[SunRescue] OpenBSD on IPC

[Patrick Giagnocavo]

On Tue, May 08, 2001 at 12:11:22AM +0200, Stefan Hermes wrote:
> Hello Mike,
> 
> I've read your message about your try to install OpenBSD on an IPC.
> 
> I'm interested if you managed to complete your install.
> I've downloaded the miniroot28.fs for sparc, but while booting the kernel via b(0,0,7) I get "Illegal Instruction" ->boot prompt.
> 

I have seen this myself.

Solution is to load it up with more RAM in the first set of slots, then it
will boot properly. 

>From what I understand the boot loader doesn't have the brains to locate the
other banks of RAM (RAM address area is non-contiguous) and thus barfs in
some cases.

./patrick