Re: Where is the 11.0 BETA iso file ?

On 11/6/25 14:02, Palle Lyckegaard wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 2025, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> 
>> name                     aliases
>> {0} ok boot cdrom
>> Boot device: /virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/disk@1  File and 
>> args:
>> WARNING: Unsupported bootblk image, can not extract fcode
>>
>> WARNING: Bootblk fcode extraction failed
>>
>> The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
>> {0} ok boot cdrom:a
>> NOTICE:  Entering OpenBoot.
> 
> boot cdrom:f
> 
> (try 'f' instead of 'a')
> 
> 

yep. that boots and fails real fast :


SPARC S7-2, No Keyboard
Copyright (c) 1998, 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.43.14, 16.0000 GB memory installed, Serial #83XXXXXX.
Ethernet address 0:14:4f:XX:XX:XX, Host ID: 84XXXXXX.



{0} ok boot cdrom:f
Boot device: /virtual-devices@100/channel-devices@200/disk@1:f  File and 
args:
WARNING: Unsupported bootblk image, can not extract fcode

WARNING: Bootblk fcode extraction failed
NetBSD IEEE 1275 Multi-FS Bootblock
Version $NetBSD: bootblk.fth,v 1.18 2025/02/28 09:07:12 andvar Exp $
 >> NetBSD/sparc64 OpenFirmware Boot, Revision 1.20 (Tue Oct 28 15:00:36 
UTC 2025)
=0xcc8378
Loading netbsd: 13402936+514208+326136 [758520+497265]=0xf00580
[   1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
[   1.0000000]     2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 
2013,
[   1.0000000]     2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 
2023,
[   1.0000000]     2024, 2025
[   1.0000000]     The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.  All rights reserved.
[   1.0000000] Copyright (c) 1982, 1986, 1989, 1991, 1993
[   1.0000000]     The Regents of the University of California.  All 
rights reserved.

[   1.0000000] NetBSD 11.0_BETA (GENERIC) #0: Tue Oct 28 15:00:36 UTC 2025
[   1.0000000] 
[email protected]:/usr/src/sys/arch/sparc64/compile/GENERIC
[   1.0000000] total memory = 16384 MB
[   1.0000000] avail memory = 16062 MB
[   1.0000000] mainbus0 (root): ORCL,SPARC-S7-2 (SPARC S7-2): hostid 
84fbc883
[   1.0000000] cpu0 at mainbus0: cpu @ 4266.560 MHz, CPU id 0
[   1.0000000] cpu0: system tick frequency 1000 MHz
[   1.0000000] cpu0: 16K instruction (64 b/l), 16K data (32 b/l), 256K 
external (64 b/l)
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cpu at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] reboot-memory at mainbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] vbus0 at mainbus0
[   1.0000000] "flashprom" at vbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] "random-number-generator" at vbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] "dax" at vbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] "console" at vbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] cbus0 at vbus0
[   1.0000000] vnet0 at cbus0 chan 0x0: ivec 0x0, 0x1, address 
00:14:4f:fb:04:47
[   1.0000000] vdsk0 at cbus0 chan 0x1: ivec 0x2, 0x3
[   1.0000000] scsibus0 at vdsk0: 2 targets, 1 lun per target
[   1.0000000] vdsk1 at cbus0 chan 0x2: ivec 0x4, 0x5
[   1.0000000] scsibus1 at vdsk1: 2 targets, 1 lun per target
[   1.0000000] "pciv-communication" at cbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] "virtual-domain-service" at cbus0 not configured
[   1.0000000] vrtc0 at vbus0
[   1.0000000] pcons0 at mainbus0
[   1.0000000] WARNING: system needs entropy for security; see entropy(7)
[   1.0000074] No counter-timer -- using %stick at 1000MHz as system clock.
[   1.0004057] sd0 at scsibus0 target 1 lun 0: <SUN, Virtual Disk, 1.1> 
disk fixed
[   1.0004057] sd0: fabricating a geometry
[   1.0004057] sd0: 32768 MB, 32768 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect 
x 67108864 sectors
[   1.0004057] sd0: fabricating a geometry
[   1.0004057] cd0 at scsibus1 target 1 lun 0: <SUN, Virtual CDROM, 1.1> 
cdrom removable
[   1.0004057] swwdog0: software watchdog initialized
[   1.0004057] root on cd0a dumps on cd0b
[   1.0004057] root file system type: cd9660
[   1.0004057] kern.module.path=/stand/sparc64/11.0/modules
[   1.1404023] panic: init died (signal 0, exit 11)
[   1.1404023] cpu0: Begin traceback...
[   1.1404023] cpu0: End traceback...
Stopped in pid 1.1 (init) at    netbsd:cpu_Debugger+0x4:        nop
db{0}>


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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken