[rescue] OT: IRIX 6.5 installation on a Indigo2 R10k Impact

[Barry Fujii]

OK. Hooked up serial cable to the machine and saw whats really happening.

Aaargh


BTW, the combo of cables for the serial port is:

Sun 8 pin din to db25 male cable. Null modem 25pin male to 25 female. Serial
cable, female to 9 pin female.  9600 8N1

Barry


                         Installing System Software...

                       Press <Esc> to return to the menu.



1) Remote Directory  2)[Local CD-ROM]
      *a) Local SCSI CD-ROM drive 6 on controller 1

Enter 1-2 to select source type, a to select the source, <esc> to quit,
or <enter> to start:


Insert the installation CD-ROM, then press <enter>:

It appears that a miniroot install failed.  Either the system is
misconfigured or a previous installation failed.
If you think the miniroot is still valid, you may continue booting
using the current miniroot image.  If you are unsure about the
current state of the miniroot, you can reload a new miniroot image.
You may abort the installation and return to the menu, or you can
fix (reset to normal) the miniroot install state
See the 'Software Installation Guide' chapter on Troubleshooting for
more information

Enter 'c' to continue booting the old miniroot with no state fixup.
Enter 'f' to fix miniroot install state, and try again
Enter 'r' to reload the miniroot.
Enter 'a' to abort (cancel) the installation.
Enter your selection and press ENTER (c, f, r, or a) r
Copying installation program to disk.
......... 10% ......... 20% ......... 30% ......... 40% ......... 50%
......... 60% ......... 70% ......... 80% ......... 90% ......... 100%

Copy complete
PANIC: IRIX Killed due to Bus Error
        at PC:0xa80000002029c5a8 ep:0xa800000020327a58
[Press reset to restart the machine.]