Hi everybody,
I'm having big troubles in installing Solaris 8 on a Sun Blade 150.
Here are some system specs:
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Sun Blade 150 (UltraSPARC-IIe 550MHz)
RAM: 256MB
OBP 4.10.6 2003/06/06 12:30
POST 2.0.1 2001/08/23 17:13
When I try to boot from Solaris 8 CD with boot cdrom or boot cdrom -s I receive the following messages:
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SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-05 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2000 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
WARNING: pcisch0: no portid property
WARNING: pcisch0: no portid property
Cannot assemble drivers for root /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom1,0:b
Cannot mount root on /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom1,0:b fstype ufs
panic[cpu0]/thread=10408000: vfs_mountroot: cannot mount root
0000000010407970 genunix:vfs_mountroot+70 (10435400, 0, 0, 104108d8, 10, 14)
%l0-3: 0000000010435400 0000000010438b48 000000000e000000 00000000104357f0
%l4-7: 0000000000000000 00000000104135a8 00000000000b514c 000000000000114c
0000000010407a20 genunix:main+94 (10410120, 2000, 10407ec0, 10408030, fff2, 1004
df6c)
%l0-3: 0000000000000001 0000000000000001 0000000000000015 0000000000000e69
%l4-7: 00000000104287d0 0000000010461d38 00000000000ca498 0000000000000498
skipping system dump - no dump device configured
rebooting...
Resetting ...
This process creates a boot loop. I have to stop+A to end it.
I've also managed to install Solaris 8, from same CDs, on another Sun Blade 150, with similar hardware and software (the Openboot is a bit holder on this one: OBP 4.6.5). After a successful installation I moved the HDD to the other Sun Blade, the one who gives me problems. The result is the same: I get the same error that I receive when I try to boot from CD.
looks like a hardware error... so there won't be much that you can do... what i would try is a POST with MAX settings to see if the system can detect any errors during powerup. you'll need a seriell connection to the system to check the output of the POST.
I'm not sure if it is a Hardware issue... you try to install a very old Solaris version... Try to start the installation using a SOlaris 10 DVD, if it works it could be the driver solaris 8 is using or even a bug on the Solaris 8 installation process.
Try to find the latest solaris 8 Installation CDs, that might fix it as well..
solaris 10 will not work with 256mb ram... i think 384 (or 348)mb ram is minimum for solaris 10. the newest solaris 8 release should work fine with a blade 150 (which is a rather old system, too).
GA date for the blade 150 was august 2002. a minimum release of solaris 8 2/02 is needed! so yes, maybe your used solaris 8 version is to old for the blade...
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