Subject: Re: Booting question (setting up RaidFrame)
To: None <port-sparc64@netbsd.org>
From: Eduardo Horvath <eeh@NetBSD.ORG>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 07/17/2003 15:22:47
On Thu, Jul 17, 2003 at 01:36:04PM +0200, Christoph Kaegi wrote:
> On 2003.07.14 15:44, Eduardo Horvath wrote:
> > 
> > Try booting with -dDvV flags and see what it prints out.  (The boot process
> > will stop after the boot block is loaded.  To load the second stage bootloader
> > you will need to type:
> > 
> > 	" /ofwboot" do-boot
> > 
> > at the `ok' prompt.)
> > 
> 
> Thank you for replying!
> 
> Sorry for replying only now, but I had to redo the second disk.
> Now it says the following:
> 
> -------------------------------------- 8< --------------------------------------
> ok boot disk1:f netbsd -dDvV
> Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1/scsi@8/disk@1,0:f  File and args: netbsd -dDvV
> The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
> -------------------------------------- 8< --------------------------------------
> 
> What does that mean?

It means you didn't type:

	" /ofwboot" do-boot

at the `ok' prompt. 8^)

(The firmare prints that message if the file it loads doesn't
actually do anything, which the bootblock doesn't if you give 
it the -D flag.)

Eduardo