From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "A. Eijkhoudt" Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 13:07:53 +0000 Subject: Re: Desperate after upgrading OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 Message-Id: <42D11DA9.70804@dhcp.net> List-Id: References: <42D04BC9.9060105@dhcp.net> In-Reply-To: <42D04BC9.9060105@dhcp.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org Perhaps this rings a bell for someone: I just noticed something odd that might be the actual cause of the problem. I used to be able to netboot the SUN as well, just slam the image into /tftpboot on the TFTP server and done. However, now I get 'Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss' no matter what image I try to boot (most notably, the flash PROM updates from SUN). Perhaps there is something set incorrectly in the OpenBoot I should look at? Arnim. Ben Collins wrote: > Sorry. Didn't read far enough. > > Only things that come to my mind is that it is not booting the sectory > from /dev/hda (maybe some incorrect partition). Or you installed the > incorrect flash upgrade for your machine. > > Are you sure that 3.31 is the latest? I seem to remember there being a > newer version than that for your type of Ultra. You can always try > downgrading your prom back to the older version. > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 02:54:10AM +0200, A. Eijkhoudt wrote: > >>Hello, >> >>Right now: >> >>gateway boot # cat silo.conf >>partition=1 >>root=/dev/hda2 >>timeout >>device=/dev/hda >>image=/boot/2.6.12 >> label=linux >>image=/boot/2.6.12-old >> label=old >> >>So, the same as listed below in my original posting. >> >>TIA, >> >>Arnim. >> >>Ben Collins wrote: >> >>>What's your silo.conf look like? >>> >>>On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 02:25:35AM +0200, A. Eijkhoudt wrote: >>> >>> >>>>Hi Ben, >>>> >>>>Thanks for responding. I have, but to no avail. I've tried running SILO >>>>with multiple exotic combinations such as -f and -u to force it to >>>>rewrite the bootblock for my Ultra. What I don't understand is how the >>>>boot sector could get corrupted in the first place. I've also tried >>>>putting the first partition back at 'Start = 0' now; no deal. >>>> >>>>Kind regards, >>>> >>>>Arnim >>>> >>>>Ben Collins wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>>After booting from CD, rerun the silo command. Sounds like your boot >>>>>sector got corrupted, or you moved second.b on your filesystem without >>>>>rerunning silo. >>>>> >>>>>On Sun, Jul 10, 2005 at 12:12:25AM +0200, A. Eijkhoudt wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>>Hello all, >>>>>> >>>>>>I've upgraded my OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 and now my SUN won't boot >>>>>>anymore. Whatever I try at the 'ok' prompt has no effect, it keeps >>>>>>saying 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable'. I've >>>>>>tried pretty much all versions of 'boot disk#:#' by now. The system in >>>>>>question is a SUN Ultra10, 300MHz, 320MB RAM, 40GB HD Maxtor 6E040L. >>>>>> >>>>>>Partition layout: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, >>>>>>63 sectors, 16383 cylinders >>>>>>Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes >>>>>> >>>>>> Device Flag Start End >>>>>>Blocks Id System >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 101 >>>>>>50400 83 Linux native >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 101 79144 >>>>>>39837672 83 Linux native >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 79656 >>>>>>40146624 5 Whole disk >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 u 79147 79655 >>>>>>256032 82 Linux swap >>>>>> >>>>>>Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 (Sun disk label): 16 heads, >>>>>>63 sectors, 16383 cylinders >>>>>>Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes >>>>>> >>>>>> Device Flag Start End >>>>>>Blocks Id System >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p1 1 101 >>>>>>50400 83 Linux native >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p2 101 79144 >>>>>>39837672 83 Linux native >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p3 0 79656 >>>>>>40146624 5 Whole disk >>>>>>/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p4 u 79147 79655 >>>>>>256032 82 Linux swap >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>As you can see, I can boot fine from CD... >>>>>> >>>>>>My SILO configuration: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>partition=1 >>>>>>root=/dev/hda2 >>>>>>timeout >>>>>>device=/dev/hda >>>>>>image=/boot/2.6.12 >>>>>> label=linux >>>>>>image=/boot/2.6.12-old >>>>>> label=old >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>This is all correct: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>livecd ~ # ls /boot/ >>>>>>2.6.12 System.map System.map-2.6.12-old fd.b >>>>>>generic.b isofs.b old.b silo.conf ultra.b >>>>>>2.6.12-old System.map-2.6.12 boot first.b ieee32.b >>>>>>lost+found second.b silotftp.b >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>Running SILO yields no errors... Can someone please help? There has to >>>>>>be a simple way of fixing this, and I really don't believe I'm the only >>>>>>one who has ever had this problem either. I've already spent 5(!) hours >>>>>>reading every single search result I could find on Google and on the >>>>>>Gentoo forums about this... My SUN is pretty much dead in the water >>>>>>right now, as I don't feel like booting from a LiveCD just to get it >>>>>>beyond the OpenBoot POST. >>>>>> >>>>>>Kind regards, >>>>>> >>>>>>Arnim Eijkhoudt >>>>>>- >>>>>>To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in >>>>>>the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >>>>>>More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >>>>> >>>>> > -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous HTML content by Valethosting. Dit bericht is gecontroleerd op virussen en gevaarlijke HTML door Valethosting's MailScanner.