RE: [suse-sparc] Problem with SILO

From: Daniel Harris (cjunky_at_geek.com)
Date: Fri Jun 21 2002 - 02:24:33 CEST

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    From: "Daniel Harris" <cjunky@geek.com>
    Message-Id: <200602171.62635@webbox.com>
    Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2002 17:24:33 -0700
    Subject: RE: [suse-sparc] Problem with SILO
    

    the partition your linux kernel is on is after the 1GB "limit"
    of your prom.... the error message says it. I had this problem
    also and ended up making a 15mb linux partition at the beginning
    and mounted it as /boot. It will let you run the linux system
    that way...

    >--- Original Message ---
    >From: Peter Becker <peter.becker15@whopper.de>
    >To: suse-sparc@suse.com
    >Date: 6/20/02 10:39:17 AM
    >

    >Hi,
    >
    >this time in English,
    >
    >Itīs a SS20 with ROM 2.22
    >
    >Ok,
    >
    >on Disk with SCSI ID 3 Iīve installed SuSe 7.3,
    >on Disk with SCSI ID 1 Iīve installed Solaris 9.
    >
    >In PROM I can boot both Systems by using "boot linux" or "boot
    solaris". I
    >did this nvalias stuff in the prom.
    >
    >This ist silo.conf file
    >
    >------
    >timeout=1000
    >partition=1
    >read-only
    >
    >image=/vmlinuz
    > label=linux
    > root=/dev/sdb4
    >
    >other=/iommu/sbus/espdma/esp/sd@1,0;1
    > label=solaris
    >------
    >
    >Booting Linux works fine (beside my other question)
    >
    >but if I try to boot solaris I get this error message
    >
    >------
    >Fatal error: Wrong disklabel magic
    >Buggy old PROMs donīt allow reading past 1GB from start of the
    disk. Send
    >complains to SMCC
    >
    >Read error on block 1 (tried 512, got -1)
    >
    >Internal error while loading physical blocks from device
    >
    >Image not found.... try again
    >------
    >
    >any suggestions
    >
    >thanks
    >
    >Peter
    >
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