Bob Ababurko wrote: > hello- > > I am trying to load 3.5 sparc64 on an Ultra2. After booting from the CD > I get an error message that says( i think) it cannot find the cd-drive
No...that's not what it says. > or file on the CD. yes, that IS what it says. > That makes little sense since I see it start to boot > the CD. Is this a bad burn? I know the disc works....used it many > times. Degraded? > > Any ideas on the error? yep. Error is pretty clear, I think... > > ok boot cdrom > Boot device: /sbus/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],8800000/[EMAIL PROTECTED],0:f File > and args: > kernel/sparcv9/un > ix "'kernel/sparcv9/unix'. That's a funny way to spell 'bsd'!" (hint: /bsd is the standard name and location for the OpenBSD kernel.) > OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 1.1 > ..>> OpenBSD 3.5 (obj) #0: Mon Mar 29 12:00:16 MST 2004 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/stand/ofwboot/obj > open /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],8800000/[EMAIL > PROTECTED],0:f/kernel/sparcv9/unix: No such > file or > directory You know, if you look for a file kernel/sparcv9/unix, I'll bet you find it isn't on the CDROM you are using. Might have something to do with it, I bet. :) Your Sun's firmware is trying to pull the wrong file off the CD. Set the firmware options properly, it will probably take off and run fine. See INSTALL.sparc64 for more details... Nick.
