Desperate after upgrading OBP from 3.11 to 3.31

DISCUSSION A. Eijkhoudt 2 participants 5 messages Jul 9, 2005 – Jul 10, 2005

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A. Eijkhoudt

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2005-07-09 22:12 UTC #0 lore raw

Hello all,

I've upgraded my OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 and now my SUN won't boot anymore. Whatever I try at the 'ok' prompt has no effect, it keeps saying 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable'. I've tried pretty much all versions of 'boot disk#:#' by now. The system in question is a SUN Ultra10, 300MHz, 320MB RAM, 40GB HD Maxtor 6E040L.

Partition layout:

<snip>
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes

Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 101 50400
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 101 79144 39837672
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 79656 40146624
5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 u 79147 79655 256032
82 Linux swap

Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes

Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p1 1 101
50400 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p2 101 79144
39837672 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p3 0 79656
40146624 5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p4 u 79147 79655
256032 82 Linux swap
</snip>

As you can see, I can boot fine from CD...

My SILO configuration:

<snip>
partition=1
root=/dev/hda2
timeout
device=/dev/hda
image=/boot/2.6.12
label=linux
image=/boot/2.6.12-old
label=old
</snip>

This is all correct:

<snip>
livecd ~ # ls /boot/
2.6.12 System.map System.map-2.6.12-old fd.b generic.b
isofs.b old.b silo.conf ultra.b
2.6.12-old System.map-2.6.12 boot first.b ieee32.b
lost+found second.b silotftp.b
</snip>

Running SILO yields no errors... Can someone please help? There has to be a simple way of fixing this, and I really don't believe I'm the only one who has ever had this problem either. I've already spent 5(!) hours reading every single search result I could find on Google and on the Gentoo forums about this... My SUN is pretty much dead in the water right now, as I don't feel like booting from a LiveCD just to get it beyond the OpenBoot POST.

Kind regards,

Arnim Eijkhoudt

Ben Collins

2005-07-09 23:36 UTC #1 lore raw

After booting from CD, rerun the silo command. Sounds like your boot sector got corrupted, or you moved second.b on your filesystem without rerunning silo.

Quoted 82 lines · A. Eijkhoudt

Hello all,
I've upgraded my OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 and now my SUN won't boot anymore. Whatever I try at the 'ok' prompt has no effect, it keeps saying 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable'. I've tried pretty much all versions of 'boot disk#:#' by now. The system in question is a SUN Ultra10, 300MHz, 320MB RAM, 40GB HD Maxtor 6E040L.
Partition layout:
<snip>
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 101 50400
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 101 79144 39837672
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 79656 40146624
5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 u 79147 79655 256032
82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p1 1 101
50400 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p2 101 79144
39837672 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p3 0 79656
40146624 5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p4 u 79147 79655
256032 82 Linux swap
</snip>
As you can see, I can boot fine from CD...
My SILO configuration:
<snip>
partition=1
root=/dev/hda2
timeout
device=/dev/hda
image=/boot/2.6.12
label=linux
image=/boot/2.6.12-old
label=old
</snip>
This is all correct:
<snip>
livecd ~ # ls /boot/
2.6.12 System.map System.map-2.6.12-old fd.b generic.b
isofs.b old.b silo.conf ultra.b
2.6.12-old System.map-2.6.12 boot first.b ieee32.b
lost+found second.b silotftp.b
</snip>
Running SILO yields no errors... Can someone please help? There has to be a simple way of fixing this, and I really don't believe I'm the only one who has ever had this problem either. I've already spent 5(!) hours reading every single search result I could find on Google and on the Gentoo forums about this... My SUN is pretty much dead in the water right now, as I don't feel like booting from a LiveCD just to get it beyond the OpenBoot POST.
Kind regards,
Arnim Eijkhoudt
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A. Eijkhoudt

author

2005-07-10 00:25 UTC #2 lore raw

In reply to A. Eijkhoudt

Hi Ben,

Thanks for responding. I have, but to no avail. I've tried running SILO with multiple exotic combinations such as -f and -u to force it to rewrite the bootblock for my Ultra. What I don't understand is how the boot sector could get corrupted in the first place. I've also tried putting the first partition back at 'Start = 0' now; no deal.

