[rescue] Ultra 1 boot from install CD fails

[Todd Vernon]

 I will try that!  thx

-t

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


On Apr 5, 2024 at 3:18:48 PM, Jonathan Katz via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org>
wrote:

> Wondering if you need a “boot -vr” since it’s not rebuilding the device
> tree?
>
> -Jon
> +44 7792 149029
>
>
> 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
>> 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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