[SPARCbook] Re: CAn't boot

[Mike Nicewonger]

I think your CD-ROM is the problem.

You need a drive that can be set to 512 byte block. Most Plextor, any Sun
OEM, some Sony, Yamaha, Matsushita and Toshiba drives will do.

Do a search in your favorite search engine for Sun CD-ROM FAQ and feed your
brain. The FAQ is good food.

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael M Delaney" <mmdst23+ at pitt.edu>
To: <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: [SPARCbook] Re: CAn't boot


>
>
> > unh-huh.  come on, you know better.  Tell us the exact error,
please---on
> > at least one operating system, preferably all three.  Also tell us which
> > Sparcbook you own.  This _is_ a sparcbook, isn't it?
> >
> > You might also post your dmesg output from NetBSD.  The NetBSD boot
images
> > include a shell prompt that, unlike the inferior install environments of
> > certain other SPARC-aspiring BSD's SYSV's and mutants, functions as a
> > fairly complete ``rescue disc''.  You might be able to capture the dmesg
to
> > a temporary file on the ramdisk, and then copy it over the Ethernet
using
> > ifconfig le0 inet 192.168.... netmask 0xffffff00, then ftp, or pax |
rsh.
> >
> > Does it ``see'' the internal SCSI hard disk?  Have you considered doing
an
> > FTP install, and FTP'ing from another box which can ``find'' its CD-ROM?
> > Have you checked termination?  What is the output of probe-scsi?  Have
you
> > used the CD-ROM on another box's SCSI chain?
> >
> > to recap:
> >  describe environment.
> >  present error message properly.
> >  answer follow-up questions.
>
> It is a sparcbook 3GX, unlike the guy with the thinkpad, I'm know to email
> the right ML, unforutantly, thats about all. :)
> I tried Netbsd 1.5 Beta (from 11/20 I think), Suse 7, Slackware's mini-iso
> image, and netbsd 1.5.  No networking, I dont have the aui cable (yet).
> From the prom, I can probe-scsi, and it will find both the cdrom and the
> hard disk, and the hard disk still boots netbsd 1.5 beta (had a little
> partition problem, the partition with all the software on it is dead, but
> thats a whole seperate issue i don't want to get into ...
> I'm using "boot cdrom" on a 1.5 cd, the mini-iso thats sparc only, so I
> dont have to worry about having multiple arch's on the cd.
> The First thing netbsd does is bring up a menu asking what media
> to load the install files from (cd, tape, or floppy)  I choose 1, and it
> asks me where to mount the cd from, with the default /dev/cd0a
> I try that, and it says"
> esp0: !TC on MSG OUT [intr 10, stat 82, step 1] pevphase 6, resid 4
> cd0(esp0:6:0): Sense Error Code 0x60 at block no. 1536 (decimal)
> mount_cd9660: /dev/cd0a on /cdrom: Input/output error"
> Then it brings up the media select menu again.
> from probe-scsi "
> Target 3
>   Unit 0 Disk IBM DPRM-21215 | S61B7L4L282346H7076
> 0796Oo5s36
> Target 6
>   Unit 0 Removable Read Only device   AIWA CR-ROM ACD-300 1.0d"
>
> Possiblely worth mentioning is that the drive is a 1x, not sure if this
> could make a difference or not.
>
> Hope I gave all the needed info
> Thanks,
> Mike
>
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