Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 13:30:04 -0500 From: Jake Burkholder <jake@locore.ca> To: "M. L. Dodson" <bdodson@scms.utmb.EDU> Cc: alan@coreboarder.net, freebsd-sparc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Error during install from ISO image Message-ID: <20030319133004.K76446@locore.ca> In-Reply-To: <200303191528.h2JFSPn6000341@histidine.utmb.edu>; from bdodson@scms.utmb.EDU on Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 09:28:25AM -0600 References: <200303191528.h2JFSPn6000341@histidine.utmb.edu>
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Apparently, On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 09:28:25AM -0600, M. L. Dodson said words to the effect of; > alan@coreboarder.net said: > <quote> > Hi, > I'm geting the following error message from my Sun Blade 100 when I > try to install the latest release base on ISO: 5.0 > 20030119-SNAP-sparc64-disc.iso . > > "unable to transfer the base distribution from acdo" > > I am able to get it to successfully write the file system to the > drive but that is all. > > [elided] > </quote> > > I get the same thing after booting the live file system: > 5.0-20030119-SNAP-sparc64-disc2.iso (either from the CD on the Ultra 5 > or via NFS from a -STABLE PIII), and the install iso: > 5.0-20030119-SNAP-sparc64-miniinst.iso gives me the > following (Ultra 5, both iso images had correct md5): > > <snip> > ok boot cdrom > Resetting ... > > > Sun Ultra 5/10 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-IIi 360MHz), No Keyboard > OpenBoot 3.29, 320 MB (50 ns) memory installed, Serial #11934306. > Ethernet address 8:0:20:b6:1a:62, Host ID: 80b61a62. > > > > Initializing Memory \ (spinner elided) > Boot device: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/cdrom@2,0:f File and args: > Short disk read > The file just loaded does not appear to be executable. > Boot device: disk File and args: > > >> FreeBSD/sparc64 boot block > Boot path: /pci@1f,0/pci@1,1/ide@3/disk@0,0:a > Boot loader: /boot/loader > File /boot/loader not found > Program terminated > ok > > </snip> This is wierd. It should get further than this, all i can think is you burned a bad iso. That said, I know there are problems with some of the snapshots, that's just a fact of life in -current. They are built with all the debugging options normally enabled, which can cause problems. Sysinstall has been know to have malloc bugs which can be triggered by the extra malloc sanity which is enabled in -current. As you can see I haven't been able to build a snapshot in a while because make release is currently broken on sparc64, and I haven't had the time or energy to fix it. Your best bet is to install 5.0-RELEASE and then use make world to update to -current if that's what you want. Please PLEASE remember to read /usr/src/UPDATING and make sure you do mergemaster and all the usual stuff. Beware of dog, slippery when wet, etc etc. Jake To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-sparc" in the body of the message
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