Re: Trouble booting an IBM 7248 after installation
William Orr <[email protected]> Mon, 30 Jun 2014 18:55:36 -0700
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--Apple-Mail=_3361263D-64C6-48E8-A6DA-0492599F831B Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_4C6D357E-4497-44A7-B013-B9B9CF89E450" --Apple-Mail=_4C6D357E-4497-44A7-B013-B9B9CF89E450 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 On Jun 29, 2014, at 3:08 AM, David Brownlee <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29 June 2014 06:45, William Orr <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello all, >>=20 >> I=92ve *almost* successfully installed NetBSD on my IBM 7248. My = system is a little special though - the SCSI drive that it had was bad, = so I instead installed on a CF Card that=92s plugged into the IDE = controller. The installation of NetBSD went beautifully, however I can=92t= boot my system. >>=20 >> The SMS sees the CF card as a bootable device, and when booting to = it, the serial console hangs and the system never comes up. There=92s no = real activity happening on the CF card. >>=20 >> I then tried creating a netbootable image with the hope of netbooting = into my installed system. I booted up the installer again, and dropped = to a shell. I chrooted into my system and did /usr/mdec/mkbootimage -m = prep -b /usr/mdec/boot_com0 -k /netbsd boot.fs and tried netbooting = again. The system grabbed it via tftp, but it hung afterwards. Again, = there were no reads on the CF card. >>=20 >> It=92s worth noting that the CF card is 8GB, and SMS only sees it as = roughly 3.7 GBs. >>=20 >> Here=92s the partition table: >>=20 >> # fdisk /dev/wd0 >> Disk: /dev/wd0c >> NetBSD disklabel disk geometry: >> cylinders: 15538, heads: 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 = sectors/cylinder) >> total sectors: 15662304 >>=20 >> BIOS disk geometry: >> cylinders: 975, heads: 255, sectors/track: 63 (16065 = sectors/cylinder) >> total sectors: 15662304 >>=20 >> Partitions aligned to 16065 sector boundaries, offset 63 >>=20 >> Partition table: >> 0: Linux/MINIX (sharing disk with DRDOS) or Personal RISC boot (sysid = 65) >> start 63, size 9800 (5 MB, Cyls 0-0/156/35), Active >> PBR is not bootable: All bytes are identical (0x00) >> 1: NetBSD (sysid 169) >> start 9863, size 15652441 (7643 MB, Cyls 0/156/36-974/237/63) >> PBR is not bootable: All bytes are identical (0x00) >> 2: <UNUSED> >> 3: <UNUSED> >> First active partition: 0 >>=20 >>=20 >> And the disklabel: >>=20 >> # /dev/wd0c: >> type: unknown >> disk: TS8GCF133 >> label: >> flags: >> bytes/sector: 512 >> sectors/track: 63 >> tracks/cylinder: 16 >> sectors/cylinder: 1008 >> cylinders: 15538 >> total sectors: 15662304 >> rpm: 3600 >> interleave: 1 >> trackskew: 0 >> cylinderskew: 0 >> headswitch: 0 # microseconds >> track-to-track seek: 0 # microseconds >> drivedata: 0 >>=20 >> 8 partitions: >> # size offset fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs] >> a: 15127056 9863 4.2BSD 2048 16384 0 # (Cyl. = 9*- 15016*) >> b: 263088 15136919 swap # (Cyl. = 15016*- 15277*) >> c: 15662304 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 = - 15537) >> e: 9800 63 boot # (Cyl. = 0*- 9*) >>=20 >> Any help would be very much appreciated. >=20 > Its possible the 7248 is not happy with the CF to IDE adaptor, but > they are generally pretty compatible. Are you booting from SCSI CD and > running sysinst to install onto CF-on-IDE ? >=20 > I can't recall NetBSD's prep boot loader offhand - does it give a few > seconds countdown and an option to hit space to abort? If so could you > try interrupting the CD boot and then running 'boot netbsd -a'? If it > works it should prompt for a root device, which is probably going to > be wd0a to run from the installed system. If that works then it means > one workaround (for right now) would be to build a bootable CD with a > kernel set to use root on wd0a. It seems to have a timeout regardless of whether or not you=92ve = interacted with it - there=92s not way to abort. In my seconds where I could specify a manual boot, I tried: >> NetBSD/prep BOOT, Revision 1.8 Boot: netbsd -a Loading netbsd (howto 0x1) open netbsd: Input/output error Boot: wd0a:/netbsd Loading wd0a:/netbsd open wd0a:/netbsd: Input/output error Boot: wd0:/netbsd Loading wd0:/netbsd open wd0:/netbsd: Input/output error Boot: wd0a:/netbsd Loading wd0a:/netbsd open wd0a:/netbsd: Input/output error Boot: rd0a:/netbsd Loading rd0a:/netbsd open rd0a:/netbsd: Input/output error As well as those but prefaced with boot. I got the same out output you = see above. I=92m trying from the netbootable sysinst image. The generic images = don=92t even give me a boot loader. --Apple-Mail=_4C6D357E-4497-44A7-B013-B9B9CF89E450 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;"><div>On Jun 29, 2014, at 3:08 AM, David Brownlee = <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:</div><div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">On 29 June 2014 06:45, William Orr = <<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> = wrote:<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">Hello all,<br><br>I=92ve *almost* = successfully installed NetBSD on my IBM 7248. My system is a little = special though - the SCSI drive that it had was bad, so I instead = installed on a CF Card that=92s plugged into the IDE controller. The = installation of NetBSD went beautifully, however I can=92t boot my = system.<br><br>The SMS sees the CF card as a bootable device, and when = booting to it, the serial console hangs and the system never comes up. = There=92s no real activity happening on the CF card.<br><br>I then tried = creating a netbootable image with the hope of netbooting into my = installed system. I booted up the installer again, and dropped to a = shell. I chrooted into my system and did /usr/mdec/mkbootimage -m prep = -b /usr/mdec/boot_com0 -k /netbsd boot.fs and tried netbooting again. = The system grabbed it via tftp, but it hung afterwards. Again, there = were no reads on the CF card.<br><br>It=92s worth noting that the CF = card is 8GB, and SMS only sees it as roughly 3.7 GBs.<br><br>Here=92s = the partition table:<br><br># fdisk /dev/wd0<br>Disk: = /dev/wd0c<br>NetBSD disklabel disk geometry:<br>cylinders: 15538, heads: = 16, sectors/track: 63 (1008 sectors/cylinder)<br>total sectors: = 15662304<br><br>BIOS disk geometry:<br>cylinders: 975, heads: 255, = sectors/track: 63 (16065 sectors/cylinder)<br>total sectors: = 15662304<br><br>Partitions aligned to 16065 sector boundaries, offset = 63<br><br>Partition table:<br>0: Linux/MINIX (sharing disk with DRDOS) = or Personal RISC boot (sysid 65)<br> start 63, size = 9800 (5 MB, Cyls 0-0/156/35), = Active<br> PBR is not bootable: = All bytes are identical (0x00)<br>1: NetBSD (sysid = 169)<br> start 9863, size 15652441 (7643 MB, Cyls = 0/156/36-974/237/63)<br> PBR is = not bootable: All bytes are identical (0x00)<br>2: <UNUSED><br>3: = <UNUSED><br>First active partition: 