[rescue] Ultra 1 boot from install CD fails

[Todd Vernon]

 Thanks for the reply.  Yeah, the boot -v the only reason I know the last
thing that prints out is "using default device instance data”.  If you
don’t use the -v you don’t see that message.

I’ve done it with drag-switch true and false. I’ve watched the serial port
for any other messages as well.

-t


Todd Vernon
Entrepreneur | Investor
Email: todd at toddvernon.com
LinkedIn: toddvernon <https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvernon/>


On Apr 5, 2024 at 2:59:02 PM, Johan van Zanten <johanvz978 at giantfoo.org>
wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> Back in the chain of replies, i think someone asked if you'd "booted the
> machine with the diag-switch" but i didn't see a reply.
>
> That's explained a bit on page number 37 "Controlling Power-on Self-test"
> of this:
>
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19457-01/801-7042/801-7042.pdf
>
> (Which counting from the start of the PDF is the 57th page.)
>
> "boot -v" might also reveal some more details around where it's hanging?
>
> best, johan
>
>
> Todd Vernon via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
> The CD that im using were burned at home.  Same for the NetBSD CD that
> works
>
> fine.  The Iso files im using on Zulu have been used many times on my
> other
>
> Sun Workstations (all 32bit).  Just to check I redownloaded another iso.Â
>
> Same thing.  It’s 100% repeatable and always at exactly the same point
> be it
>
> 2.7 or 7.  Very strange.
>
>
> -t
>
>
>
> Todd Vernon
>
> Entrepreneur | Investor
>
> Email:Â todd at toddvernon.com
>
> LinkedIn:Â toddvernon
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2024 at 11:11:24 AM, William Barnett-Lewis via rescue
>
> <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
>      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 dataâ€
>
>
>           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. Â
>
>
>           NetBSD boot seems completely normal with no warnings or
>
>           messages I would not expect. Â
>
>
>           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
>
>
>
>
>
>           Todd Vernon
>
>           Entrepreneur | Investor
>
>           Email:Â todd at toddvernon.com
>
>           LinkedIn:Â toddvernon
>
>
>
>           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. Â
>
>
>                Please do let us know if you make progress or
>
>                figure out the root cause.
>
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