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PostPosted: Fri Feb 28, 2003 1:53 pm    Post subject: Newbie: install from CD - unimp. sparc sys call 69 Reply with quote

Hi all - :)

I'm a newbie in Sparc-Land. I'mm attempting to install on my new (old ;) SparcStation 2. I connected an external cdrom on id6, and cannot get past the following message. Can anyone shed any light on this for me? I've looked through the forums, and although some problems come close, they are on more modern equipment, so it seems...

Thanks so much... in advance - I'm grateful for any pointers.

Terminal dump:
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oot: ramdisk
Uncompressing image...
Loading initial ramdisk....
args:
Booting Linux...
PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 2 Revision 2
Boot devic

Linux version 2.2.20 (root@rock) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #1 Mon May 13 00:48:36 CEST 2002s
SILO
-- Welcome to Gentoo SPARC Lin

ARCH: SUN4C
TYPE: Sun4c SparcStation 2

Ethernet address: 8:0:20:10:81:68 SILO loader. From here you can
Loading sun4c MMU routines.

Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek (jj@ultra.linux.cz). Patching kernel for sueady-installed Linux partition.vail
Dentry hash table entries: 4096 (order 3, 32k)
m k
Buffer cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k)
sd0: <SUN042

Page cache hash table entries: 8192 (order 3, 32k)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX. 5
sbus0: Clock 20.0 MHz
dma0: Revision 1 PLUS
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 root=/dev/sda1t
Based upon Swansea University
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 32768 bhash 32768)
Starting kswapd v 1.5
Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.41.2.9
TYPE: Sun4c SparcStation 2

tty00 at 0xffeeb004 (irq = 12) is a Zilog8530
tty01 at 0xffeeb000 (irq = 12) is a Zilog8530
Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Ma
tty02 at 0xffee9004 (irq = 12) is a Zilog8530
tty03 at 0xffee9000 (irq = 12) is a Zilog8530
/ReÁ
keyboard: not present
Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530)


pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
ESP: Total of 1 ESP hosts found, 1 actually in use.
k
scsi0 : Sparc ESP100A (NCR53C90A)
scsi : 1 host.ision 1 PLUS
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST1480 SUN0424 Rev: 5826
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-ROM CR-506 Rev: 8S04
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0
scsi : detected 2 SCSI generics 1 SCSI cdrom 1 SCSI disk total.
esp0: target 6 asynchronous
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11
esp0: target 3 [period 200ns offset 15 5.00MHz synchronous SCSI]
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 843284 [411 MB] [0.4 GB]
sunlance.c:v1.12 11/Mar/99 Miguel de Icaza (miguel@nuclecu.unam.mx)
eth0: LANCE 08:00:20:10:81:68
Partition check:
/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target3/lun0: p1 p2 p3 p7 p8
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
devfs: v0.90e (20011203) Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au)
devfs: boot_options: 0x0
EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Mounted devfs on /dev
serial console detected. Disabling virtual terminals.
init started: BusyBox v0.60.3-pre (2002.01.22-00:19+0000) multi-call binary
rcS[6]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 69
check_fb.sh[52]: Unimplemented SPARC system call 69
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 4:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi,
Are u booting serial console ? if so make your silo boot: ramdisk init=/bin/sh and see what that does for ya.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 8:09 pm    Post subject: Probably not the cause of your problem Reply with quote

I'm afraid the warning message probably isn't the cause of your problem. It is merely chatty developer output. Check out
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-sparc/2001-Sep/0036.html for the heads up.
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 23, 2003 8:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

actually, being that this iso (1.1a) has booted hundreds of sparc stations and ultrasparcs successfully, i am unsure if the problem that you linked to is relevant. It is worth the research of the init= line doesnt work. I suggest the init= be used first as that is what 99% of the serial booting users have had to do to rectify similar probs.
So in short I would suggest that you try this first before anything else as it will only take a few minutes of your time.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 12, 2003 3:08 pm    Post subject: Use a monitor instead of a serial console Reply with quote

I had exactly the same problem when using a VT220 terminal, and was on the point of giving up, when I had the idea of trying to connect a monitor to my IPX box. To make it work, you need to fiddle with the PROM : if you do a 'printenv' from the OK prompt, you'll probably see that your input and output devices are set to ttya (the terminal). Doing:
Code:

setenv output-device screen:1152x900x66
setenv input-device keyboard

...and rebooting might help (assuming you have a monitor and keyboard attached - you'll need a monitor with BNC connectors, and a weird cable to connect it to the box, and a SUN keyboard).
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