Re: Please test new SILO - problems with CDROM booting may be fixed
No luck here, tring it on a sunfire v480 tried normal, expert , rescue.. all of them showed Illegal Instruction errror.
This is the transcript of the serial console:
{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>boot cdrom
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus....... Done
>>Initializing CPUs......... Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addr a0ffb30000 -
Initializing 12MB of memory at addr a0ff002000 -
Initializing 16MB of memory at addr a0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addr a000000000 \|/-\|/-
>>Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
>>Boot device: /pci@8,700000/ide@6/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
>>SILO Version 1.4.12
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
This is a Debian installation CD-ROM, built on 20060618.
Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it
to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary.
WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly
erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from
the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by applicable law.
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
[ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot: [ENTER]
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.6.16
Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xA0FF802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...[22;80H
Illegal Instruction
{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>reset-all
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus....... Done
>>Initializing CPUs......... Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addr a0ffb30000 -
Initializing 12MB of memory at addr a0ff002000 -
Initializing 16MB of memory at addr a0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addr a000000000 \|/-\|/-
>>Boot device: disk File and args:
SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_117350-16 64-bit
>>Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
Cannot open '/etc/path_to_inst'
>>Program terminated
>>{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>boot cdrom
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus....... Done
>>Initializing CPUs......... Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addr a0ffb30000 -
Initializing 12MB of memory at addr a0ff002000 -
Initializing 16MB of memory at addr a0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addr a000000000 \|/-\|/-
>>Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
>>Boot device: /pci@8,700000/ide@6/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
>>SILO Version 1.4.12
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
This is a Debian installation CD-ROM, built on 20060618.
Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it
to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary.
WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly
erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from
the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by applicable law.
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
[ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot: expert
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.6.16
Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xA0FF802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...[22;80H
Illegal Instruction
{2} ok
>>WARNING: Power Supply 1 not receiving AC power.
>>{2} ok boot cdrom
>>Resetting ...
>>Software Reset
>>Enabling system bus....... Done
>>Initializing CPUs......... Done
>>Initializing boot memory.. Done
>>Initializing OpenBoot
>>.Probing system devices
>>Probing I/O buses
>>Sun Fire 480R, No Keyboard
>>Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>>OpenBoot 4.15.4, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #53279932.
>>Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2c:fc:bc, Host ID: 832cfcbc.
>>Initializing 1MB of memory at addr a0ffb30000 -
Initializing 12MB of memory at addr a0ff002000 -
Initializing 16MB of memory at addr a0fe002000 -
Initializing 4064MB of memory at addr a000000000 \|/-\|/-
>>Rebooting with command: boot cdrom
>>Boot device: /pci@8,700000/ide@6/cdrom@0,0:f File and args:
>>SILO Version 1.4.12
>> Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch!
This is a Debian installation CD-ROM, built on 20060618.
Keep it once you have installed your system, as you can boot from it
to repair the system on your hard disk if that ever becomes necessary.
WARNING: You should completely back up all of your hard disks before
proceeding. The installation procedure can completely and irreversibly
erase them! If you haven't made backups yet, remove the rescue CD from
the drive and press L1-A to get back to the OpenBoot prompt.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted
by applicable law.
[ ENTER - Boot install ] [ Type "expert" - Boot into expert mode ]
[ Type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
boot: rescue
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.6.16
Loading initial ramdisk (3037283 bytes at 0xA0FF802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...[22;80H
llegal Instruction
{2} ok
>>
> Jurij Smakov wrote:
> > Hi,
> > David Miller has just posted a silo fix, addressing the long-standing
> > problem of it being unable to boot the system from CDROM on a variety
> > of hardware. So if you've got a machine which dies with 'Fast Data
> > Access MMU Miss', or 'FP Disabled', or 'Illegal instruction' while
> > trying to boot
> > from CDROM, please try the iso image at
> > http://www.wooyd.org/debian/silo/sparc-mini.iso
> > It features the patched-up silo, and might work for you. Please report
> > your experiences to the list.
> > Thanks,
> > Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
> > Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC
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