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Date:      Sun, 3 Mar 2002 17:15:00 -0500
From:      Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca>
To:        Jesper Skriver <jesper@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: freebsd/sparc64 bootable iso available
Message-ID:  <20020303171500.I75158@locore.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20020303230653.C76077@FreeBSD.org>; from jesper@FreeBSD.ORG on Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 11:06:53PM %2B0100
References:  <20020303060453.D75158@locore.ca> <20020303230653.C76077@FreeBSD.org>

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Apparently, On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 11:06:53PM +0100,
	Jesper Skriver said words to the effect of;

> On Sun, Mar 03, 2002 at 06:04:53AM -0500, Jake Burkholder wrote:
> >  
> > I've put up a bootable ISO image, which can be used to install a system
> > relatively easily.  I've tested it on an ultra 10 with the onboard ide
> > and an ultra 60 with sym scsi, should also work on ultra 5s and blade 100s
> > at least.  The cd boots multi user and has a binary distribution tarball
> > on it; you can use system on the cd to install on disk.  The root password
> > is abc123.
> > 
> > Use the tools on the cd to label, install the bootblock, and newfs your
> > drive, then mount your partitions and untar the tarball in root's home
> > directory on them.  I put up a transcript of an install on an ultra 60.
> > When labeling your drive be sure that the partitions are on cylinder
> > boundaries, the disklabel format requires it.  Insert usual warnings
> > about experimental software and destruction of data.
> > 
> > http://people.freebsd.org/~jake/sparc64
> 
> Nice, it works perfect on my 400 MHz Ultra5
> 
> But it panics instantly when trying to start ntpd

It should drop into ddb in that case, right?  Can you provide a traceback?

Jake

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