Re: Sparc boot problem

2016-11-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
(Re-added debian-sparc@l.d.o to CC) On 11/04/2016 08:57 PM, Adrian Blake wrote: > I used the NETINST version burnt to a CD. > There was a warning when I set up the partitions to use ext3 as there > problems booting from ext4. > I did not see an option to select the partition type. IF I did > the

Re: Sparc boot problem

2016-11-04 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 11/04/2016 10:44 AM, Adrian Blake wrote: > I have installed linux on my T5120 but cannot boot it. I did add in the line > to /etc/silo.conf . > This is the error: Which version of Linux did you install and which installation media did you use? Note, the current Debian version for SPARC is th

Sparc boot problem

2016-11-04 Thread Adrian Blake
Hi, I have installed linux on my T5120 but cannot boot it. I did add in the line to /etc/silo.conf . This is the error: Boot device: disk:a File and args: SILO Version 1.4.14 Cannot find /etc/silo.conf (error: 4294967295) Couldn't load /etc/silo.conf No config file loaded, you can boot just fr

Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-04 Thread charles duncan
Still having a problem This was a working Sun Microsystems Ultra 5 (ultrasparc driven). The net install was sucessful (twice).  I did not select non-free software BTW. Turning on the system I get   boot: so I hit enter and away it goes, switching screen mode and showing the penguin. soon af

Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-04 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Howard Eisenberger wrote: On 2009-05-03, Jon Pruente wrote: Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've been having problems with X & GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be beating m

Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread Howard Eisenberger
On 2009-05-03, Jon Pruente wrote: > Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've > been having problems with X & GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, > IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be > beating me to it. On my Ultra

Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread Jon Pruente
Is the monitor connected to the VGA port built into the motherboard? I've been having problems with X & GDM on an Ultra 10, which uses the same mobo, IIRC. I was planning on trying it with the on board video, but you may be beating me to it. Jon. On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:14 PM, charles duncan

Re: Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread charles duncan
Thank you so much for responding. I am able to ping it. This system worked before I installed Debian, so I know all the hardware is good. I tried both LCD and CRT monitors to see if that I don't know if this helps, but the last three lines     Starting GNOME Display Manager: gdm     Starting S

Re: Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-03 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
charles duncan wrote: Just finished doing a net install of Debian on an Ultra 5. When finished, I booted the system for the first time. I could see the boot precess on the screen but I am no good at speed reading. The last line looked like it says, "Starting network Services (this ", and then

Debian First Boot Problem on Ultra5

2009-05-02 Thread charles duncan
Just finished doing a net install of Debian on an Ultra 5. When finished, I booted the system for the first time. I could see the boot precess on the screen but I am no good at speed reading. The last line looked like it says, "Starting network Services (this ", and then the screen goes black

sun boot problem

2008-05-18 Thread Dirk Van Hertem
hello, At boot, my debian sparc box (ultra 2 creator, 2*200 MHz) stops at the message "SProgram terminated error" at the ok prompt. Using a rescue disk and running silo again did not work. Any suggestions? I have kernel 2.6.25-2-sparc64-smp on sid if that would make a difference. It used to w

Re: Debian etch - Boot problem

2007-07-11 Thread Allan Senna Porto
David, Thanks. The solution that you send me work fine. I made the cdrom with K3b with 8x speed record. Állan On 7/10/07, Allan Senna Porto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks David, I will try this now. Állan On 7/10/07, David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 10 July 2007 21:21, A

Re: Debian etch - Boot problem

2007-07-10 Thread Allan Senna Porto
Thanks David, I will try this now. Állan On 7/10/07, David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tuesday 10 July 2007 21:21, Allan Senna Porto wrote: > I tried to boot debian etch netinstall cd but I received the error bellow. > Somebody here know about that? > Looks like your download or burn

Re: Debian etch - Boot problem

2007-07-10 Thread David Johnson
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 21:21, Allan Senna Porto wrote: > I tried to boot debian etch netinstall cd but I received the error bellow. > Somebody here know about that? > Looks like your download or burn was corrupted. Check the md5sum on the CD image and re-download if necessary. If the image is OK

