[SPARCbook] Hello all

[Stuart Duncan]

> I used to have a 3GX awhile back, but sold that (had problems).
> 
Not as many as you're about to have.  ;)

> I now have a SPARCbook 2, but am having problems installing Solaris 2.3B Tadpole edition.
The SPARCbook 2 doesn't use Sun Openboot (or Tadpole's attempt at it), but
instead the ghastly Tadpole Boot Monitor.  You're probably not going to
get away with installing Solaris 2.3, atleast not without some serios
kernel hacking.

> I have it setup for a network install on my SS2, but I get an error after the kernel starts running
> as follows:
> 
> SunOS Release 5.3 Version B.0 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
> Copyright (c) 1983-1993, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
> Copyright (c) 1992-1994, Tadpole Technoloy PLC.
I'm supprised you got this far.

> Cannot assemble drivers for /obia/dvc at 3,f2fff800/spc at 3,80000000/sd at 1,0:a
> Cannot mount root on /obia/dvc at 2,80000000/sd at 1,0:a fstype ufs
These are Openboot devices; they don't exist in Tadpole Boot Monitor.  
Tadpole Boot Monitor refers to them as sd0a, sd1a, etc.

> vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root
> panic: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root
> vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root
> Press SPACE to reboot ..rebooting...
Okay, so I'll try to reboot.  Just let me communicate with the hardware in
this SPARCbook 3...

AGH!
> : Data fault
> kernel read fault at addr=0x0, pme=0x0
> MMU sfsr=126: Invalid Address on supv data fetch at level 1
> pid=0, pc=9xf005ad200, sp=0xf01c3d10, psr=0x11000cc1, context=0
> g1-g7: 114000e4, 8000000, ffffffff, 936, 7f0404, 1, f01c4120
> Begin traceback... sp = f91c3d10
> Called from f005c090, fp=f01c3d70, args= 81 0 0 ffc02000 0 1
> Called from f0048c50, fp=f01c3dd0, args=f01e4cb0 f0048c34 0 0 11900ce3 1
> Called from f007ec38, fp=f01c3e30, args=1 1 f01e4cb0 f0208c00 f01e4c00 11400ce4
> Called from f00d20f0, fp=f01c3e90, args=3 f01ed364 0 f0207d48 13 13
> Called from f0099dbc, fp=f01c3ef0, args=f02087e0 8a3b f01c3ec4 f01ed248 0 0
> Called from f00414ec, fp=f01c3f58, args=f01c3fb4 f01d5000 1 700000 f020e6e0 f01d
> 6c1c
> Called from 703d64, fp=0, args=0 0 72a838 2000000 0 a
> End traceback...
> Data fault
> panic: Data fault
> Data fault
> Press SPACE to reboot...
> 

Cheers,
Stuart