Bug#138542: Sparc boot-floppies: TFTP boot failure
Package: boot-floppies
Version: 3.0.20-2002-03-07
Problem installing Woody on Sparc Ultra 2 clone via RARP/TFTP
(tftpboot.img). Image downloads fine, then dies immediately with
"Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss". Exact transcript follows:
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SPARCengine(tm)Ultra(tm) AXi (UltraSPARC-IIi 333MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.10.8 SME, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #12894524.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:c4:c1:3c, Host ID: 80c4c13c.
Executing last command: boot net mem=512M
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/network@1,1 File and args: mem=512M
2b3000 TILO
Selecting sun4u kernel...
Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
ok
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[I tried without a 'mem=' setting first, then with 512M and 64M, same
problem.]
I found a thread from May 2001 in the debian-sparc archive about a
problem very like this:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2001/debian-sparc-200105/msg00086.html
The thread didn't seem conclusive about whether the problem was
actually fixed.
I can do limited testing as this is a production machine, currently
running RedHat 6.2 (which I want to migrate to Debian since RH has
dropped Sparc support). I can take it down at night and do boot tests
for short periods of time.
-Doug
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