Debian etch - Boot problem

2007-07-10 Thread Allan Senna Porto
I tried to boot debian etch netinstall cd but I received the error bellow. Somebody here know about that? Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch! This is a Debian installation CDROM, built on 20070407-11:37. Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it to repa

Re: Boot problem on SunBlade 1000

2007-02-08 Thread amadesani
On Thu, Feb 08, 2007 at 05:35:12PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > I installed a debian distribution on my SunBlade 1000 by net (with > file .img). > When I boot system by disk, I have the following error: > --

Boot problem on SunBlade 1000

2007-02-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I installed a debian distribution on my SunBlade 1000 by net (with file .img). When I boot system by disk, I have the following error: Boot service:..(information on boot disk, it's a s

Odd boot problem - SunBlade 100

2006-09-04 Thread IC Astrophysics IT Manager
Hi, I've finally managed to get the current etch beta installed on my SunBlade 100 (using ide=nodma on the install boot line). However, now it seems erratically unwilling to boot. It will stop at one of the following lines (there doesn't seem to be any particular pattern to this): Input:

Ultra 10 Etch boot problem

2006-07-28 Thread Chris Andrew
Following on from my last post regarding the Etch install failing at "Booting Linux", I have now replaced the HDD and also the CDROM.  This didn't change the situation.  I secretly suspected it wouldn't, as other distros will install ok.  Can anybody suggest how I can troubleshoot my install?I

Re: Ultra 10 Etch boot problem

2006-07-24 Thread Chris Andrew
Any ideas why we have differing success?  I have just ordered a new HDD, as the current one is ancient.  I have a small hope that this will help.Can I do anything to troubleshoot my problem?Thanks,Chris. On 24/07/06, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Monday 24 July 2006 14:32, Chris Andrew wr

Re: Ultra 10 Etch boot problem

2006-07-24 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 24 July 2006 14:32, Chris Andrew wrote: > I am having problems booting anything with a 2.6 kernel, on my Ultra > 10. This includes Ubuntu. I have sucessfully booted Sarge, Gentoo, > Aurora and other 2.4 based distros. Strange, my U10 works and has worked perfectly with kernels since 2.6

Ultra 10 Etch boot problem

2006-07-24 Thread Chris Andrew
Hi, all.I am having problems booting anything with a 2.6 kernel, on my Ultra 10.  This includes Ubuntu.  I have sucessfully booted Sarge, Gentoo, Aurora and other 2.4 based distros.I have read that the Ultra 10 has a bugger of an IDE controller, and that passing the boot option "ide=nodma"  should

Re: debian boot problem on sun ultra 60

2005-10-04 Thread Guy Thomas
I still find it strange, but powering off the machine really helps. The rest of the installation is going fine now. Thank you Emmanuel Kasper wrote: On my ultra 10 a complete power off solves this. Manu Guy Thomas a écrit : I installed sarge on a sun ultra 60 (450Mhz) using tftpboot (the s

Re: debian boot problem on sun ultra 60

2005-10-04 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_qualify.html Is this up to date ? Frans Pop a écrit : On Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:05, Guy Thomas wrote: However, when the machine was rebooted after the installation, I got the following error when I used the 2.6 boot image: "Fast Instruction Access MM

Re: debian boot problem on sun ultra 60

2005-10-04 Thread Emmanuel Kasper
On my ultra 10 a complete power off solves this. Manu Guy Thomas a écrit : I installed sarge on a sun ultra 60 (450Mhz) using tftpboot (the sun having no cd drive). First I used a 2.4 boot image, next a 2.6 boot image. Both installations went fine. However, when the machine was rebooted af

Re: debian boot problem on sun ultra 60

2005-10-04 Thread Frans Pop
On Tuesday 04 October 2005 09:05, Guy Thomas wrote: > However, when the machine was rebooted after the installation, I got > the following error when I used the 2.6 boot image: > "Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss" > > When I used the 2.4 image, I got a similar error: > "Fast Data Access MMU Miss".

