Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2016 15:08:57 -0400 From: Zaphod Beeblebrox <zbeeble@gmail.com> To: Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: BTX HALTED boot fail on sun fire 4140. Message-ID: <CACpH0MdzzE6R2mdm83K6QxBA=FsJy9O6ZNFT7oXAa5JuWVt4Wg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <8086af40-9b51-dbf1-fdad-94b7766f49f5@freebsd.org> References: <CACpH0MdQu2vdDSb15jOO%2BYS9c0HXs_6Hds6NUed6U52rzkwrfQ@mail.gmail.com> <d26d6a8b-57c3-3a0e-2c1d-55ae329e1c02@freebsd.org> <CACpH0MdJ0Lz5N=u1wwob_BSLDbL0Sef%2B1x0dXJHve1DUfx6xAA@mail.gmail.com> <8086af40-9b51-dbf1-fdad-94b7766f49f5@freebsd.org>
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Right now my priority is a hack that will leave the server running. It's a Sunday on a holiday weekend. Not a lot of hardware options. Can I contrive a CD/DVD or memory stick to make it boot? On Sun, Jul 31, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Allan Jude <allanjude@freebsd.org> wrote: > 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? > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > >>> https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > >> freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >>> > >> > >> 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 > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-hackers-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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