Re: O2 post-install boot: Requires serial console, is already on one

["Jos Purvis" <jos%melete.org@localhost>]

Thanks! That was exactly it. A little fiddling with the custom
installs, and I'm up and running on an IP32 kernel.

Cheers,

Jos

On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:39 PM, Stephen M. Rumble
<stephen.rumble%utoronto.ca@localhost> wrote:
> Quoting Jos Purvis <jos%melete.org@localhost>:
>
>> [Resending due to accidental HTML formatting]
>>
>> Hi, gang,
>>
>> Dusting off an O2/5000 here, and having some trouble trying to get
>> NetBSD running on it. The installation process goes like clockwork:
>> perfect CDROM boot, disk partitioned, packages installed happily. When
>> the system boots, though, I get this:
>> ++++++++
>> NetBSD/sgimips 4.0.0_PATCH Bootstrap, Revision 1.2
>> (builds@wb24, Tue May  6 03:51:34 PDT 2008)
>>
>> devopen: pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0) type scsi file netbsd
>> 3314352+192508 [187408+179270]=0x3b1ed0
>> [ Kernel symbol table missing! ]
>> panic: ip32 supports serial console only.  sorry.
>
> You're more than likely booting the GENERIC_IP2x kernel, rather than _IP3x.
> This is due to a bug in sysinst that was fixed post-4.0.
>
> You can either try -current, or when installing 4.0 be sure to manually
> select the GENERIC_IP3x kernel (sysinst will have chosen the wrong one). You
> may need to do a custom install to get the appropriate dialog.
>
> Steve
>
>