debian boot problem on sun ultra 60

2005-10-04 Thread Guy Thomas
I installed sarge on a sun ultra 60 (450Mhz) using tftpboot (the sun having no cd drive). First I used a 2.4 boot image, next a 2.6 boot image. Both installations went fine. However, when the machine was rebooted after the installation, I got the following error when I used the 2.6 boot image:

RE: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-20 Thread Richard Mortimer
bit more complex. One place of interest might be http://www.sun.com/servers/alom.html Richard > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 20 July 2005 14:27 > To: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: blade 1000 boot problem

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-20 Thread seb
On Wed, Jul 20, 2005 at 03:00:27PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Jon Biddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > Not exactly sure of the origin, but I used to use it in a Compaq server > > farm > > and it is a great idea, especially for remote / adsl connections. > > > > After all, workig

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Jon Biddell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:34, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: >> Quoting Dave Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> > Yes, when the v210 was frozen, I had to reset it via the lights-out >> > management system. >> >> The 'lights-out management system'? Is that a Solaris thin

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-20 Thread Jon Biddell
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005 20:34, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Dave Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Yes, when the v210 was frozen, I had to reset it via the lights-out > > management system. > > The 'lights-out management system'? Is that a Solaris thing? It's a Compaq-originated thing - an interface

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Dave Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, when the v210 was frozen, I had to reset it via the lights-out > management system. The 'lights-out management system'? Is that a Solaris thing? -- FBI KGB counter-intelligence NORAD Rule Psix nuclear Panama Ft. Meade cryptographic cracking Legion of

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-20 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Dave Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Yes, when the v210 was frozen, I had to reset it via the lights-out > management system. The 'lights-out management system'? Is that a Solaris thingie? -- NSA ammunition Ortega Legion of Doom Saddam Hussein Kennedy Waco, Texas explosion plutonium cryptogr

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Love
Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Eh? Not sure what you mean here... Please elaborate (so I'm warned :). What you say below, except that I've seen something similar interrupting an attempted boot of Solaris too, and the v210 does reboot happily multiple times. > What I DO know abou

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Dave Love <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> This only happened ONCE for me. I thought I was going to get a heart >> attach! :) > > For what it's worth, another way to get into the catatonic state is > with stop-A during reboot -- not exactly sure at

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-19 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> You will find that running a 2.6 kernel is _a lot_ of hassle! There's >> something >> with the machine/kernel that makes everything work very irradic. I know, my >> primary server is a SB1k and I've had a lot of strange kernel hangs, krashes >> etc.. Kernel 2.4

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Dave Love
Turbo Fredriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This only happened ONCE for me. I thought I was going to get a heart > attach! :) For what it's worth, another way to get into the catatonic state is with stop-A during reboot -- not exactly sure at what stage. I've seen it on a blade 100 and, I th

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No dice - I had thought the same thing and after letting it sit off for > about 10 mins powered it on. > > On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Dave Love wrote: > >> Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > The system comes back up, gets to 'Remapping the kernel... done.' and jus

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Tib
On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Tib wrote: > So I'm trying to install woody right now from the main debian site instead > of sarge, so far so good (and thankfully avoiding the pitfall of keyboard > problems). If the 2.6 kernel is faster, I'd certainly like to try it but I > think I may wait until I can build

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Tib
> You will find that running a 2.6 kernel is _a lot_ of hassle! There's > something > with the machine/kernel that makes everything work very irradic. I know, my > primary server is a SB1k and I've had a lot of strange kernel hangs, krashes > etc.. Kernel 2.4 actually worked better, although a lot

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Tib
No dice - I had thought the same thing and after letting it sit off for about 10 mins powered it on. On Mon, 11 Jul 2005, Dave Love wrote: > Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The system comes back up, gets to 'Remapping the kernel... done.' and just > > stops. No 'silo mmu fast map' or whate

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Turbo Fredriksson
Quoting Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I've recently been given a blade 1000 and have been trying to get debian > installed on it. It didn't like the cd's I made so I'm having to do a > tftpboot process, which isn't all that bad. > > If I try to use the boot.img from: > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/di

