Re: New test kernel - second attempt

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola@libero.it>]

Hi,

Robin Cremer wrote:
> Are you sure it hangs? Or maybe console is going to a different output? Do these systems have a framebuffer installed? Linux might favor output there. What cmdline are you using for the kernels in grub?

good hint... I tried using Video & Keyboard. Had to dust them off! and 
discovered a detail: both Ultra 1 and Ultra 2 are actually Creators and 
the Creator boards are inside. For both, my LCD Monitor says "out of 
range" while it can catch on the older SparcStations.
I tried to put a classic GX board, which is usually a "saver" in these 
situations, but the panel has two tabs that interfere with mounting. I 
wonder if there is some compatibilty issue, those boards for sure come 
from old SparcStations I have and which I removed to make them run 
cooler when headless.


Last option,I tried - at least on the U2 to boot with serial only and no 
Framebuffer installed.
Much better! GRUB comes up! (so, possibly the issue was the same with 
the CD, should be retried)

With any kernel I try I get this:

  Booting `Debian GNU/Linux'

Invalid sbus slot number 31
Invalid sbus slot number 31
error: canonicalise devname failed.
Recalibrate failed.  The floppy drive is either missing,
improperly connected, or defective.
error: unable to open /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fdtwo@f,1400000.
Invalid SCSI target number fffe0ad0
error: unable to open /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd.



I have no clue what the floppy drive "status" is and when I used it last 
time... it doesn't disturb NetBSD and Solaris though.

The message about SCSI though could be the fatal one.

net                      /sbus/SUNW,hme@e,8c00000
disk                     /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0
cdrom                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f
tape                     /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/st@4,0
tape1                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/st@5,0
tape0                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/st@4,0
disk6                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@6,0
disk5                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@5,0
disk4                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@4,0
disk3                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@3,0
disk2                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@2,0
disk1                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@1,0
disk0                    /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000/sd@0,0
scsi                     /sbus/SUNW,fas@e,8800000
floppy                   /sbus/SUNW,fdtwo

these is my devalias. What SCSI target would fffe0ad0 be?

Riccardo