[Aurora-sparc-user] Aurora 2.0 new install on Ultra1

[Bruce Ferrell]

mat wrote:
> Bruce Ferrell wrote:
> 
>>I just installed Aurora 2.0 to my Ultra 1 with 256M with only a false 
>>start for badly burned CD.  Burned at 4x and that went away.
>>
>>The system is hanging in the interactive boot initializing swap.  does 
>>it very consistantly.  It's also incredably slow.  Much slower than it 
>>was with Aurora 1.0
>>
>>Any suggestions?
> 
> 
> My ultra1 was rock solid under 2.0 for well over a year - you're not
> using X, are you? X is going to be very slow on a 167mhz cpu no matter
> how you look at it.
> 
> Anything in the logs? Does it always hang? I guess not, if you know that
> it runs slow you must have booted it successfully at least once. Did you
> choose the standard partitioning or manually create something a bit
> non-standard? Personally, I'd disable swap in /etc/fstab and manually
> set it up with swapon once booted to do a bit more poking around. Might
> be worth running the full diagnostics from the OBP as well while you're
> at it.
> 
> Good luck.
> 


Can't tell if there is anything in the logs... it never get's far enough 
for me to look.  No, X isn't running.  Also doesn't get that far.  As 
far as gauging the speed I'm judging by the boot.  I let the install do 
the whole thing.