Re: blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-11 Thread Dave Love
Tib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The system comes back up, gets to 'Remapping the kernel... done.' and just > stops. No 'silo mmu fast map' or whatever the error is - just stops dead > in the water. Stop-a won't even respond. I even let it sit for a nice long > while in case it was just chugging

blade 1000 boot problem

2005-07-10 Thread Tib
I've recently been given a blade 1000 and have been trying to get debian installed on it. It didn't like the cd's I made so I'm having to do a tftpboot process, which isn't all that bad. If I try to use the boot.img from: http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-sparc/current//imag

Re: Ultra 30 Sarge boot problem

2004-12-21 Thread foo_bar_baz_boo-deb
Hello. Try fixing the boot-device variable in Open PROM, also google around a bit for some information. I had this problems and it's really easy to fix. I think you just have to change the device alias to point at the 'e' partition of your hard disk. Alternatively, you can edit /etc/silo.conf and

Ultra 30 Sarge boot problem

2004-12-21 Thread Chris Andrew
Hi, As mentioned before, I'm having problems booting Sarge. Jurij Smakov asked me to check devalias in openprom. I did this and found the following: disk and disk0 both point to /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0 linux points to /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0e (note

Re: Sarge boot problem w/ 2.6 kernel

2004-10-01 Thread Geert Stappers
On Fri, Oct 01, 2004 at 03:34:16PM -0500, Matthew Allen wrote: > Hi- > I'm trying to get the 2.6 kernel running on sparc linux for some research > I am doing. I had been running woody for a while with no problems on a > SunFire machine. My plan was to upgrade to sarge, and then to the 2.6 > kerne

Sarge boot problem w/ 2.6 kernel

2004-10-01 Thread Matthew Allen
Hi- I'm trying to get the 2.6 kernel running on sparc linux for some research I am doing. I had been running woody for a while with no problems on a SunFire machine. My plan was to upgrade to sarge, and then to the 2.6 kernel. When I upgraded to sarge I had the "Fast Data Access MMU Miss" proble

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-27 Thread Everard Brown
provides plenty more detail on this ! > > hope this helps > > Andy > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Everard Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:06 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Ins

Ultra 1E CD Boot Problem

2004-04-26 Thread Gary Parker
Morning all, I've run into a rather serious issue with the old Ultra 1E I have on my desk and could really do with some help. Part of the work I'm doing at the moment is looking into replicating our institution's current software based firewall solution running on i386 architecture to othe

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-26 Thread Andrew Egan (Home)
- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Everard Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem > Hi > > > Just have to figure out how to boot from disk by default i.e. turn "boot > > net"

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-26 Thread alex
Hi > Just have to figure out how to boot from disk by default i.e. turn "boot > net", > as a default, off. > you can do that in openboot (STOP-A), type help to get a list of commands. from there you can change the defaults using set best regards, Alex Bartok

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
On Monday 26 Apr 2004 1:37 am, you wrote: > On Sunday 25 April 2004 18:39, Everard Brown wrote: > > That sounds a very likely cause of my problem, but when I try to > > create the Sun disk label ('s' option in fdisk) that is always the > > default. > > > > Can anyone suggest how I might acheive a p

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Patrick Finnegan
On Sunday 25 April 2004 18:39, Everard Brown wrote: > That sounds a very likely cause of my problem, but when I try to > create the Sun disk label ('s' option in fdisk) that is always the > default. > > Can anyone suggest how I might acheive a partitioning scheme which > would be acceptable to the

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
Hi Pat, Thanks for the quick reply ;-) On Monday 26 Apr 2004 12:05 am, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > On Sunday 25 April 2004 16:37, Everard Brown wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't > > boot from the hard disk. > > > > System: SPARCstation 20 >

Re: [newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Patrick Finnegan
On Sunday 25 April 2004 16:37, Everard Brown wrote: > Hi All, > > I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't > boot from the hard disk. > > System: SPARCstation 20 > 32Mb RAM > No floopy or CDROM drive > > Issues that make me suspicious include: > > o I used t

[newbie] Install/Boot problem

2004-04-25 Thread Everard Brown
Hi All, I have installed woody via 'net boot'. All went well, but I can't boot from the hard disk. System: SPARCstation 20 32Mb RAM No floopy or CDROM drive Issues that make me suspicious include: o I used the 's' parameter in fdisk to partition this disk. This gave me: sda1

