Subject: Re: problems installing NetBSD on a Sun Blade 100
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Jukka Salmi <j+nbsd@2006.salmi.ch>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 12/26/2006 20:49:07
Just in case this helps: when booting an OpenBSD 4.0 install CD on
that SunBlade USB seems to work:

ok boot cdrom
[...]
ohci0 at pci0 dev 12 function 3 "Sun USB" rev 0x01: ivec 0x7e4 version 1.0, legacy support
usb0 at ohci0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0 at usb0
uhub0: Sun OHCI root hub, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 4 ports with 4 removable, self powered
[...]

...but then the kernel panics before I can verify if the keyboard
really works...

I also tried the latest FreeBSD release (6.1): both USB and IDE disk
controller seem to work fine, at least I was able to create file systems
using the system installer from the boot CD.

But I want NetBSD! ;-)

Am I hitting a known problem? Is anybody successfully running NetBSD
on a Blade 100?


Regards, Jukka

Jukka Salmi --> port-sparc64 (2006-12-26 18:42:50 +0100):
> Hi,
> 
> I'm trying to install NetBSD/sparc64 on a Sun Blade 100. Booting both
> the [1]latest release (3.1) and -current (4.99.6) fails:
> 
> ok boot cdrom
> [...]
> uhub0: device problem, disabling port 3
> aceride0:0:1: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> cd0 ata atapibus0 drive 1: <[...]> cdrom removable
> uhub0: device problem, disabling port 4
> wd0 ata atabus0 drive 0aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>          type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> : <IC35L060AVV207-0>
> wd0: drive supports 16-sector PIO transfers, LBA48 addressing
> wd0: 58644 MB, 119150 cyl, 16 head, 63 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 120103200 sectors
> aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 512 tc_skip: 0
> aceride0:0:0: lost interrupt
>         type: ata tc_bcount: 0 tc_skip: 0
> [...]
> FATAL: boot device not found, check your firmware settings!
> [...]
> 
> After this, at the terminal type selection prompt I can't input
> anything... The system uses a USB keyboard.
> 
> Help is appreciated!
> 
> 
> TIA, Jukka
> 
> [1] ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/iso/3.1/sparc64cd-3.1.iso
> 
> -- 
> bashian roulette:
> $ ((RANDOM%6)) || rm -rf ~

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