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Date:      Sun, 31 Jul 2016 14:46:20 -0400
From:      Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BTX HALTED boot fail on sun fire 4140.
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On 2016-07-31 14:40, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
> Some more information here.  10.3-RELEASE and 11.0-BETA1 memory stick
> images both fail.  I'm attaching a screen shot of the 11.0-BETA1 boot.
> 
> 
> 
> On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2016-07-31 12:40, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:
>>> The Sun Fire 4140 is a dual opteron machine.  I'm getting BTX Halted and
>> a
>>> processor register dump right after it prints the /boot/config -Dp
>> (nothing
>>> else printed).
>>>
>>> Is there any value in trying the -current boot files to boot the 10.3
>>> host?  Are they newer?
>>>
>>> This happened as I tried to move the drives from an older failing host
>> into
>>> the sun.
>>>
>>> The sun will boot a CD/DVD.  Can I make a DVD that will boot zfs on hard
>>> drives?
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>> There is a lot of new stuff in the 11 boot blocks, so definitely worth a
>> try.
>>
>> The CD/DVD images use 'loader' by default, not 'zfsloader'
>>
>> --
>> Allan Jude
>>
>>
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It is getting so far as to find the drives before it crashes, so that
likely means something. You'll need someone smarter than me to help you
debug that thought.

You might try building a copy of the loader with the compile time debug
options turned on.

-- 
Allan Jude



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