Re: SS20 boot problem

2004-04-15 Thread Eric Brower
Also, my device path to the hard drive seems to be incorrect. -Original Message- From: andrew burd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SS20 boot problem actually when the OBP boot: prompt comes up just hit enter when you try "boot disk" you have to provide the device and

RE: SS20 boot problem

2004-04-14 Thread kurt
to be incorrect. -Original Message- From: andrew burd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SS20 boot problem actually when the OBP boot: prompt comes up just hit enter when you try "boot disk" you have to provide the device and the boot image (iirc) I have an SS10, SS20, a

SS20 boot problem

2004-04-14 Thread kurt
I have an SS20 that doesn’t seem to boot now. Im sure the install went fine, im actually concerned that my boot parameters in OBP are not right. It currently is set to boot net, but I want to boot to the disk. Typing 'boot disk' gives me this: Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],e000/[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Ultra5 boot problem

2003-10-23 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 10:58:25PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello all, I am new to the list. I know this list is specific to Debian on > the Sparc platform, but i am curious if there are any uber sparc guru's that > would mind helping me with a frustrating boot problem w

Ultra5 boot problem

2003-10-22 Thread kurt
Hello all, I am new to the list. I know this list is specific to Debian on the Sparc platform, but i am curious if there are any uber sparc guru's that would mind helping me with a frustrating boot problem which is almost certainly hardware related. Of course this would be off list. I

sun Sparcstation 5 boot problem

2003-10-08 Thread Jim Smalley
Hi, I am trying to install debian on my sparc station 5. I have replaced the hard drive with a 50gb Seagate baracudda. I am trying to do it with 4 partitions, a small sun boot, a very large Linux, a whole disk partition, and a small swap partition. Silo will not boot. It worked for a wh

CDrom boot problem with a sparcstation10

2003-06-16 Thread Emmanuel Lesouef
Hello, I am new to the sparc architecture, so maybe my question is a newbie question. I am currently trying to install Debian Woody on my SparcStation10 (with two processors). I downloaded the isos (a while ago, it is not a 3.0r1) and entered boot prompt (boot prom ?) : <#0> ok boot cdrom Note

Re: Boot problem

2002-10-16 Thread Antonio Luiz Pacifico
Thank you Michael, but I´ve tested this before and I got the same problem! I really don´t know what happens! Antonio. On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 15:58, Michael J. Saletnik wrote: > On October 16, 2002 at 15:15, Antonio Luiz Pacifico wrote: > > kmod: failed top exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8,

Re: Boot problem

2002-10-16 Thread Michael J. Saletnik
On October 16, 2002 at 15:15, Antonio Luiz Pacifico wrote: > kmod: failed top exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno = 2 > VFS: Cannot open root device "sda1" or 08:01 Your root device is on a scsi drive, but you're compiling scsi support as a module: > CONFIG_SCSI=m Therefore, your k

Re: Boot problem

2002-10-16 Thread Tom 'spot' Callaway
On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 13:15, Antonio Luiz Pacifico wrote: > Helo for all! > > I'm trying to compile a kernel (2.4.19) to work on my SparcStation 4. I > guess I tried to compiled it more than 5 times. Until now I haven´t got > any success. Always, at the boot processes I receive the following > mes

Boot problem

2002-10-16 Thread Antonio Luiz Pacifico
Helo for all! I'm trying to compile a kernel (2.4.19) to work on my SparcStation 4. I guess I tried to compiled it more than 5 times. Until now I haven´t got any success. Always, at the boot processes I receive the following message: kmod: failed top exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k block-major-8, errno

Re: The usual boot problem (SS20)

2002-07-22 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 05:52:56PM -0700, Tim Moss typed: >setenv boot-device disk1 I have done this and it worked. Thank you. Roger -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The usual boot problem (SS20)

2002-07-21 Thread Tim Moss
Apparently, on Sun, Jul 21, 2002 at 08:55:28AM +0100, Roger Burton West wrote: > I have an SS20. I have installed Debian/Woody on it. This all works, > except for the boot stage: I get an "Illegal Instruction". I found > http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2002/debian-sparc-200203/msg00125.html >