Kind regards,

Arnim

Quoted 90 lines · Ben Collins

After booting from CD, rerun the silo command. Sounds like your boot sector got corrupted, or you moved second.b on your filesystem without rerunning silo.
Quoted 82 lines · A. Eijkhoudt
Hello all,
I've upgraded my OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 and now my SUN won't boot anymore. Whatever I try at the 'ok' prompt has no effect, it keeps saying 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable'. I've tried pretty much all versions of 'boot disk#:#' by now. The system in question is a SUN Ultra10, 300MHz, 320MB RAM, 40GB HD Maxtor 6E040L.
Partition layout:
<snip>
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 101 50400
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 101 79144 39837672
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 79656 40146624
5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 u 79147 79655 256032
82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p1 1 101
50400 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p2 101 79144
39837672 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p3 0 79656
40146624 5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p4 u 79147 79655
256032 82 Linux swap
</snip>
As you can see, I can boot fine from CD...
My SILO configuration:
<snip>
partition=1
root=/dev/hda2
timeout
device=/dev/hda
image=/boot/2.6.12
label=linux
image=/boot/2.6.12-old
label=old
</snip>
This is all correct:
<snip>
livecd ~ # ls /boot/
2.6.12      System.map         System.map-2.6.12-old  fd.b     generic.b 
isofs.b     old.b     silo.conf   ultra.b
2.6.12-old  System.map-2.6.12  boot                   first.b  ieee32.b 
lost+found second.b silotftp.b
</snip>
Running SILO yields no errors... Can someone please help? There has to be a simple way of fixing this, and I really don't believe I'm the only one who has ever had this problem either. I've already spent 5(!) hours reading every single search result I could find on Google and on the Gentoo forums about this... My SUN is pretty much dead in the water right now, as I don't feel like booting from a LiveCD just to get it beyond the OpenBoot POST.
Kind regards,
Arnim Eijkhoudt
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Ben Collins

2005-07-10 00:44 UTC #3 lore raw

In reply to A. Eijkhoudt

What's your silo.conf look like?

Quoted 103 lines · A. Eijkhoudt

Hi Ben,
Thanks for responding. I have, but to no avail. I've tried running SILO with multiple exotic combinations such as -f and -u to force it to rewrite the bootblock for my Ultra. What I don't understand is how the boot sector could get corrupted in the first place. I've also tried putting the first partition back at 'Start = 0' now; no deal.
Kind regards,
Arnim
Quoted 90 lines · Ben Collins
After booting from CD, rerun the silo command. Sounds like your boot sector got corrupted, or you moved second.b on your filesystem without rerunning silo.
Quoted 82 lines · A. Eijkhoudt
Hello all,
I've upgraded my OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 and now my SUN won't boot anymore. Whatever I try at the 'ok' prompt has no effect, it keeps saying 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable'. I've tried pretty much all versions of 'boot disk#:#' by now. The system in question is a SUN Ultra10, 300MHz, 320MB RAM, 40GB HD Maxtor 6E040L.
Partition layout:
<snip>
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 101 50400
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 101 79144 39837672
83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 79656 40146624
5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 u 79147 79655 256032
82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p1 1 101
50400 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p2 101 79144
39837672 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p3 0 79656
40146624 5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p4 u 79147 79655
256032 82 Linux swap
</snip>
As you can see, I can boot fine from CD...
My SILO configuration:
<snip>
partition=1
root=/dev/hda2
timeout
device=/dev/hda
image=/boot/2.6.12
label=linux
image=/boot/2.6.12-old
label=old
</snip>
This is all correct:
<snip>
livecd ~ # ls /boot/
2.6.12      System.map         System.map-2.6.12-old  fd.b     generic.b 
isofs.b     old.b     silo.conf   ultra.b
2.6.12-old  System.map-2.6.12  boot                   first.b  ieee32.b 
lost+found  second.b  silotftp.b
</snip>
Running SILO yields no errors... Can someone please help? There has to be a simple way of fixing this, and I really don't believe I'm the only one who has ever had this problem either. I've already spent 5(!) hours reading every single search result I could find on Google and on the Gentoo forums about this... My SUN is pretty much dead in the water right now, as I don't feel like booting from a LiveCD just to get it beyond the OpenBoot POST.
Kind regards,
Arnim Eijkhoudt
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A. Eijkhoudt

author

2005-07-10 13:07 UTC #4 lore raw

In reply to A. Eijkhoudt

Perhaps this rings a bell for someone:

