[SOLVED] Re: boot installation doesn't boot
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 10:26:55PM -0400, Kevin Coyner wrote......
> On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 10:18:39AM +1000, William Law wrote......
> > On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Kevin Coyner wrote:
> >
> > > > Boot device: /obio/SUNW,fdtwo File and args:
> > > > Can't read disk label.
> > > > Can't open Sun disk label package
> > > > Can't open boot device
> > > >
> > > > ... and am left at the ok boot prompt.
> > >
> > > A little more info after having tried something else ....
> > >
> > > I put the Debian rescue floppy in and typed 'boot' at the ok prompt.
> > > The rescue disk brought me to the Debian prompt. So at the boot: prompt
> > > I typed
> > >
> > > boot: linux root=/dev/sda1
> > >
> > > and it loaded from the HD! This allowed me to complete the install
> > > process and get the system working! So that's the good news.
> > >
> > > But now, when I reboot the system, I'm still getting the Can't read disk
> > > label, etc error messages, so I'd still like to resolve this.
> >
> > Try changing the boot device in the Openprom to point to the HD, not to
> > the floppy.
> > prob should go away
> >
>
> I made the change to the prom (setenv boot-device disk) and now it tries
> reading from the HD. Unfortunately, no it gives an error message
> "Illegal instruction". I'm only guessing at this point, but I think
> it's looking for SILO.conf and either not finding it or getting bad
> instructions from it. Does this sound plausible?
SOLVED !!! It wasn't silo.conf at all. Like I mention above, I changed
the prom to point to the HD by executing
setenv boot-device disk
at the prom OK prompt. This, however, still produced the "Illegal
Inststruction" error message every time I rebooted. In my pouring
through the results of a lot of Goggling, I did find one small comment
that suggested trying the following
setenv boot-device disk1:1
and to my surprise, this worked! I guess the reference to disk, and not
disk1:1, was just too general.
Happily enjoying Debian now on my ancient Sun!
Kevin
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