Huy Nguyen wrote:
>why don't you install from the network?
Yes, that's the last boot method I have to try before giving up
completely... I'll give it a try next week once I have a bit more
spare time.
Bryan Irvine wrote:
>Grab OpenBSD/4.5/sparc64/cd45.iso and see if you fair better.
No luck, I get:
Can't read disk label.
Can't open disk label package
Evaluating: boot cdrom
Can't open boot device
just like when I tried using the latest install45.iso.
Someone wrote to me directly:
>I don't see the HW entry for a CD in the above dmsg.... are you sure the
>internal cables are connected?
I don't know why the CD doesn't appear explicitely in the dmesg, I can
only assume that that's the way Solaris works (I'm no Solaris expert,
so maybe someone else will be nice enough to comment on that), but the
CD drive is definitely connected (see below).
>Can you boot from a Solaris CD?
Yes, I can boot from a Solaris 2.6 installation CD I have around, and
I can also mount the same CD (using the same mount command as in my
previous email) after booting Solaris from the disk.
>try typing probe-ide at the PROM OK prompt and make sure the cdrom drive
>is attached where the PROM is looking for it.
probe-ide gives:
Device 0 ( Primary Master )
ATA Model: ST34342A
Device 1 ( Primary Slave )
Not Present
Device 2 ( Secondary Master )
Removable ATAPI Model: CRD-8240B
Device 3 ( Secondary Slave )
Not Present
and while I was at it, obdiag (after a reset-all) gives:
stdin: fffe1e08
stdout: fffe1e10
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1/eep...@14,0
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1/e...@14,3043bc
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1/s...@14,3062f8
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1/s...@14,400000
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/netw...@1,1
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1/fdth...@14,3023f0
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/e...@1/SUNW,cs4...@14,200000
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/i...@3
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/i...@3/disk
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/i...@3/cdrom
loading code into: /p...@1f,0/p...@1,1/SUNW,m...@2
Debugging enabled
>Having the cdrom drive go bad is very common on these system and its near
>10 years old. Just try a different drive or make a little network
>(crossover from a laptop will do) and net install it.
Yes, I'll try the net boot next.
Thanks a lot,
Philippe
