[rescue] Ultra 1 boot from install CD fails

[Jonathan Katz]

Wondering if you need a “boot -vr” since it’s not rebuilding the device
tree?

-Jon
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On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 at 22:15, Todd Vernon via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> 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
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>
> 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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