Re: [Eric Weese <weese@cpu2536.adsl.bellglobal.com>] Bug#43116: Sparc boot floppy doesn't eject
I had this problem booting from resc1440-2.2.1.bin on sun IPC. But it depends on how I call boot coomand from prom, ie if I reset then boot fd() thing works fine. But If I mess up with some prom command ie try to boot from cd rom, hd then stop then bot fd(), rescue floppy won't be ejected.
Chanop
On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 07:55:13PM -0400, Adam Di Carlo wrote:
>
> Can anyone on the Debian SPARC list confirm or deny this bug? If
> confirmed, this seems like a crippling, critical bug in the SPARC
> boot-floppies.
>
>
> Package: boot-floppies
> Version: 2.1.8.1-1999-03-01
>
> When attempting to boot off of resc1440-2.2.1.bin, the kernel prompts
> for a root disk, but does not eject the current floppy. This results
> in
>
> floppy0: io-port xxxxx in use
>
> and then the kernel panics because it cannot mount the root filesystem.
>
> Ejecting the floppy from boot monitor does not fix the problem.
>
> I replaced the default kernel with one that I cross-compiled from
> 2.2.10 sources, and everything worked fine. This seems to indicate
> that the problem is with the kernel.
>
> Was the ROOT_DEV specified correctly in the top level Makefile?
>
> The machine in question is an Axil 320 with 64MB RAM, and ROM 2.19
>
>
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