Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 11:32:24 +1000 From: "Leigh V" <leighv@roq.com> To: "Jake Burkholder" <jake@locore.ca> Cc: <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Sun Netra X1 success, almost Message-ID: <004e01c24332$7159c6d0$2d01a8c0@michael> References: <006001c23d39$2d4daa50$2d01a8c0@michael> <20020806113331.E76014@locore.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jake Burkholder" <jake@locore.ca> To: "Leigh V" <leighv@roq.com> Cc: <freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 1:33 AM Subject: Re: Sun Netra X1 success, almost > Apparently, On Tue, Aug 06, 2002 at 09:05:29PM +1000, > Leigh V said words to the effect of; > > > After trying to netboot the Netra X1, and failing > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=6418+0+archive/2002/freebsd-spa > > rc/20020804.freebsd-sparc > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=33066+0+archive/2002/freebsd-sp > > arc/20020804.freebsd-sparc > > > > I pulled out the HD of the Netra X1 and put it into a sunblade 100 machine I > > have. with the idea of installing and setting it up from CD from that and > > putting it back into the Netra X1 > > I got it to boot from CD but only seems to work properly in single user mode > > and booting it with -C to mount the cdrom and the root filesystem > > boot -sC > > but once I get to the shell its extremely slow and sometimes have to hit a > > key twice for it to go through to the machine. > > I did disklabel -w -r ad0 auto > > on the shell and the CDROM started up and just stayed spinning, I left it > > for over 30mins but nothing happened, so I thought I would try putting the > > CDROM in the second IDE port of the Netra X1. > > I set the cdrom to master and put it in the second IDE port of the Netra X1 > > and did "boot cdrom" and it booted nicely and ran at a nice normal speed. > > It printed out pretty much the exact same crap that is on here > > http://people.freebsd.org/~jake/sparc64/tip.record > > But I don't understand how to disklabel it, > > I did "disklabel -w -r ad0 auto" which went just fine > > And then I did "disklabel -e ad0" and it comes up with all the partition > > info with just partition "c:" showing the full size of the drive, how do I > > make the other slices? how am I spose to know what numbers to put in there? > > On the instructions at > > http://people.freebsd.org/~bmah/relnotes/CURRENT/installation-sparc64.html > > and the man file for disklabel > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=disklabel&sektion=8&manpath=FreeBSD > > +5.0-current > > They just have examples of doing "disklabel -e devicename" and just say "add > > them here" like its some super easy thing that doesn't deserve an example. > > Well I say it does :) Can some one give me an example? > > > > All I want is a disklabel example for root "/" and swap, and maybe "/usr" I > > like to have the least amount of partitions possible because they always end > > up being a pain in the ass other wise, I never use any of that read only > > partition crap and I don't recon having separate partitions has noticeable > > performance benefits if it does I wanna see some benchmarks, or does it make > > it easier to manage in terms of file system checks?, > > Look at an example from another machine (ie disklabel ad0 on an x86 box). > The sizes are in sectors (512 bytes/sector). Be sure to make the sizes > a multiple of the sectors/cylinder listed in the disklabel on the sparc > (sectors/cylinder: xxxx). You can put * for the offset and disklabel will > calculate it. > > FYI the davicom ethernet in the netra x1 is not supported so you'll have > no network. If that is the case, how was I able to net boot into the kernel? And I noticed that OpenBSD and NetBSD have support for the davicom ethernet, will freebsd ever have it? I installed solaris 9 on it because I had enough of trying to put an open source OS on the Netra X1. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?004e01c24332$7159c6d0$2d01a8c0>