sparc64 boot failure after 7.9 upgrade
Chris Ross <[email protected]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 15:35:30 -0400
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Hey all. So, I solved this problem, but I didn't find any mention of it = when I was looking around the internets when it first occurred. Wanted to = ask here. I have a Sun T5120 system running OpenBSD, using softraid (RAID1) for = boot. The OBP configuration is odd IMO, and I don=E2=80=99t remember whether I = ever understood it, or if I just found something that worked and left it. It was (at least for 7.4 through 7.8): ----8<----8<----8<---- Variable Name Value Default Value [..] boot-command boot boot boot-file sr0absd boot-device disk0 disk net ----8<----8<----8<---- For the boot loader identifying as ">> OpenBSD BOOT 1.27" through and including =E2=80=9C1.29=E2=80=9D, this was what worked: ----8<----8<----8<---- Boot device: disk0 File and args: sr0absd OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 2.1 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.29 ERROR: /iscsi-hba: No iscsi-network-bootpath property sr0* Booting sr0a:/bsd 10302872@0x1000000+2664@0x19d3598+149044@0x1c00000+4045260@0x1c24634 symbols @ 0xfe926400 513783+165+678696+474168 start=3D0x1000000 ----8<----8<----8<---- Upgrading OpenBSD from 7.7 to 7.8 worked fine. This stayed the same. However when I upgraded to OpenBSD 7.9, it seems to have upgraded the boot loader to 1.30, and this now failed: ----8<----8<----8<---- Boot device: disk0 File and args: sr0absd OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 2.1 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.30 ERROR: /iscsi-hba: No iscsi-network-bootpath property sr0* open sr0a:/absd: No such file or directory Boot: ----8<----8<----8<---- After searching around but not finding any reference, and then some = obvious trial and error, I was able to determine that the =E2=80=9Cright" string = to use for my boot-file is now "sr0bsd=E2=80=9D. So, do we know what changed in 1.30 compared to 1.29, and shouldn=E2=80=99= t this be mentioned in the upgrade guide? I thought I found an arch-specific = upgrade notes page, but can=E2=80=99t right now, so maybe I immagined it. Let me know if I failed to find/read the riught info if this was already = a documented need to change config. -Chris ps, current boot output: Boot device: disk0 File and args: sr0bsd OpenBSD IEEE 1275 Bootblock 2.1 >> OpenBSD BOOT 1.30 ERROR: /iscsi-hba: No iscsi-network-bootpath property sr0* Booting sr0a:/bsd 10613032@0x1000000+3800@0x1a1f128+152092@0x1c00000+4042212@0x1c2521c symbols @ 0xfe912400 544701+165+709944+498410 start=3D0x1000000