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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 6:35 pm    Post subject: Sparc32 1.4rc5 live cd image problem Reply with quote

I have a a Sparc20 clone, two single Ross 150mhz processors, 256mb ram, 4x scsi cd-r, and a seagate 4.5gb hdd. Trying to boot 'gentoo-smp' all seems normal until this:

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esp0: target 6 asynchronous
esp0: !BSERV after data, probably to msgout
esp0: Disconnect amidst phases, pphase, pphase <DATAIN> cphase<CLUELESS>, device is bolixed
scsi0 channel 0 : resetting for second half of retries.
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
esp0: Resetting scsi bus
SCSI host 0 channel 0 reset (pid 17) timed out-trying harder
SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0.
esp0: Resetting scsi bus
SCSI host 0 reset (pid 17) timed out again -
probably an unrecoverable SCSI bus or device hang.
esp0: SCSI bus reset interrupt


And then it just hangs there. Has anyone with multiple procs had a problem with this image? Choosing the single proc gives no such error, and runs right on through to the login promt.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

smp hypersparc support is very hit and miss at the moment in the kernel. If it boots and runs with the regular kernel, I'd try that.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I woudnt really care, but hey, i would like the benefit of the second processor. Is there any way to get this going after the fact? Or do I just have a an extra paper weight in there now? I know that there wont be a huge difference, but im sure it would be noticable. If there is no way to get it going, then ill just sell it on ebay, i wound up getting four of them total, so Id like to make use of them if i can. :D

Is there another image that runs ok with smp? Or is this a work-in-progress?
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you can get it working with the regular kernel, you may be able to make use of SMP once the system has rebooted after the initial install. There have been some fixes to help smp hypersparc in more recent kernels iirc, but still is buggy (one of our devs managed to get his system to boot once after about 20 tries, but once it was up it worked fine).
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ok, well I will play with it an report back. Thanks.
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PostPosted: Sat Jan 03, 2004 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'd say get your kernel going asap before trying to compile very much. So at least you'll get faster compiles.
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 12:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

stonent wrote:
I'd say get your kernel going asap before trying to compile very much. So at least you'll get faster compiles.


Is there a way to start of with the regular kernel, and then slip the smp into the mix later on? Or do i need to get it all sorted first? Time is not really an issue, i have plenty of other boxes to keep me busy. :roll:
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PostPosted: Sun Jan 04, 2004 1:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

While doing the initial installation no. Later on, you could build yourself two kernels, one with smp enabled and one without. You'll have to reboot to change them, but that should help you use the system either way.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Does anyone have a link for rc4 for sparc? I ask because I am having an issue getting eth0 onbard to activate. Im planning on a stage one, so it doesnt really matter what image it is i guess. Is there an difference for network drivers between rc4 and rc5? I didnt have this problem with rc4 at all. Hardware Axil320 (ss20) onboard ethernet.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ok, please disregard my networking woes.... they were "user" induced... :roll:
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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ok, please disregard my networking woes.... they were "user" induced... :roll:


Wrong tranceiver setting? :lol:
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Wrong tranceiver setting? :lol:


Much worse. I dont want to embarass myself that bad here... :lol:
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

sorry but...
How to write a bootable cd for sparc? :oops:
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 07, 2004 9:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dnix wrote:
sorry but...
How to write a bootable cd for sparc? :oops:


Well, forgive me, but I will assume you do have a windows computer with a burner that you have access to.

Using Nero, when the 'wizard' comes up, close it. Click on 'recorder', then choose 'burn image' and then select your .iso that you downloaded. Then click burn (preferably at a slow speed) and you should be set.
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PostPosted: Thu Jan 08, 2004 10:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

harg! no winzoz!
I RFM (read fuck manual) and:
wget gentoo*.iso.bz2
bzip2 -d gentoo*.iso.bz2
cdrecord -v -eject speed=16 dev=1,0,0 gentoo*.iso :lol:
and now I'm installing
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