The usual boot problem (SS20)

2002-07-21 Thread Roger Burton West
I have an SS20. I have installed Debian/Woody on it. This all works, except for the boot stage: I get an "Illegal Instruction". I found http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2002/debian-sparc-200203/msg00125.html and therefore know that I can enter "boot disk1" to make it work (and it does). Howeve

Re: SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-25 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 07:34:31AM -0500, Corey Kovacs wrote: > Well I figured out what the problem with the switch I have was, bad cable. Now > I can get to the outside world (and other machines on the switch itself) so I > should > be able to proceed normally. > > With the setup noted in the pre

Re: SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-25 Thread Ben Collins
On Thu, Oct 25, 2001 at 07:07:03AM -0500, Corey Kovacs wrote: > Ben, thanx for the offer of help. > > In my /etc/ethers I have this... > XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX machine.depauw.edu > > where the X's are the hardware address of the ethernet card in the SPARC. > and machine.depauw.edu is the name associat

Re: SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-25 Thread Corey Kovacs
Well I figured out what the problem with the switch I have was, bad cable. Now I can get to the outside world (and other machines on the switch itself) so I should be able to proceed normally. With the setup noted in the previous message I give the openboot command ok boot net ip.of.the.server an

Re: SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-25 Thread Moritz Bunkus
Hi. > The way I understand it is the machine gets it's name from the rarp request > then uses dns to do a lookup and get it's ip address, is that right? My Ultra1 sends out a RARP request with its MAC address and gets its IP address by the RARP server. Than it does a tftp request with its IP addr

Re: SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-25 Thread Corey Kovacs
Ben, thanx for the offer of help. In my /etc/ethers I have this... XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX machine.depauw.edu where the X's are the hardware address of the ethernet card in the SPARC. and machine.depauw.edu is the name associated with the ip I want to give it in dns. The way I understand it is the mach

Re: SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-24 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Oct 24, 2001 at 04:19:26PM -0500, Corey Kovacs wrote: > Hello, I recently had 8 SAPRCstation LX's dumped in my lap that I'd like > to put > debian on and I am having a bit of trouble. The easiest way is tftp (which you can then use the CD for, so that isn't a complete waste). It sounds lik

SPARCstation LX boot problem

2001-10-24 Thread Corey Kovacs
Hello, I recently had 8 SAPRCstation LX's dumped in my lap that I'd like to put debian on and I am having a bit of trouble. First off I tried to boot from the cd I burned of debian for sparc 2.2r3 from linuxiso-org. when I enter "boot cdrom" from the openboot "ok" prompt, I get a flash of light fr

Re: Boot problem on a Sparc 2

2001-03-27 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 09:44:46AM -0500, John Turnbull wrote: > Hi: I have managed to install Debian 2.2r2 potato on a Sparc 2 that I > plan to use as an ntp timeserver. However, during the install, the step > for making a boot floppy failed and the system will now not boot > directly. > > >From

Boot problem on a Sparc 2

2001-03-27 Thread John Turnbull
Hi: I have managed to install Debian 2.2r2 potato on a Sparc 2 that I plan to use as an ntp timeserver. However, during the install, the step for making a boot floppy failed and the system will now not boot directly. >From a cold start I get: Boot device: /sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED], 80/[EMAIL

Re: Install Boot Problem

2001-03-01 Thread Karl Hammar
Consulting --- From: "William F. Gannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Install Boot Problem Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2001 17:25:34 -0500 (EST) > you should choose I not s > as it is IDE on an Ultra 5 > > On T

Re: Install Boot Problem

2001-03-01 Thread William F. Gannon
you should choose I not s as it is IDE on an Ultra 5 On Thu, 1 Mar 2001, Chris Samaritoni wrote: > Hello, > > I'm trying to install Debian 2.2rev2 on an Ultra 5 workstation. I already > have Redhat 6.2 working on it, but wanted to try Debian. When booting from > the cdrom after I choose "s", i

