[rescue] Ultra 1 boot from install CD fails

[William Barnett-Lewis]

Are you using a Sun or home burned CD? I have had odd failures like this
with a bad burn of an ISO.

On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 10:01 Todd Vernon via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> Agree that NetBSD is ignoring something that Solaris is not.  I feel like
> the last message in the boot before it hangs is a clue,
> "using default device instance data”
>
> Im not exactly sure what that means so I reset the IDProm and reprogrammed
> it using 80 as the machine type but no luck.  Im not even completely sure
> that “default device instance data” is what is stored in there but some
> google searches seem to be tied to that.
>
> NetBSD boot seems completely normal with no warnings or messages I would
> not expect.
>
> I’ve moved all the sims around and removed different sets and like
> clockwork it always hangs at the same place so im pretty sure its not a
> memory issue.
>
> Im down to just the CDROM drive or just the Zulu to take everything else
> off the SCSI bus.  It’s a head scratcher.
>
> Thanks for the reply!
>
> -t
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> Todd Vernon
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>
> On Apr 3, 2024 at 11:03:25 PM, vom513 via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
> wrote:
>
>> Apologies for asking the likely obvious - have you booted this machine
>> with diag-switch and let it run through the tests ?
>>
>> Since you have tried real CDs as well as ZuluSCSI virtual, it sounds like
>> perhaps something that Solaris is “touching” that NetBSD is not ?
>>
>> Have you actually tried to follow all the way through and install/run
>> NetBSD ?
>>
>> I guess a hail mary would be to start removing hardware and components
>> one by one and try a Solaris boot after each step.
>>
>> Sorry for the obvious things, just wanted to reply with what I would try.
>>
>>
>> Please do let us know if you make progress or figure out the root cause.
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