[SunHELP] having trouble installing netBSD on sun 4/470

Mon Mar 12 13:39:38 CST 2001

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Has anyone got any insight on this problem? I really can't get this =
machine going unless i can solve this problem. Is there a resource or =
tutorial that can help me figure out the old PROM monitor by myself =
even?
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Michael Free <mfree at planetc.com>
  To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
  Date: Sunday, March 11, 2001 12:46 PM
  Subject: [SunHELP] having trouble installing netBSD on sun 4/470

  Hello,
      I just recently acquired a Sun 4/470 system  without an OS, and I =
was trying to install netBSD 1.5 from a multiboot CD and unfortunately =
I'm having no luck. The CD-ROM drive is the original furnished Sony =
drive, and I'm controlling through a terminal on ttya.=20

      This machine is not equipped with openboot, so i'm installing from =
sunmon. When I give the boot command for CD, something strange happens.

  >b sd(,30,)

  gives back the answer

  Illegal Instruction error 0x000060C3 at 0x0000004000

  and returns me to the boot prompt. Could the machine be trying to boot =
the PC kernal, since the PC kernal is working on the disk? If so, is =
there any way to give path information on the sunmon command line?

  If not, is there anyone who could point me in the general direction of =
a bootable ISO image, not a full install, but just enough to gain me =
access to the rest of the CD? I'm limited to dialup access and a 650 meg =
download is _just_ a little too much.

  Thank you,
  Mike Free
  Mfree at planetc.com

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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Has anyone got any insight on this problem? I really =
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><B>-----Original =
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  </B>Michael Free <<A=20
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  trouble installing netBSD on sun 4/470<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Hello,</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>    I just recently acquired a Sun =
4/470=20
  system  without an OS, and I was trying to install netBSD 1.5 =
from a=20
  multiboot CD and unfortunately I'm having no luck. The CD-ROM drive is =
the=20
  original furnished Sony drive, and I'm controlling through a terminal =
on ttya.=20
  </FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>    This machine is not equipped =
with=20
  openboot, so i'm installing from sunmon. When I give the boot command =
for CD,=20
  something strange happens.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>>b sd(,30,)</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>gives back the answer</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Illegal Instruction error 0x000060C3 at=20
  0x0000004000</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>and returns me to the boot prompt. Could the =
machine be=20
  trying to boot the PC kernal, since the PC kernal is working on the =
disk? If=20
  so, is there any way to give path information on the sunmon command=20
  line?</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>If not, is there anyone who could point me in the =
general=20
  direction of a bootable ISO image, not a full install, but just enough =
to gain=20
  me access to the rest of the CD? I'm limited to dialup access and a =
650 meg=20
  download is _just_ a little too much.</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thank you,</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Mike Free</FONT></DIV>
  <DIV><FONT =
size=3D2>Mfree at planetc.com</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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