0<br><br><br>And the = disklabel:<br><br># /dev/wd0c:<br>type: unknown<br>disk: = TS8GCF133<br>label:<br>flags:<br>bytes/sector: 512<br>sectors/track: = 63<br>tracks/cylinder: 16<br>sectors/cylinder: 1008<br>cylinders: = 15538<br>total sectors: 15662304<br>rpm: 3600<br>interleave: = 1<br>trackskew: 0<br>cylinderskew: 0<br>headswitch: 0 = # = microseconds<br>track-to-track seek: 0 # = microseconds<br>drivedata: 0<br><br>8 partitions:<br># = size offset = fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]<br>a: = 15127056 9863 = 4.2BSD 2048 16384 = 0 # (Cyl. = 9*- 15016*)<br>b: = 263088 15136919 = swap = &n= bsp; # (Cyl. 15016*- = 15277*)<br>c: 15662304 = 0 = unused 0 = 0 # = (Cyl. 0 - 15537)<br>e: = 9800 = 63 = boot = &n= bsp; # (Cyl. = 0*- = 9*)<br><br>Any help would be very much = appreciated.<br></blockquote><br>Its possible the 7248 is not happy with = the CF to IDE adaptor, but<br>they are generally pretty compatible. Are = you booting from SCSI CD and<br>running sysinst to install onto = CF-on-IDE ?<br><br>I can't recall NetBSD's prep boot loader offhand - = does it give a few<br>seconds countdown and an option to hit space to = abort? If so could you<br>try interrupting the CD boot and then running = 'boot netbsd -a'? If it<br>works it should prompt for a root device, = which is probably going to<br>be wd0a to run from the installed system. = If that works then it means<br>one workaround (for right now) would be = to build a bootable CD with a<br>kernel set to use root on = wd0a.</div></blockquote></div><br><div>It seems to have a timeout = regardless of whether or not you=92ve interacted with it - there=92s not = way to abort.</div><div><br></div><div>In my seconds where I could = specify a manual boot, I tried:</div><div>>> NetBSD/prep BOOT, = Revision 1.8<br><br>Boot: netbsd -a<br>Loading netbsd (howto = 0x1)<br>open netbsd: Input/output error<br><br>Boot: = wd0a:/netbsd<br>Loading wd0a:/netbsd<br>open wd0a:/netbsd: Input/output = error<br><br>Boot: wd0:/netbsd<br>Loading wd0:/netbsd<br>open = wd0:/netbsd: Input/output error<br><br>Boot: wd0a:/netbsd<br>Loading = wd0a:/netbsd<br>open wd0a:/netbsd: Input/output error<br><br>Boot: = rd0a:/netbsd<br>Loading rd0a:/netbsd<br>open rd0a:/netbsd: Input/output = error<br><br>As well as those but prefaced with boot. I got the same out = output you see above.</div><div><br></div><div>I=92m trying from the = netbootable sysinst image. The generic images don=92t even give me a = boot loader.</div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_4C6D357E-4497-44A7-B013-B9B9CF89E450-- --Apple-Mail=_3361263D-64C6-48E8-A6DA-0492599F831B Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTshUYAAoJEOWIWopNkblkXtMP/j2iIk2hRrE1L5EgWAAmg+XI u755uaJXdQuVKLzBhm99sR1E+8MLGhanViijFARvWOBJYgygYIQWDcW8glFv9fdB +Iwi2WgBdBIzYJSHh0ksXS7Wjc+GgqzZG6E9l5I2dGjCky9BIjVMyyTSnG17kVjK hnsIT6CUxE4d+2MaFTjzRSvXJhASVa0G7jxgCdwiV6qDzt/Gdry4fIkBfdyS/QX8 Jw/DAk22BbIWo+9y2GPUceDgl/L9b944st6F64Qp0aAe/JukZU17cK9rdnqUAsLB BmOK1s6DQjZyHJzGmP5GetrCz85Ds6WWoi+gmeMn3PtLNKQrRgud4BHHOxPWkXWz kUflI/XNBzvl1XU9KHVUvxPLJeYgFCqf7bgknJu9RCwG0Jwy/3/2j87R4Ce4vXQp 6Cqq+cM+tdkBA8gl9+gsDPI8q5dgzhKSC0VBOUVKhauKLIp8t3+27f/IY57qzcpV rCC8l+iyiT4LaNB0DaXXrVi+GLfeO640vGpUcKwhAQ7BdG7KlkwTUCUJSQ8OEeGV 45+5SkHeq3EM93Ypk1pjwekZC2mkD3FjLkd7Ywj+ovLMocw1suG4SMpBV6JlpbXr tuXJ43inNWL3+zNujL4byTpt8sVgm2urZeibK6ahvt0ln5hq1mqpVWLrUpKyfKsM 2zBzhxbd3XXY1/J1ITmw =wawQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Apple-Mail=_3361263D-64C6-48E8-A6DA-0492599F831B--