<div dir="auto">Wondering if you need a “boot -vr” since it’s not rebuilding the device tree?<br clear="all"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">-Jon<br>+44 7792 149029</div></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 5 Apr 2024 at 22:15, Todd Vernon via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)"><div><div dir="ltr">
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.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I’ve done it with drag-switch true and false. I’ve watched the serial port for any other messages as well.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">-t</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><br><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:medium;margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px;font-weight:bold"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><div style="margin-top:0px"><font style="font-size:14px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Todd Vernon</font></div><div style="font-weight:normal;margin-top:0px"><font style="font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Entrepreneur | Investor</font></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">Email: <a href="mailto:todd@toddvernon.com" target="_blank">todd@toddvernon.com</a></div><div style="font-weight:400;font-size:13px;margin-top:0px;color:rgb(80,0,80)">LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddvernon/" target="_blank">toddvernon</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br>
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<br>Hello,<br><br>Back in the chain of replies, i think someone asked if you'd "booted the<br>machine with the diag-switch" but i didn't see a reply.<br><br>That's explained a bit on page number 37 "Controlling Power-on Self-test"<br>of this:<br><br><a href="https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19457-01/801-7042/801-7042.pdf" target="_blank">https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19457-01/801-7042/801-7042.pdf</a><br><br>(Which counting from the start of the PDF is the 57th page.)<br><br>"boot -v" might also reveal some more details around where it's hanging?<br><br>best, johan<br><br><br>Todd Vernon via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote type="cite"> The CD that im using were burned at home. Same for the NetBSD CD that works<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> fine. The Iso files im using on Zulu have been used many times on my other<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Sun Workstations (all 32bit). Just to check I redownloaded another iso.Â<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Same thing. It’s 100% repeatable and always at exactly the same point be it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> 2.7 or 7. Very strange.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> -t<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Todd Vernon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Entrepreneur | Investor<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Email: <a href="mailto:todd@toddvernon.com" target="_blank">todd@toddvernon.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> LinkedIn: toddvernon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> On Apr 4, 2024 at 11:11:24 AM, William Barnett-Lewis via rescue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Are you using a Sun or home burned CD? I have had odd failures like<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> this with a bad burn of an ISO.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> On Thu, Apr 4, 2024, 10:01 Todd Vernon via rescue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Agree that NetBSD is ignoring something that Solaris is<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> not. I feel like the last message in the boot before it<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> hangs is a clue,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> "using default device instance data†<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Im not exactly sure what that means so I reset the IDProm<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> and reprogrammed it using 80 as the machine type but no<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> luck. Im not even completely sure that “default device<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> instance data†is what is stored in there but some google<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> searches seem to be tied to that. Â<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> NetBSD boot seems completely normal with no warnings or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> messages I would not expect. Â<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> I’ve moved all the sims around and removed different sets<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> and like clockwork it always hangs at the same place so im<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> pretty sure its not a memory issue.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Im down to just the CDROM drive or just the Zulu to take<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> everything else off the SCSI bus. It’s a head<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> scratcher.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Thanks for the reply!<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> -t<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Todd Vernon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Entrepreneur | Investor<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Email: <a href="mailto:todd@toddvernon.com" target="_blank">todd@toddvernon.com</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> LinkedIn: toddvernon<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> On Apr 3, 2024 at 11:03:25 PM, vom513 via rescue<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Apologies for asking the likely obvious - have<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> you booted this machine with diag-switch and let<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> it run through the tests ?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Since you have tried real CDs as well as ZuluSCSI<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> virtual, it sounds like perhaps something that<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Solaris is “touching†that NetBSD is not ?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Have you actually tried to follow all the way<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> through and install/run NetBSD ?<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> I guess a hail mary would be to start removing<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> hardware and components one by one and try a<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Solaris boot after each step.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Sorry for the obvious things, just wanted to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> reply with what I would try. Â<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> Please do let us know if you make progress or<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> figure out the root cause.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> _______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/" target="_blank">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> listinfo/<a href="http://rescue_sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> _______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/" target="_blank">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> <a href="http://rescue_sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> _______________________________________________<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> rescue list - <a href="http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org" target="_blank">http://sunhelp.org/mailman/listinfo/rescue_sunhelp.org</a><br></blockquote>
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