Cannot boot from 6.2 install cd

Kris Kennaway kris at obsecurity.org
Sat May 19 18:00:54 UTC 2007


On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 09:07:09AM -0400, Nick Folino wrote:
> This is my first try at fbsd on my Sun 420R.  I've tried the 6.2 boot-only
> and 6.2 disc1 cd's.  It gets to this point and just hangs:
> 
> Hit [Enter] to boot immediately, or any other key for command prompt.
> Booting [/boot/kernel/kernel]...
> nothing to autoload yet.
> jumping to kernel entry at 0xc0060000.
> 
> Any idea what is happening at this point and where to look?

Unfortunately support for the openfirmware console was broken in
February 2005.  Before then it used to work, but now your only option
is to install from a serial console.

Kris

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