BSDInstall on sparc64

Craig Butler craig001 at lerwick.hopto.org
Wed Feb 23 02:35:19 UTC 2011


On Tue, 2011-02-22 at 19:24 -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> On 02/22/11 17:30, Craig Butler wrote:
> > On Tue, 2011-02-15 at 11:03 -0600, Nathan Whitehorn wrote:
> >> I've prepared a test ISO image of the new BSDInstall installer for
> >> sparc64, which can be found at:
> >> http://people.freebsd.org/~nwhitehorn/bsdinstall-sparc64-20110215.iso.bz2
> >>
> >> It works fine on my Ultra 5, but I'd appreciate wider testing on sparc64
> >> (as well as general feedback) before we begin integrating this into the
> >> build infrastructure.
> >> -Nathan
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> > Hi Nathan
> >
> > Not working for me.... looks to panic after the guided partition of
> > entire disk.  Then reboots.
> >
> > NatureTech 777S... 8.1 via normal sysinstall works.
> 
> Can you provide any details on the panic? What was the last screen you 
> saw before the crash?
> -Nathan

Pressed enter to save the suggested partition scheme, it formatted the
partitions then page of text (flashed by so quick), then binned out to
ok.

I am going to try and burn the cd again in case it's a write error in
the burn process (the cd drive can be upset by different media)

Will try again tomorrow.

Regards

Craig Butler




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