Ok, I got it. I did a reinstall and everything appears to be running well.=
I think it may have been the fact that there was no boot-file defined, bu=
t I'm not sure. Now I just need to figure out how to get a window manager =
running.
Thanks,
Leonard
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From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f=
reebsd.org] On Behalf Of Miller, Leonard
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2012 9:40 AM
To: James Edwards; freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: RE: 8.2 fails to boot after install on Sun
Thanks for responding.
Auto-boot is set to true and the boot device is set to disk. When it boots=
, this is displayed:
FreeBSD/Sparc64 boot block
boot path: /pci@8,600000/SUNW/glc@4/fp@0,0/disk@w21000004cf2fa3a3,0:a
boot loader: /boot/loader
file /boot/loader not found
Program terminated
Printenv shows boot-device is set to disk.
Thanks,
Leonard
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@f=
reebsd.org] On Behalf Of James Edwards
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:09 PM
To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: 8.2 fails to boot after install on Sun
On Tue, January 3, 2012 15:33, Miller, Leonard wrote:
> Hi,
> I have tried installing 8.2 Sparc on a Sun system multiple times, using
> different options, and each time I do, it takes me back to the initial
> options screen, where I have to exit the install, forcing it to halt. I
> am never prompted to install a boot manager or anything else. I always
> get through the install process, installing packages, adding users,
> network settings, etc.
>
Your install experience sounds normal and successful. When you are
finished and exit the installer, it should take you to the openboot
prompt. All you *should* need to do is type in 'boot', the system will
reboot and boot to disk.
You don't need to worry about a boot manager as multibooting isn't
supported on this platform.
> When I power cycle the machine and change the boot settings back to
> defaults, it fails to boot.
>
If it fails to boot, I'm assuming it is stopping at the OpenBoot prompt?=20
Can you elaborate further?
What happens when you type 'boot disk' at the openboot prompt? If it
boots, auto-boot may not be set correctly, which can be rectified by
'setenv auto-boot? true' at the openboot prompt.
If that does not work, what is the output of 'printenv' - specifically
what is 'boot-device' set to?
Also, some further reading on installing FreeBSD on sparc64:
http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Sparc_-_Installing_FreeBSD
-and for more detail-
http://www.freebsdwiki.net/index.php/Installation_on_Ultra_5
Hope this helps,
James
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