Install Boot Problem

2001-03-01 Thread Chris Samaritoni
Hello, I'm trying to install Debian 2.2rev2 on an Ultra 5 workstation. I already have Redhat 6.2 working on it, but wanted to try Debian. When booting from the cdrom after I choose "s", it starts to boot up, but then runs into the following error: request_module[block-major-11]: Root fs not

Net Boot problem

2000-02-11 Thread Ruprecht Jaeschke
Hello! I am not sure if this is a problem produced by me... I am trying to TFTPBoot an Ultra1 Maschine. I did the same with a couple of Sparc's before. My Problem is that when I start TCPDump on another Ultra in the same subnet and do a "boot net" on the to installing maschine I get nothing. I mea

Re: 2.2.1 boot problem - missing scsi disk

1999-05-12 Thread Harry Edmon
More details - it does the same thing in version 2.2.5. It does not affect the problem to remove the target 4 disk, or to change the SCSI id of the target 3 disk. Thus it seems to be connected physically to a particular disk. Both disks are the same model of Seagate disk (this is from the 2.0.35

Re[2]: 2.2.1 boot problem - missing scsi disk

1999-05-11 Thread Harry Edmon
There is no message from target 3 at all - just the standard message from target 4. It is as if it never sees target 3. -- Dr. Harry Edmon E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (206) 543-0547 FAX:(206) 543-0308 Dept of Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington, Box 3

Re: 2.2.1 boot problem - missing scsi disk

1999-05-11 Thread Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS
> I have a system with a Cycle 5 board (Sparc 5 clone) that has two SCSI disks - > targets 3 & 4 with slink installed on both disks. When I boot kernel 2.0.35, > all works fine. But when I install the 2.2.1 kernel on my main disk (target > 3) > and then boot, the boot goes fine until where it is

2.2.1 boot problem - missing scsi disk

1999-05-11 Thread Harry Edmon
I have a system with a Cycle 5 board (Sparc 5 clone) that has two SCSI disks - targets 3 & 4 with slink installed on both disks. When I boot kernel 2.0.35, all works fine. But when I install the 2.2.1 kernel on my main disk (target 3) and then boot, the boot goes fine until where it is scanning t

Re: Bug#35338: Debian slink for sparc boot problem -- ideas

1999-04-15 Thread Eric Delaunay
r 1999 22:36:26 +1000 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Michael Sim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Debian slink for sparc boot problem > > I have a SS2 with a couple of internal hard disks, i went to boot the rescue > disk as specified in the howto's so i could install it,

Bug#35338: Debian slink for sparc boot problem -- ideas

1999-04-14 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Anyone have a clue for this person trying to install with a SS2 ? Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 22:36:26 +1000 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Michael Sim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Debian slink for sparc boot problem I have a SS2 with a couple of internal hard disks, i went to boot the rescue d

Boot problem with Ultra-5

1999-02-04 Thread Roger Foxcroft
I have had terrific problems installing Linux on an Ultra-5 because I can't get the boot disk to do anything. I have used bootdisks from RedHat, Debian and UltraPenguin, but I always get bad magic cookie in disk label. Most bizarre. All I am doing is "boot floppy". It goes away and has a go at it,

Re: Boot problem on IPC with color fb

1998-09-12 Thread Martin Stjernholm
"Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an IPC with a color fb card, and the kernel on the rescue disk > > won't boot with it; right after the kernel is unpacked the screen gets > > blue and nothing more happens, not even L1-A works. The kernel in the > > tftpboot image doesn'

Re: Boot problem on IPC with color fb

1998-09-12 Thread Stephen J. Carpenter
On Sat, Sep 12, 1998 at 02:08:16AM +0200, Martin Stjernholm wrote: > I've run across a problem when trying to install Debian with the > 1998-05-25 boot images: > > I have an IPC with a color fb card, and the kernel on the rescue disk > won't boot with it; right after the kernel is unpacked the scr

Boot problem on IPC with color fb

1998-09-12 Thread Martin Stjernholm
I've run across a problem when trying to install Debian with the 1998-05-25 boot images: I have an IPC with a color fb card, and the kernel on the rescue disk won't boot with it; right after the kernel is unpacked the screen gets blue and nothing more happens, not even L1-A works. The kernel in th