Subject: Re: Can't boot new kernel built with toolchain in 2.0 ISO (sparc64)
To: FatBoy <fatboy@homesys.org>
From: Gert Doering <gert@greenie.muc.de>
List: port-sparc64
Date: 02/07/2005 22:11:02
Hi,
On Mon, Feb 07, 2005 at 02:59:01PM -0600, FatBoy wrote:
> The /ofwboot that I am using is the one that came with the NetBSD 2.0
> ISOs -- the install on this box was fresh (i.e. not an upgrade from 1.6)
OK, then it should really work.
> Also, the /ofwboot that is on the box has no problem booting the GENERIC
> kernel included in the kernels.tgz in the ISO, it just can't boot the
> kernels that I've built.
Weird. This is some other issue than what I saw (I had an 1.6.2 /ofwboot
on the system).
> This issue has me kinda befuddled -- I'm thinking about setting up a
> netboot environment on one of my other systems to allow me to easily
> play with new compiles of ofwboot.net. I've located the section of
> ofwboot where its blowing up, but don't have the environment to debug
> while avoiding fubar'ing the box.
>
> Any further thoughts?
Unfortunately, no. I don't have *such* fundamental understanding of
sparc64 internals, just thought it might be the same thing I saw.
gert
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