Re: Can't boot linux on sun blade 2000
13/04/2004 10:19 Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> Alexey Nezhdanov declared on Tuesday 13 April 2004 01:01 am:
> > 13/04/2004 09:45 Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > > Alexey Nezhdanov declared on Tuesday 13 April 2004 12:09 am:
> > > > current linux kernel. And I can not try 2.6 kernel since nobody
> > > > agreed to mail me a compiled binary (Oh well - I know this is
> > > > serious risk to
> > >
> > > Well, if it makes you feel any better, I can't get 2.6 to boot on
> > > any Sun thing I've got that I've tried it on, which has only been an
> > > Ultra 30, U60, and Cycle quad-proc (E450 in an U2 case)
> > > Ultrasparc-II.
> > >
> > > Has anyone gotten a version of 2.6 to boot on any Ultrasparc
> > > hardware? I've been using the latest kernel (2.6.0 through 2.6.4)
> > > with the latest toolchain in testing to compile it, yet it doesn't
> > > boot... the last time I tried it, it spit out a bunch of whitespace
> > > to my serial console, and then froze the machine (couldn't break
> > > back to OpenBoot).
> >
> > I'm now getting similar effect with 2.4 kernel. The most strange thing
> > that this effect was not from the very beginning. Initially (when I
> > just got this box) all was ok but then I have got an advice to update
> > OpenBoot firmware. Afer update kernel works same as before (with
> > "unable to open initial console" message in final) BUT it beginned to
> > print out two or three screens of whitespace
> > _in_the_middle_of_initialisation_. This is the difference between old
> > and new OpenBoot that was on this box.
>
> Are you trying to use a framebuffer, or a serial console? It's possible
> that something is missing for the framebuffer to work if you're trying
> that. I'd recommend trying a serial console if you haven't yet.
I tryed both methods with keyboard plugged and unplugged. There was two video
cards and I consecuently removed both so now I'm working via serial port
only.
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Respectfully
Alexey Nezhdanov
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