Bug 24059

Summary:	Kernel Panic booting an Ultra AXI
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	thomas aime <thomas.aime>
Component:	Current packages	Assignee:	Jason Wever (RETIRED) <weeve>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	CC:	sparc
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Sparc
OS:	Linux
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Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description thomas aime 2003-07-07 10:51:38 UTC

Hi,

I'm experiencing a kernel Panic when i try to boot my Sun Ultra AXI, 400 Mhz,
when booting from the CD gentoo 1.4 rc2, i pass the basic command "boot cdrom",
from the OBP prompt, it then loads the kernel, it properly detect the disk and
the CD, sym0:0, and sym0:6 but when it try to access it for the tar command and
chroot from the booting script it says : cdrom open failed, etc. ... up to
kernel panic ...

Help is welcome !!!

Best regards, thomas.

Comment 1 Jason Wever (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-07-08 14:02:38 UTC

Hiya Thomas,

What interface does the cdrom use on the Ultra AXI (not familiar with it).

Comment 2 Jason Wever (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-11 16:00:50 UTC

Hi,

There's a new experimental LiveCD on the mirrors called gentoo-sparc64-1.4_rc4-11Aug2003.iso.bz2 that should fix this problem.  Please test and let me know how it works.

Thanks

Comment 3 Jason Wever (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2003-08-24 14:13:19 UTC

From what I understand, the Ultra AXI depends on the SYM53C8XX driver, which is now included in the latest experimental LiveCDs.  If you are still  having problems, pleas re-open.