Re: Begin: Mounting root file system ... /init: line 221: arithmetic syntax error

On 9/5/25 13:11, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi Dennis,
> 
>> On Sep 5, 2025, at 6:40 PM, Dennis Clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Well, this is interesting :
>>
>>
>> [   23.462584] This architecture does not have kernel memory protection.
>> [   23.636642] Run /init as init process
>> Loading, please wait...
>> /scripts/init-top/udev: line 14: can't create /sys/kernel/uevent_helper: Permission denied
>> Begin: Loading essential drivers ... [   24.311877] SCSI subsystem initialized
>> [   24.842426] pata_ali 0000:00:0d.0: enabling device (0004 -> 0005)
>> [   25.012970] scsi host0: pata_ali
>> [   25.105325] scsi host1: pata_ali
>> [   25.193444] ata1: PATA max UDMA/66 cmd 0x1fe02010200 ctl 0x1fe02010218 bmdma 0x1fe02010220 irq 12 lpm-pol 0
>> [   25.321678] ata2: PATA max UDMA/66 cmd 0x1fe02010210 ctl 0x1fe02010208 bmdma 0x1fe02010228 irq 12 lpm-pol 0
>> [   25.759898] ata1.00: ATA-5: ST340016A, 3.10, max UDMA/100
>> [   25.830961] ata1.00: 78165360 sectors, multi 0: LBA
>> [   26.050457] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST340016A 3.10 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
>> [   26.935164] ata2.00: ATA-6: ST340014A, 8.01, max UDMA/100
>> [   27.006267] ata2.00: 78165360 sectors, multi 0: LBA48
>> [   27.607854] scsi 1:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      ST340014A 8.01 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
>> modprobe: module tulip.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module auth_rpcgss.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module dmfe.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module flash.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module lockd.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module loop.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module nfs.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module nfs_acl.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module nfsd.ko not found in modules.dep
>> [   29.496486] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 78165360 512-byte logical blocks: (40.0 GB/37.3 GiB)
>> [   29.597089] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] 78165360 512-byte logical blocks: (40.0 GB/37.3 GiB)
>> [   29.771089] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
>> [   29.834362] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
>> [   29.897614] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>> [   30.016830] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
>> [   30.136138] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Preferred minimum I/O size 512 bytes
>> [   30.217751] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Preferred minimum I/O size 512 bytes
>> [   30.340686]  sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4
>> [   30.391482] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
>> [   33.940513]  sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4
>> [   33.991486] sd 1:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
>> modprobe: module sg.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module sunrpc.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: [   34.183107] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200
>> [   34.288481] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.12.3-sparc64-smp #1  Debian 6.12.3-1+sparc64
>> [   34.410847] Call Trace:
>> [   34.442944] [<0000000000ef8e70>] dump_stack+0x8/0x18
>> [   34.508199] [<0000000000eeb430>] panic+0xf4/0x398
>> [   34.570023] [<0000000000474574>] do_exit+0xab4/0xac0
>> [   34.635274] [<0000000000474744>] do_group_exit+0x24/0xa0
>> [   34.705101] [<00000000004747dc>] sys_exit_group+0x1c/0x40
>> [   34.776069] [<0000000000406214>] linux_sparc_syscall32+0x34/0x60
>> [   34.855064] Press Stop-A (L1-A) from sun keyboard or send break
>> [   34.855064] twice on console to return to the boot prom
>> [   35.001455] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000200 ]---
>> module usbcore.ko not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module platform:f0069d48 not found in modules.dep
>> modprobe: module platform:root not found in modules.dep
>> done.
>> Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... done.
>> Begin: Mounting root file system ... /init: line 221: arithmetic syntax error
>> ~
>> Type  'go' to resume
>> ok power-off
>>
>> lom>
>> LOM event: +0h32m20s host power off
>> lom>
> 
> I would suggest to create sparc64 sid chroot with the debootstrap command I suggested in my previous mails.
> 
> Just make sure to install qemu-user before running it with »--arch=sparc64« on your x86_64 machine.
> 

I have no idea how to do these things. I am guessing the qemu-user stuff
  is for some cross compile procedure ?


> Then tar that directory up, transfer it to the SPARC and unpack it into the root directory of the second hard drive
> 
> Then point the root partition in silo.conf to the newly generated sid sparc64 partition.

That sounds cool ... if I can get there.