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sgimips NetBSD list | 1 Apr 2002 04:29

External CDrom on Indigo2

I'm having difficulties with an external CDROM on my indigo2.
I have tried both 512 and 2048 byte sector sizes, and have tried
three different drives.

The problem does not occur under NetBSD--only while the boot
program (/usr/src/sgimips/stand/boot) is attempting to read
the kernel.

The problem manifests itself when attempting to boot:
(disregard the fact that I'm obtaining 'boot' via bootp.
 The current CD image I'm using has a bad ecoff boot image
 and this is an ecoff Indigo2 R4000)

>> boot -f bootp():/abyss/indy/boot
Setting $netaddr to 198.182.227.85 (from server 198.182.227.1)
Obtaining /abyss/indy/boot from server 198.182.227.1
45952+0+384 entry: 0x89000000

NetBSD/sgimips 1.5ZC Bootstrap, Revision 1.1
(root <at> mod81, Thu Mar 28 18:28:24 CST 2002)

Mem block: type 0 base 0x0 size 0x1000
Mem block: type 1 base 0x1000 size 0x1000
Mem block: type 3 base 0x8002000 size 0x73e000
Mem block: type 6 base 0x8740000 size 0xc0000
Mem block: type 3 base 0x8800000 size 0x800000
Mem block: type 5 base 0x9000000 size 0xc000
Mem block: type 3 base 0x900c000 size 0x4ff4000
Local storage a87fe168
argv[0]: bootp():/abyss/indy/boot
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Erik Reid | 4 Apr 2002 05:27

indigo r4k.


At long last...

Obtaining /netbsd from server blizzard-int.darkest.org
1214896+0+136592 entry: 0x88002000
zs channel 0 had address 0xbfb80d10
argv[0]: bootp():/netbsd
argv[1]: ConsoleIn=serial(0)
argv[2]: ConsoleOut=serial(0)
argv[3]: SystemPartition=scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
argv[4]: OSLoader=sash
argv[5]: OSLoadPartition=bootp()
argv[6]: OSLoadFilename=netbsd
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IOC rev 4, machine XXX, board rev 0
Timer calibration, got 500000 cycles (500000, 500000, 500000)
CPU clock speed = 50.00Mhz
Mem block 1: type 0, base 0x0, size 0x1
Mem block 2: type 1, base 0x1, size 0x1
Mem block 3: type 5, base 0x8002, size 0x14a
Mem block 4: type 3, base 0x814c, size 0x5f4
Mem block 5: type 6, base 0x8740, size 0xc0
Mem block 6: type 3, base 0x8800, size 0x4800
Cluster 2 contains kernel
Loading cluster 3: 0x814c / 0x8740
Loading cluster 5: 0x8800 / 0xd000
Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
    The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
    The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
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Jeff Hubbs | 4 Apr 2002 06:45
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SGI/NetBSD question

Is NetBSD currently installable on the SGI Onyx Reality Engine2, even if 
only with a text console (i.e., no X)?

- Jeff
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Andrey Petrov | 4 Apr 2002 10:10
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Re: indigo r4k.

On Wed, Apr 03, 2002 at 08:27:41PM -0700, Erik Reid wrote:
> Building databases...
> <sit>
> 
> So, it's getting close. :)
> 
> Anyone know why it would sit there?  tcpdump is seeing an nfs packet every now and
> then, but it really doesn't seem to be doing anything.  Running pwd_mkdb manually
> has the same effect.  It also doesn't respond to ctrl-c at that time.  I've got
> options MIPS3_L2CACHE_ABSENT defined in the config, can that be detrimental?
> 
> No keyboard/mouse support yet, though it did work when I had a working head previously
> via the ARCS stuff, so it might be working.
> 
> Still haven't got the scsi controller recognized properly, but it shouldn't take
> too long, since the wd33c93 driver's there, just need to adjust some addresses..
> 

I had the same problem some time ago and rebooting a server lets client
pass that 'building databases..' step. Seems that's something locked on
the server side. I meant to look on the problem but it disappeared after
rebuilding newer kernel for server machine(it was 3-4 months back, I can
check exact version if you're interested). Anyway look on the server and
hope this helps.

