Re: NetBSD 7.2, 8.2 and 9.0 on SparcStation IPC

[Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mottola%libero.it@localhost>]

Hi Martin,

Martin Husemann wrote:
> These look like bootloader issues (or firmware having trouble reading
> that disk).
>
> You could just try putting a new kernel (under a different name) into
> your old (working) installation and see if that boots.

that is a hint indeed. I took the 8.2 generic kernel, unzipped an booted
it directly on old 6 userland and it boots.
Proof below!

What now?

Do we have "install kernels" to boot like OpenBSD? That would help
getting into the installer without miniroot or CD issues.

This sounds scary though, if then the bootloader gets updated, I won't
boot at all :-P


Riccardo

PS: in case, is jumping from 6.x to 8.x supported by an upgrade or is
6->7->8 the only safe way?


ok boot disk1 netbsd82
Boot device: /sbus/esp@0,800000/sd@1,0   File and args: netbsd82
>> NetBSD/sparc Secondary Boot, Revision 1.15
>> (mrg%xotica.eterna23.net@localhost, Tue Nov 25 12:41:36 UTC 2014)
Booting netbsd82
4794828+143396 [284256+268166]=0x53cc1c
OBP version 2, revision 2.4 (plugin rev 2)
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
    2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017,
    2018, 2019, 2020 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.

NetBSD 8.2 (GENERIC) #0: Tue Mar 31 05:08:40 UTC 2020
        mkrepro%mkrepro.NetBSD.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC
total memory = 48800 KB
avail memory = 42340 KB
bootpath: /sbus0/esp@0,800000/sd@1,0
mainbus0 (root): SUNW,Sun 4/40: hostid 52c1fea2
cpu0 at mainbus0: MB86900/1A or L64801 @ 25 MHz, WTL3170/2 FPU
cpu0: 64K byte write-through, 16 bytes/line, sw flush: cache enabled
memreg0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf4000000
clock0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf2000000: mk48t02
timer0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf3000000 ipl 10: delay constant 10,
frequency = 1000000 Hz
auxreg0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7400003
zs0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf1000000 ipl 12 softpri 6
zstty0 at zs0 channel 0 (console i/o)
zstty1 at zs0 channel 1
zs1 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf0000000 ipl 12 softpri 6
zstty4 at zs1 channel 0
kbd0 at zstty4
zstty5 at zs1 channel 1
ms0 at zstty5
wsmouse0 at ms0 mux 0
audioamd0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7201000 ipl 13 softpri 4
audio0 at audioamd0: full duplex, playback, capture, mmap
audioamd0: Virtual format configured - Format SLINEAR, precision 8,
channels 1, frequency 8000
audioamd0: Latency: 192 milliseconds
sbus0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf8000000: clock = 25 MHz
dma0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x400000: DMA rev 1
esp0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0x800000 level 3: ESP100A, 25MHz, SCSI ID 7
scsibus0 at esp0: 8 targets, 8 luns per target
le0 at sbus0 slot 0 offset 0xc00000 level 5: address 08:00:20:c1:fe:a2
le0: 8 receive buffers, 2 transmit buffers
cgsix0 at sbus0 slot 1 offset 0x0 level 7: SUNW,501-1672, 1152 x 900, rev 6
cgsix0: attached to /dev/fb0
cgsix0: framebuffer size: 1 MB
wsdisplay1 at cgsix0 kbdmux 1
bwtwo0 at sbus0 slot 3 offset 0x0 level 7: SUNW,501-1561, 1152 x 900
bwtwo0: attached to /dev/fb1
wsdisplay2 at bwtwo0 kbdmux 1
fdc0 at mainbus0 ioaddr 0xf7200000 ipl 11 softpri 4: chip 82072
scsibus0: waiting 2 seconds for devices to settle...
wskbd0 at kbd0 mux 1
sd0 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <SEAGATE, ST32272N, 0876> disk fixed
sd0: 2157 MB, 6300 cyl, 4 head, 175 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 4419464 sectors
sd0: sync (200.00ns offset 15), 8-bit (5.000MB/s) transfers, tagged queueing
kbd0: reset failed
root on sd0a dumps on sd0b
root file system type: ffs
kern.module.path=/stand/sparc/8.2/modules
Wed May  6 11:01:22 UTC 2020
Starting root file system check:
/dev/rsd0a: file system is clean; not checking
swapctl: setting dump device to /dev/sd0b
swapctl: adding /dev/sd0b as swap device at priority 0
Starting file system checks:
/dev/rsd0d: file system is clean; not checking
Setting tty flags.
Setting sysctl variables:
ddb.onpanic: 1 -> 0
Starting network.
Hostname: meriadoc
IPv6 mode: host
Configuring network interfaces: le0.
Adding interface aliases:.
add net default: gateway 192.168.1.254
Building databases: dev, utmp, utmpx.
Starting syslogd.
Mounting all filesystems...
Clearing temporary files.
Updating fontconfig cache: done.