[Aurora-sparc-devel] Re: E220R boot problem (won't boot)

[Dean Anderson]

Ok, I fixed the original problem by upgrading the boot prom.  Now I get
completely through the (network) installation, and then, bam: Basically,
same problem, again: Illegal Instruction just as the kernel should be
getting control.

Only other difference is I switched the installation to netboot, which
doesn't use silo/tilo, anymore.  My hunch is its a silo problem that is
messing up OBP, which then dies when the kernel tries to use it...But
its just a hunch.  [if someone can point me to a cluefile on sparc
kernel debugging, I'll see what I can dig out]

Is anyone else having this problem?  

What alternatives are there for bootloaders on sparc?

I'm going to try installing aurora 1.0, just to see how that goes. 

All suggestions are welcome.

Thanks,

		--Dean

{0} ok reset-all
Resetting ... 

Sun Enterprise 220R (2 X UltraSPARC-II 450MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.29, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #12587411.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:c0:11:93, Host ID: 80c01193.



Boot device: disk  File and args:                                     
SILO Version 1.4.11
\
Welcome to Aurora SPARC Linux!
Hit <TAB> for boot options

boot: 
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Loaded kernel version 2.6.13
Loading initial ramdisk (1353255 bytes at 0xBFC02000 phys, 0x40C00000 
virt)...
Illegal Instruction
{0} ok 

On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Dean Anderson wrote:

> Oops. Might help if I said that this is stock aurora 2.0 iso's burned at
> 4x.  (also tried 2.0beta--didn't work either, though I think that
> panic'd because it couldn't find/mount the ramdisk)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> 		--Dean
> 
> On Mon, 22 Jan 2007, Dean Anderson wrote:
> 
> > I'm trying to boot an e220r, (motherboard interchangeable with U60--just
> > different cabinet), and I get Illegal Instruction right after the initrd
> > is loaded.  FAQ says U60 is supported.  Anyone know what up?
> > 
> > [1-Main] [2-General] [3-Expert] [4-Rescue] [5-Kickstart] [6-Kernel]
> > boot: text    
> > Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
> > Loaded kernel version 2.6.13
> > Loading initial ramdisk (2522576 bytes at 0xBFC02000 phys, 0x40C00000 
> > virt)...
> > Illegal Instruction
> > 
> > I tried appending nosmp, and some other combinations, but same result.
> > 
> > FYI:
> > 
> > Sun Enterprise 220R (2 X UltraSPARC-II 450MHz), No Keyboard
> > OpenBoot 3.23, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #12587411.
> > Ethernet address 8:0:20:c0:11:93, Host ID: 80c01193.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > 		--Dean
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 

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