Sun disk label on the disk ? > >Umm no? > >Why would I have a sun label? Using the rescue disk I can use the > floppy's kernel to mount the file system. Wouldn't I need Solaris > installed to make a Sun disk label? I guess what I'm wondering is why > I'm not getting a "SILO:" prompt when I power cycle, and why I get no > confirmation on success after manually running /sbin/silo that is setup > properly now. > > Thanks in Advance, > I think the boot ROM has to see a sun disk label in order to boot from said disk ... there is an option in fdisk (option s) that allows you to do this ..
Re: SILO problems
Jason Fraley wrote: > Have you created a Sun disk label on the disk ? Umm no? Why would I have a sun label? Using the rescue disk I can use the floppy's kernel to mount the file system. Wouldn't I need Solaris installed to make a Sun disk label? I guess what I'm wondering is why I'm not getting a "SILO:" prompt when I power cycle, and why I get no confirmation on success after manually running /sbin/silo that is setup properly now. Thanks in Advance, -- Kris Constable I'm simply a packet, Spectrum CSA - Unix Administrator in the internet of life. Nortel Networks -userfriendly.org
Re: SILO problems
Have you created a Sun disk label on the disk ? > > > > Installing on a sparcstation two, I'm trying to reboot. > In my /etc/silo.conf: > > partition=1 > root=/dev/sda1 > timeout=100 > image=vmlinuz > label=Linux > > I then run: # /sbin/silo >and it brings me back to a root prompt. >However when I reboot, I don't even get the "S" from SILO, but the > followong error message: > >File and args: >Illegal Instruction >Type help for more information >ok > > --- > > Any ideas? > > > -- > Kris ConstableI'm simply a packet, > Spectrum CSA - Unix Administrator in the internet of life. > Nortel Networks -userfriendly.org > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
SILO problems
Installing on a sparcstation two, I'm trying to reboot. In my /etc/silo.conf: partition=1 root=/dev/sda1 timeout=100 image=vmlinuz label=Linux I then run: # /sbin/silo and it brings me back to a root prompt. However when I reboot, I don't even get the "S" from SILO, but the followong error message: File and args: Illegal Instruction Type help for more information ok --- Any ideas? -- Kris Constable I'm simply a packet, Spectrum CSA - Unix Administrator in the internet of life. Nortel Networks -userfriendly.org
