Re: debian install on 5/170 turbosparc problems
yes, i saw those comments re dodgy support, but other docs say that it
is supported.....
is it possible its just a prom setting or similar that is causing the
problem ??
or is it that fact that is a fujitsu box ??
rossco
On Fri, 2004-05-07 at 05:15, Eric Brower wrote:
> In short, support for TurboSPARC (SS5/170) in Linux is dodgy at best.
> You can find ample messages to this effect searching the list archives
> and those of the sparclinux@vger list, as well at the FAQ at
> www.ultralinux.org.
>
> Good luck!
> E
>
> Ross Camm wrote:
> > these are the boot up messages....just to confirm we are talking about
> > the same sparc....excuse any error, copied by hand.
> >
> > we also get a fujitsu logo in the near the top left corner.
> >
> > 512kb secondary cache present
> > ioclk setting = cpuclk/2
> > sbusclk setting = cpuclk/8
> > running in turbosparc native mode
> >
> > sparcstation 5 keyboard present
> > rom rev 2.15, 128mb memory installed
> > ehternet address blah blah blah
> >
> > putting patch to put cpu in usii mode
> > snoop and ic-snoop turned on
> >
> >
> > does this match anything that someone has managed to get running ??
> >
> > rossco
> >
> >
> > On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 11:42, Ross Camm wrote:
> >
> >>i have tried the tftpboot image you mention.
> >>
> >>i get this message when i boot via cdrom, which results in the same
> >>error message as the tftpboot.img above ( at work at the moment and dont
> >>have a rarp kernel to set rarp up from )
> >>
> >>boot:
> >>Uncompressing image...
> >>Loading initial ramdisk....
> >>PROMLIB: obio_ranges 1
> >>
> >>Watchdog Reset.
> >>
> >>the ram dimm modules are in u300 to u303, and have tried swapping
> >>modules around and only using 1 dimm module.
> >>
> >>have tried mem=128m.
> >>
> >>got m e stumped.
> >>
> >>rossco
> >>
> >>On Thu, 2004-05-06 at 11:26, David A. Riggs wrote:
> >>
> >>>Ross Camm wrote:
> >>>
> >>>>i have been attempting a debian install via tftp and cdrom on a
> >>>>sparcstation 5/170 turbosparc with 128 meg ram without luck for a few
> >>>>weeks....
> >>>>
> >>>>as soon as the ramdisk is loaded hardware resets.
> >>>>
> >>>>i can boot openbsd and solaris fine.
> >>>>
> >>>>does anyone have this model runnign debian and if so what
> >>>>cdrom/tftpboot.img did you use and any special tricks ??
> >>>>
> >>>>or is it a lost cause ?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>I installed Debian woody on my SPARCStation 5/170 and then upgraded
> >>>it to sarge with no problems. I did the typical rarp/tftp/net install
> >>>using the following tftpboot image:
> >>>
> >>>http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-sparc/current/sun4cdm/tftpboot.img
> >>>
> >>>It's been several months now, so the details escape me, but I don't
> >>>recall having to jump through any special hoops for the SS5. In fact,
> >>>I had an easier time installing Debian on it than an SS20.
> >>>
> >>>Can you provide more detailed information on what's going wrong?
> >>>
> >>>- David A. Riggs <riggs at csee dot wvu dot edu>
> >>
> >>--
> >>Ross Camm, Technical Support, Asia Pacific
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