silo doesn't boot on ultra5
Package: silo
Version: 0.8.5-2.1
>>>>> "dunham" == Steve Dunham <dunham@cse.msu.edu> writes:
dunham> Adam Di Carlo <adam@onshore.com> writes:
>> Yet, I personally do have a problem which is confusing.
>> Install solaris on my ultra5: /dev/hda1 == sunos-root (on cyl. 0)
>> /dev/hda2 == swap (shared) /dev/hda3 == whole disk /dev/hda4 ==
>> linux root ...
>> This all boots fine, into solaris. I can still manage to boot into
>> linux via TFTP. Then run silo; after which I can boot into silo
>> but the solaris options don't work (even specifying the full
>> OpenPROM path, and every possible combination). It always returns
>> the error 'Can't find executable kernel/unix', IIRC.
dunham> IIRC, there is a bug in silo. It looks in:
dunham> /platform/SUNW,Ultra-5_10/
dunham> which is empty, rather than in /platform/sun4u.
dunham> I thought that Jakub had fixed this, but apparently, he
dunham> didn't. Making SUNW,Ultra-5_10 into a symlink should fix it.
dunham> Then add:
dunham> image=1/kernel/unix label=solaris solaris
dunham> to silo.conf. (Silo gets the architecture string from the
dunham> OpenPROM.)
Yup! That fixed it. This is a bug against silo.
dunham> You might also try installing silo on the linux partition:
dunham> boot=/dev/hda4
dunham> and using "boot disk:d" to boot Linux (I think this will
dunham> work.)
Naw, that didn't work.
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