Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 17:32:56 -0800 From: Jeff Graham <suse@demit.net> Message-ID: <20020329173256.A74941@anarchy.com> Subject: [suse-sparc] SUMMARY: Ultra Enterprise 450 no memory for ramdisk install failure
Kludge:
Well I don't know if you will like the 'fix', but it seems to be a
memory subsystem initialization issue for me. If I boot solaris up
first, it initializes the memory subsystems to a 'usable' state.
So the process (until I find a fix) is boot solaris. init 0 the
machine from the booted solaris prompt, boot linux passing it a
mem=<amount of memory> parameter (in my case mem=4096M) then I can
do the install (this mem thing works in all modes even in install)
Even reboots require the boot solaris first thing.
Now this may be (I have not fully checked it out) a OpenPROM issue or
something similar, but I am happy I can get it working even with a
kludge.
On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 05:51:31PM -0800, Jeff Graham wrote:
> I am having a problem installing on an Enterprise 450. It runs diag and
> I go to the ok prompt. I boot from the cdrom and it starts up to the
> yast2, text, manual, rescue screen.
> I start text (on via serial console, NO graphics cards on the system)
> and it dumps me with the following errors.
>
> Could not find any available memory for initial ramdisk.
>
> Fatal error: You do not have enough continuous (sic) abvailable memory
> for such inital ramdisk.
>
> This box successfully runs solaris ok.
>
> Any hints as to what I should be doing here?
>
> The system reports:
> Sun Enterprise 450 (4xUltraSPARC-II 400MHz) no keyboard
> OpenBoot 3.2.2 4096MB memory installed
>
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