Subject: Re: Boot/Install problems with Sun4/330
To: Eric Wort <ericwort@beam.brl.uiuc.edu>
From: Gerald Richter <glassman1@neonshadow.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 10/24/2000 14:54:56
For all intents and purposes the Sun4 arch is broke at this point. I've
been arguing with my 4/110 for quite some time now with little
progress..

-Gerald

Eric Wort wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
>    I rescued a 330 from campus surplus(the original hard drive had
> failed).  Anyway, I was able to install SunOS 4 from CD on it without a
> problem, but I cannot get NetBSD 1.4.2 or the latest 1.5 ALPHA_2 to boot.
> NetBSD 1.5 dies at boot time with this error:
> 
> >b sr(,,3)
> Boot: sr(0,30,3)
> >>NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.9
> >>(root@flambard, Fri Oct 20 02:01:20 MEST 2000)
> Booting netbsd
> 
> Memory alignment error with PC 0x003D01E0.   Instruction "0xC6222004".
> >
> 
> NetBSD 1.4.2, OTH, dies with this error:
> 
> >b sr(,,3)
> Boot: sr(0,30,3)
> dvma_mapin
> >
> 
> I realize that the install instructions say to switch over to the OpenBoot
> prompt, but this machine does not seem to have it. Its ROM Rev. 3.0.3.
> 
> Reading through the archives, I noticed that there are problems on the
> Sun4 architecture with Boot Loader Rev. 1.9 and that NetBSD 1.4.1 with
> version 1.8 of the Boot Loader might work, I'll probably try that next.
> Getting a bit tired of burning CDs though =)
> 
> Eric Wort
> System Administrator (Solaris, Linux, Win NT, Win 95/98, and Mac)
> BioAccoustics Research Lab @ UIUC