Subject: RE: Installation Failure: Sun 3/80
To: Scott Johnston <johnston@mit.edu>
From: Ryan Stapleton <raal@penn.com>
List: port-sun3
Date: 11/05/1998 19:33:53
On 05-Nov-98 Scott Johnston wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I cannot seem to get my Sun 3/80 to install NetBSD/sun3x 1.3.2.  I have
> the whole TFTP and NFS thing working okay, but then the netbsd-rd kernel
> decides that it doesn't have a ramdisk.  Here's a brief excerpt: 
> 
> --------
> Selftest Completed.
> 
> [logo]  Sun Workstation, Model Sun-3/80 Series.
>         Type-4 keyboard.
>         ROM Rev 3.0, 4MB memory installed, Serial #19881.
>         Ethernet address 8:0:20:7:C4:5C, Host ID 42004DA9.
> 
> [ . . . cut . . . ]
> 
> real mem = 4194304
> avail mem = 2662400
> using 38 buffers containing 311296 bytes of memory
> mainbus0 (root)
> obio0 at mainbus0
> memerr0 at obio0 addr 0x61001000 ipl 7:  (Parity memory)
> [ . . . cut . . . ]
> obmem0 at mainbus0
> bwtwo0 at obmem0 addr 0x50400000 ipl 4 (1152x900)
> enabling interrupts
>  fixed, 512 blocksboot device: le0
> device md0 (0xd00) not configured
> root device (default md0a): md0
> dump device (default md0b): none
> file system (default ffs): ffs
> root on md0a
> cannot mount root, error = 22
> 
> ----------
> Is 4 MB of RAM insufficient to properly load the ramdisk?  Or am I having
> other problems?

I have the same problem on my 3/470 with 32 meg of ram.. :(  Did u find
a solution for this?

-Ryan


> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Scott
> johnston@mit.edu

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