Regards,
	Andrey
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Herve Quiroz | 4 Apr 2002 11:32
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Re: bootstraping without dhcp


On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, Manuel Bouyer wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 04:09:59PM +0100, Herve Quiroz wrote:
> > Is there a way to bootstrap without using a DHCP server (that is using a
> > bootp/tftp server or anything else) ?
> >
> > I use a FreeBSD station for bootp/tftp and I have got "TFTP access
> > violation error" everytime. All of the howtos I've seen so far are based
> > upon DHCP so I was wondering if this is mandatory for NetBSD to be
> > installed on an Indy.
>
>
> No, I netboot my indy from NetBSD with bootp, not dhcp
>

And do you know of an existing howto I could use to succesfuly install
netbsd on my indy ? I am not used to indy (I recently decided to give it a
try since it has 160Mb of RAM and my old PC only has 64Mb and is so slow).
And as I am new to netboot also, it seems a bit complex right now ;)
But I'll sure manage to install it ;)

Herve
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Hubert Feyrer | 4 Apr 2002 13:47
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Re: SGI/NetBSD question

On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Jeff Hubbs wrote:
> Is NetBSD currently installable on the SGI Onyx Reality Engine2, even if 
> only with a text console (i.e., no X)?

Why not try and see what happens?

 - Hubert (just another Indy owner... :-)

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Ajai Khattri | 4 Apr 2002 17:08
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O2

What is the status of the O2 port of NetBSD?

I have just acquired an old O2 box but it seems nothing runs
on it except IRIX.
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Manuel Bouyer | 4 Apr 2002 22:43

Re: bootstraping without dhcp

On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:32:48AM +0200, Herve Quiroz wrote:
> And do you know of an existing howto I could use to succesfuly install
> netbsd on my indy ? I am not used to indy (I recently decided to give it a
> try since it has 160Mb of RAM and my old PC only has 64Mb and is so slow).
> And as I am new to netboot also, it seems a bit complex right now ;)
> But I'll sure manage to install it ;)

I don't think there's a howto yet. I had to figure out most things by myself
(and with a little help from the list :)
The main problem is that the last snapshot doesn't have the tools required
to make a bootable hard disk. 

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sgimips NetBSD list | 4 Apr 2002 22:50

Re: bootstraping without dhcp

> On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:32:48AM +0200, Herve Quiroz wrote:
> > And do you know of an existing howto I could use to succesfuly install
> > netbsd on my indy ? I am not used to indy (I recently decided to give it a
> > try since it has 160Mb of RAM and my old PC only has 64Mb and is so slow).
> > And as I am new to netboot also, it seems a bit complex right now ;)
> > But I'll sure manage to install it ;)
> 
> I don't think there's a howto yet. I had to figure out most things by myself
> (and with a little help from the list :)
> The main problem is that the last snapshot doesn't have the tools required
> to make a bootable hard disk. 

Which snapshot would that be?

-scott
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Manuel Bouyer | 5 Apr 2002 09:13
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Re: bootstraping without dhcp

On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 02:50:26PM -0600, sgimips NetBSD list wrote:
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:32:48AM +0200, Herve Quiroz wrote:
> > > And do you know of an existing howto I could use to succesfuly install
> > > netbsd on my indy ? I am not used to indy (I recently decided to give it a
> > > try since it has 160Mb of RAM and my old PC only has 64Mb and is so slow).
> > > And as I am new to netboot also, it seems a bit complex right now ;)
> > > But I'll sure manage to install it ;)
> > 
> > I don't think there's a howto yet. I had to figure out most things by myself
> > (and with a little help from the list :)
> > The main problem is that the last snapshot doesn't have the tools required
> > to make a bootable hard disk. 
> 
> Which snapshot would that be?

/pub/NetBSD/arch/sgimips/snapshot/20011002/

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