Tags moreinfo
Thanks
Hoi Kees,
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 11:44:41AM +0200, Kees Leune wrote:
> Package: install
> Severity: critical
> Justification: breaks the whole system
>
> I am unable to finish the boot sequence of the Net Install CD on a Sun Fire
> V100. The kernel panics when it tries to mount the root filesystem. After the
> kernel panic, the machine needs to be physically rebooted; the LOM interface
> does not respond to a break signal.
>
> Boot log:
>
> Sun Fire V100 (UltraSPARC-IIe 548MHz), No Keyboard
> OpenBoot 4.0, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #53169640.
> Ethernet address 0:3:ba:2b:4d:e8, Host ID: 832b4de8.
>
>
>
> Executing last command: boot cdrom
> Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f
> File and args:
> SILO Version 1.4.9
> \
> boot:
> Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
> Loaded kernel version 2.4.27
> Loading initial ramdisk (3041649 bytes at 0xDF802000 phys, 0x40C00000 virt)...
> -
> Remapping the kernel... Booting Linux...
> PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 4.0.18 2002/05/23 18:22
> Linux version 2.4.27-2-sparc64 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 5
<snip/>
> Kernel command line: root=/dev/rd/0 cdrom ramdisk_size=16384 devfs=mount rw
> TCP: Hash tables configured (established 524288 bind 65536)
> NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
> RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Freeing initrd memory: 2970k freed
> cramfs: wrong magic
> Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
> Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
Seems like there is no initial RAMdisk found,
a thing that I don't expect on Sarge CDROMs.
Does the CDROM work on other Sparc systems?
(It could be BOOTROM issue)
Cheers
Geert Stappers
P.S.
If netbooting gets you to a working Sun fire V100,
then please report it to this BR.
--
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
