Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, 29 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:04:10PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > > > Hi Ben, > > > > I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my > > system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? > > > > I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At > > the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and > > without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the > > > > Loading initial ramdisk... > > Fast Data Access MMU Miss > > If you are booting my netinst, just hit return. Don't put anything on > the command line. The same thing happens when I just hit return.
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:24:43PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > > > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:04:10PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > > > > > Hi Ben, > > > > > > I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my > > > system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? > > > > > > I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At > > > the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and > > > without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the > > > > > > Loading initial ramdisk... > > > Fast Data Access MMU Miss > > > > If you are booting my netinst, just hit return. Don't put anything on > > the command line. > > The same thing happens when I just hit return. Try seeing if you have the latest OpenBoot firmware. I've heard differing stories about some firmware not working correctly. Also, it's not that hard to setup rarp/tftp on another machine for netbooting. "apt-get install rarpd tftpd". The install docs tell you the specifics on adding an /etc/ethers entry for rarpd and how to name the tftpboot.img. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
Hi Ben, I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the Loading initial ramdisk... Fast Data Access MMU Miss ok response. Keven On Thu, 29 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:17:16PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > > > So, are you saying that there is no way to install a SunBlade100 directly > > from cdrom, or is there something special that I should be doing with the > > tftp image? (I don't have a rarp/bootp/dhcp/tftp server at my disposal.) > > Nope, you should be able to install from CD. I can say that I do all my > installs (including the installs on my sb100) using tftp or the netinst > image at: > > http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2 > > You can still use your original CD with this (when it asks for where to > install the packages from, insert the woody CD and tell it "cdrom"). > > >
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 02:04:10PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > Hi Ben, > > I appreciate your help with this, but I'm still not able to boot my > system. Am I missing a key step anywhere? > > I downloaded the iso image you directed me to, and am booting from it. At > the "boot:" prompt I have tried "/sparc64 initrd=/root.bin" both with and > without the "ide=nodma" appendage. Either way, I'm getting the > > Loading initial ramdisk... > Fast Data Access MMU Miss If you are booting my netinst, just hit return. Don't put anything on the command line. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
So, are you saying that there is no way to install a SunBlade100 directly from cdrom, or is there something special that I should be doing with the tftp image? (I don't have a rarp/bootp/dhcp/tftp server at my disposal.) On Tue, 27 May 2003, Ben Collins wrote: > > /boot/sparc64 > > initrd=/disks/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin > > I sure hope you meant "/dists/..." and not "/disks/...". > > > I understand that tftp is probably prefered or works better, but at this > > point all I have is a cd. > > The tftp image is in > /dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/ > > on the CD. > > Keven Haynes
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 01:17:16PM -0400, Keven Haynes wrote: > > So, are you saying that there is no way to install a SunBlade100 directly > from cdrom, or is there something special that I should be doing with the > tftp image? (I don't have a rarp/bootp/dhcp/tftp server at my disposal.) Nope, you should be able to install from CD. I can say that I do all my installs (including the installs on my sb100) using tftp or the netinst image at: http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/netinst.iso.bz2 You can still use your original CD with this (when it asks for where to install the packages from, insert the woody CD and tell it "cdrom"). -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
Re: cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
> /boot/sparc64 > initrd=/disks/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin I sure hope you meant "/dists/..." and not "/disks/...". > I understand that tftp is probably prefered or works better, but at this > point all I have is a cd. The tftp image is in /dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4u/ on the CD. -- Debian - http://www.debian.org/ Linux 1394 - http://www.linux1394.org/ Subversion - http://subversion.tigris.org/ Deqo - http://www.deqo.com/
cdrom boot/install problems with Woody on SunBlade100
Hello, I'm a Sun hardware newbie making attempt at insalling Woody on a SunBlade 100. At the SILO prompt, I have attempted the following: /boot/sparc64 This gives me a kernel panic "Kernel panic: I have no root and I want to scream" /boot/sparc64 initrd=/disks/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin This one yields "Loading initial ramdisk..." "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" "ok" /boot/sparc64 \ initrd=/disks/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin \ ide=nodma (I read somewhere that I should try that one.) It does the same thing as the one before: "Loading initial ramdisk..." "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" "ok" I understand that tftp is probably prefered or works better, but at this point all I have is a cd. Anyone out there know the magic bullet? Thanks in advance, Keven