I just noticed something odd that might be the actual cause of the problem. I used to be able to netboot the SUN as well, just slam the image into /tftpboot on the TFTP server and done. However, now I get 'Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss' no matter what image I try to boot (most notably, the flash PROM updates from SUN). Perhaps there is something set incorrectly in the OpenBoot I should look at?

Arnim.

Quoted 147 lines · Ben Collins

Sorry. Didn't read far enough.
Only things that come to my mind is that it is not booting the sectory from /dev/hda (maybe some incorrect partition). Or you installed the incorrect flash upgrade for your machine.
Are you sure that 3.31 is the latest? I seem to remember there being a newer version than that for your type of Ultra. You can always try downgrading your prom back to the older version.
Quoted 134 lines · A. Eijkhoudt
Hello,
Right now:
gateway boot # cat silo.conf
partition=1
root=/dev/hda2
timeout
device=/dev/hda
image=/boot/2.6.12
label=linux
image=/boot/2.6.12-old
label=old
So, the same as listed below in my original posting.
TIA,
Arnim.
Quoted 112 lines · Ben Collins
What's your silo.conf look like?
Quoted 107 lines · A. Eijkhoudt
Hi Ben,
Thanks for responding. I have, but to no avail. I've tried running SILO with multiple exotic combinations such as -f and -u to force it to rewrite the bootblock for my Ultra. What I don't understand is how the boot sector could get corrupted in the first place. I've also tried putting the first partition back at 'Start = 0' now; no deal.
Kind regards,
Arnim
Quoted 92 lines · Ben Collins
After booting from CD, rerun the silo command. Sounds like your boot sector got corrupted, or you moved second.b on your filesystem without rerunning silo.
Quoted 82 lines · A. Eijkhoudt
Hello all,
I've upgraded my OBP from 3.11 to 3.31 and now my SUN won't boot anymore. Whatever I try at the 'ok' prompt has no effect, it keeps saying 'The file just loaded does not appear to be executable'. I've tried pretty much all versions of 'boot disk#:#' by now. The system in question is a SUN Ultra10, 300MHz, 320MB RAM, 40GB HD Maxtor 6E040L.
Partition layout:
<snip>
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 1 101
50400 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part2 101 79144
39837672 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 0 79656
40146624 5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part4 u 79147 79655
256032 82 Linux swap
Disk /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3 (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16383 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End
Blocks Id System
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p1 1 101
50400 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p2 101 79144
39837672 83 Linux native
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p3 0 79656
40146624 5 Whole disk
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3p4 u 79147 79655
256032 82 Linux swap
</snip>
As you can see, I can boot fine from CD...
My SILO configuration:
<snip>
partition=1
root=/dev/hda2
timeout
device=/dev/hda
image=/boot/2.6.12
label=linux
image=/boot/2.6.12-old
label=old
</snip>
This is all correct:
<snip>
livecd ~ # ls /boot/
2.6.12 System.map System.map-2.6.12-old fd.b
generic.b isofs.b old.b silo.conf ultra.b
2.6.12-old System.map-2.6.12 boot first.b ieee32.b
lost+found second.b silotftp.b
</snip>
Running SILO yields no errors... Can someone please help? There has to be a simple way of fixing this, and I really don't believe I'm the only one who has ever had this problem either. I've already spent 5(!) hours reading every single search result I could find on Google and on the Gentoo forums about this... My SUN is pretty much dead in the water right now, as I don't feel like booting from a LiveCD just to get it beyond the OpenBoot POST.
Kind regards,
Arnim Eijkhoudt
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