On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 10:47:42AM +0200, Lars Nooden wrote:
> Installing current on a Yeeloong went rather smoothly. Fuloong
> 2F6004 is giving a bit more trouble and bsd.rd seems not to be able
> to identify the system type. What is needed to boot bsd.rd (with
> serial interface) on the FuLoong?
>
> Below is from the 17 feb snapshot.
>
> /Lars
>
> ====
>
> ifaddr rtk0 11.22.33.44
> bootp=8000b968
>
> boot tftp://11.22.33.55/bsd.rd
> Loading file: tftp://11.22.33.55/bsd.rd (elf)
> (elf)
> 0x80200000/7007920 + 0x808aeeb0/481136(z) + 7402 syms\
> Unable to figure out model!
> Halting system.
>
> ===
> After messing with the PMON settings
>
> set bsd /bsd
> set novga 1
> set nokbd 1
>
> the error is a little different, but basically cannot find the
> system type:
>
> ifaddr rtk0 11.22.33.44
> bootp=8000b968
>
> boot tftp://11.22.33.55/bsd.rd
> Loading file: tftp://11.22.33.55/bsd.rd (elf)
> (elf)
> 0x80200000/7007920 + 0x808aeeb0/481136(z) + 7402 syms\
>
> WARNING! CORRUPTED ENVIRONMENT!
> Unable to search for systype.
> If the kernel fails to identify the system type, please boot it
> again with '-k' option.
> Unable to figure out system type!
> Halting system.
Retry with boot -k tftp://..., as suggested by the error message.
Also PMON sometimes gets confused, and a power cycle is needed (using the
reset button is not enough in all cases).
-Otto
