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Bug 79326 - sparc64-universal-2004.3 fails with "clock_probe: Could not find timer chip"
Summary: sparc64-universal-2004.3 fails with "clock_probe: Could not find timer chip"
Status: RESOLVED NEEDINFO
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: Sparc Linux
: High major (vote)
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2005-01-24 05:52 UTC by Joseph D. Wieber, Jr.
Modified: 2005-05-16 10:39 UTC (History)
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Description Joseph D. Wieber, Jr. 2005-01-24 05:52:45 UTC 
I have a sunblade1500 with OBP version 4.16.4 that I'm trying to install gentoo on. I started off with OBP version 4.9.5 and the cd booted fine. I got the install to complete successfully, but could not get silo to boot. I scoured the net and tried all (valid) suggestions with no success. The final suggestion I tried was updating OBP. I upgraded to the version above and now the sparc64-universal-2004.3 cd fails with "clock_probe: Could not find timer chip". When we put the hdd with solaris on it, it boots fine. Here is a link http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=282777&highlight=silo to my posting on the gentoo forum. It has a more detailed explanation of the whole issue. 

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.ok boot cdrom
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Actual Results:  
clock_probe: Could not find timer chip

Expected Results:  
Live cd should have loaded so I could chroot into my gentoo env and try to fix 
silo.

http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=282777&highlight=silo
Comment 1 Jason Wever (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-03-06 20:08:24 UTC 
Please try http://dev.gentoo.org/~gustavoz/sparc/experimental/gentoo-sparc64-20050306.iso and see if this fixes the issue for you.
Comment 2 Chris Gianelloni (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-05-16 10:39:49 UTC 
Please REOPEN if this is still an issue with 2005.0's release.