Nothing new, ask Rainer Orth. I also integrated his patch into marTux_0.2 sparc edition and it boots also on Ultra-1 workstations, not just on U2 with U1-cpu.
UNIX admin wrote: >...Or perhaps this thread would have better been titled >"Voodoo-hoodoo-what-you-don't-dare-do-people". > >Anyways, I got an Ultra2 with a 200 MHz UltraSPARC I to boot and install >Solaris 10 6/06. To do this, I used a Solaris 10 modified boot server and >chose "Manual reboot". > >The modification to the net boot image consisted of the `inetboot` copied from >Solaris 9 9/05 SPARC. > >Then I installed a Solaris 10 (unmodified) Flash(TM) archive to install the >system. After the install had completed, I was given a root shell, in which I >promptly mounted /export/install on the install server via NFS, and copied >Solaris 9 9/05 /platform/sun4u/ufsboot as well as /platform/sun4u/boot.conf. >Furthermore, by uncommenting > >ALLOW_64BIT_KERNEL_ON_UltraSPARC_1_CPU=true > >in the /a/platform/sun4u/boot.conf file enabled me to reboot the system in >64-bit mode. >Applying the recommended patch cluster also succeded without a hitch, meaning >the system was able to reboot afterwards without a problem. > >I also performed > >removef /platform/sun4u/ufsboot SUNWcakr >removef -f SUNWcakr > >...because I'm planning on creating my own (patch?) package with `ufsboot` and >boot.conf taken from Solaris 9 and I want everything to be spic-and-span clean >as far as OS integrity. I hold having to alter SUNWcakr for most unfortunate, >since it is one of the core OS packages and I don't know how `patchadd` might >behave when trying to patch SUNWcakr with a new `ufsboot` payload and another >non-Sun package owns the file. > >The only "error" message, if it could be called that, shows up during boot: > >call to undefined service "fstat" >Can't stat misc/forthdebug stat=1868778 sz=3 > >Am I in a position to fix it, and if so, how do I do that? > >I know that there is an RFE out to integrate US I support back into >(Open)Solaris, but I don't remember the RFE # any more. Can anybody say how >that RFE is coming along? > >I should add that being able to make an old UltraSPARC I saved me a whole >bunch of money on something that is very hard to get where I am, and very, >very rarely available for sale, namely 2 x 450MHz US II modules. So it is >quite important that I'm able to run Solaris 10 on an Ultra2 that I can't get >rid of because nobody even knows what a Sun system is around here. > >And, as a parting note, something for a hardcore Sun/Solaris/Ultra2 enthusiast >to feast their eyes on: > >Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus (UltraSPARC 200MHz), No Keyboard >OpenBoot 3.25, 256 MB memory installed, Serial ########. >Ethernet address 8:0:20:##:##:##, Host ID: ########. > > > >Rebooting with command: boot >Boot device: /[EMAIL PROTECTED],0/SUNW,[EMAIL PROTECTED],8800000/[EMAIL >PROTECTED],0:a File and args: >SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118833-24 64-bit >Copyright 1983-2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. >Use is subject to license terms. >call to undefined service "fstat" >Can't stat misc/forthdebug stat=1868778 sz=3 >Hostname: host > >host console login: root >Password: >Oct 22 22:04:55 host login: ROOT LOGIN /dev/console >Last login: Sun Oct 22 21:24:05 on console >Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005 ># exec tcsh -l > >TERM has been set to 'sun' > >Sun Microsystems Inc. SunOS 5.10 Generic January 2005 > 10:04pm up 7 min(s), 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.15, 0.12 >User tty login@ idle JCPU PCPU what >root console 10:04pm tcsh -l >[EMAIL PROTECTED]/]> prtdiag -v | less -seM >System Configuration: Sun Microsystems sun4u Sun Ultra 2 UPA/SBus >(UltraSPARC 200MHz) >System clock frequency: 100 MHz >Memory size: 256 Megabytes > >========================= CPUs ========================= > > Run Ecache CPU CPU >Brd CPU Module MHz MB Impl. Mask > 0 0 0 200 1.0 US-I 4.0 > > >This message posted from opensolaris.org >_______________________________________________ >opensolaris-discuss mailing list >[email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
