Re: Begin: Mounting root file system ... /init: line 221: arithmetic syntax error

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>]

On 9/5/25 13:11, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
>
> > On Sep 5, 2025, at 6:40 PM, Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > Well, this is interesting :
> >
> >
> > [   23.462584] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection.
> > [   23.636642] Run /init as init process
> > Loading, please wait...
> > /scripts/init-top/udev: line 14: can't create /sys/kernel/uevent_helper: Permission denied
> > Begin: Loading essential drivers ... [   24.311877] SCSI subsystem initialized
> > [   24.842426] pata_ali 0000:00:0d.0: enabling device (0004 -> 0005)
> > [   25.012970] scsi host0: pata_ali
> > [   25.105325] scsi host1: pata_ali
> > [   25.193444] ata1: PATA max UDMA/66 cmd 0x1fe02010200 ctl 0x1fe02010218 bmdma 0x1fe02010220 irq 12 lpm-pol 0
> > [   25.321678] ata2: PATA max UDMA/66 cmd 0x1fe02010210 ctl 0x1fe02010208 bmdma 0x1fe02010228 irq 12 lpm-pol 0
> > [   25.759898] ata1.00: ATA-5: ST340016A, 3.10, max UDMA/100
> > [   25.830961] ata1.00: 78165360 sectors, multi 0: LBA
> > [   26.050457] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST340016A 3.10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> > [   26.935164] ata2.00: ATA-6: ST340014A, 8.01, max UDMA/100
> > [   27.006267] ata2.00: 78165360 sectors, multi 0: LBA48
> > [   27.607854] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST340014A 8.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
> > modprobe: module tulip.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module auth_rpcgss.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module dmfe.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module flash.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module lockd.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module loop.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module nfs.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module nfs_acl.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module nfsd.ko not found in modules.dep
> > [   29.496486] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 78165360 512-byte logical blocks: (40.0 GB/37.3 GiB)
> > [   29.597089] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 78165360 512-byte logical blocks: (40.0 GB/37.3 GiB)
> > [   29.771089] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
> > [   29.834362] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
> > [   29.897614] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> > [   30.016830] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
> > [   30.136138] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 512 bytes
> > [   30.217751] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Preferred minimum I/O size 512 bytes
> > [   30.340686]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
> > [   30.391482] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
> > [   33.940513]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4
> > [   33.991486] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
> > modprobe: module sg.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module sunrpc.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: [   34.183107] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200
> > [   34.288481] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.12.3-sparc64-smp #1  Debian 6.12.3-1+sparc64
> > [   34.410847] Call Trace:
> > [   34.442944] [<0000000000ef8e70>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18
> > [   34.508199] [<0000000000eeb430>] panic+0xf4/0x398
> > [   34.570023] [<0000000000474574>] do_exit+0xab4/0xac0
> > [   34.635274] [<0000000000474744>] do_group_exit+0x24/0xa0
> > [   34.705101] [<00000000004747dc>] sys_exit_group+0x1c/0x40
> > [   34.776069] [<0000000000406214>] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x60
> > [   34.855064] Press Stop-A (L1-A) from sun keyboard or send break
> > [   34.855064] twice on console to return to the boot prom
> > [   35.001455] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200 ]---
> > module usbcore.ko not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module platform:f0069d48 not found in modules.dep
> > modprobe: module platform:root not found in modules.dep
> > done.
> > Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
> > Begin: Mounting root file system ... /init: line 221: arithmetic syntax error
> > ~
> > Type  'go' to resume
> > ok power-off
> >
> > lom>
> > LOM event: +0h32m20s host power off
> > lom>
>
> I would suggest to create sparc64 sid chroot with the debootstrap command I suggested in my previous mails.
>
> Just make sure to install qemu-user before running it with »--arch=sparc64« on your x86_64 machine.

I have no idea how to do these things. I am guessing the qemu-user stuff
 is for some cross compile procedure ?


> Then tar that directory up, transfer it to the SPARC and unpack it into the root directory of the second hard drive
>
> Then point the root partition in silo.conf to the newly generated sid sparc64 partition.

That sounds cool ... if I can get there.

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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken