That is definetly the Bootloader. I would like to know some more. Can the same server boot FreeBSD? We use the same bootloader as FreeBSD. If it cannot we could check with the FreeBSD people and tsoome why this happens. If FreeBSD can boot, then something with our loader port is wrong or with the bootloader on the ISO/Image.
Does Archlinux boot in BIOS mode? That would be Grub. Just to check that the Firmware does not use any Proprietary early boot interfaces which no Open Source OS can use at all. Thanks for the feedback Greetings Till On 06.11.19 20:47, Tim Mooney wrote: > In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 20190511 gui/text boot fails on...: > >> In regard to: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] 20190511 gui/text boot fails >> on...: >> >>> I’m no expert on iso boot images but it seems odd that minimal works and >>> text and gui don’t. >> >> Agreed. If I can find some time, I may do some testing with our R720s >> or R730s, to see if I have the same experience. > > I found some time and some hardware, and have at least one interesting > datapoint. > > I downloaded the OI-hipster-text-20190511.iso, and verified its sha256 > checksum. > > I tried booting that on a Dell R730 via the Virtual CD through iDRAC, > which failed. > > I then burned the ISO to a physical DVD and tried booting the same R730, > which still failed. > > However, using the same ISO, I was able to boot an HP EliteDesk > workstation without any issues. > > I then tried the ISO on a different Dell system (an R710, with older > firmware) and experienced the same boot failure. > > All the Dell systems I've tried show that they're set to use BIOS, > not UEFI. > > The boot errors are the same on all the Dell systems I've tried. > Either after pressing Enter at the configuration menu or letting > the boot countdown run down, I see: > > Loading unix... > error reading: input/output errorcan't load file > '/platform/i86pc/amd64/unix': input/output error > Loading i86pc/kernel/amd64... > can't find 'i86pc/kernel/amd64' > Loading unix... > can't find 'unix' > Loading i86pc/kernel/amd64... > can't find 'i86pc/kernel/amd64' > Loading i86pc/kernel/amd64... > can't find 'i86pc/kernel/amd64' > > Loading /boot/defaults/loader.conf > Loading unix... > Loading unix... > error reading: input/output errorcan't load file > '/platform/i86pc/kernel/adm64/unix': input/output error > > > > and so on, until it eventually drops to an OK prompt. > > Whatever is going on, I'm only seeing it on our Dell servers, but the > problem is the same on each of the platform generations I've tried. > > Since both Jedi and I can reproduce this problem, if someone has some > suggestions for what debugging steps we should try, one of us might be > able to make some progress on this. > > Tim _______________________________________________ openindiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
