can't boot ISO image CD FreeBSD 9.1 on Sun Blade 1000

[Riccardo Veraldi]

"ls" /boot shows an empty directory... no files...

this did not happen on 8.2 ISO

starting from 8.3 it is not working anymore...


On 5/12/13 10:23 PM, C. P. Ghost wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 10:26 AM, Riccardo Veraldi 
> <riccardo.veraldi at gmail.com <mailto:riccardo.veraldi at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 4/23/13 6:28 PM, Kurt Lidl wrote:
>
>         On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 05:14:40PM +0200, Magnus Lindholm wrote:
>
>             I have the same problem on my blade 2000. I can't boot
>             FreeBSD CD on my sun (applies to both disc1 and bootonly)
>
>             I've tried 9.1 9.0 and 8.3 with the same result
>
>         I've got a stable/9 build that I created available here:
>         http://www.pix.net/ftp/pub/freebsd/fbsd-9stable-sparc64-20130417.iso
>
>         If you want to try something a little more up-to-date.
>
>         -Kurt
>
>     I tryed the 9 STABLE iso but it either does not work.
>
>     cant' find kernel
>
>     in fact doing an 'ls' from the boot loader prompt, kernel does not
>     exist...
>
>
> What does 'ls' show at the boot loader prompt?
>
> I remember having some problems in the past, locating the
> sparc64 kernel. Maybe it was something like /boot/GENERIC/kernel
> instead of /boot/kernel/kernel... Or something similar..., it's been
> a while ago since I've installed FreeBSD/sparc64 from CD-R or DVD-R
> on my Blade 1500 and Blade 2500... Locating the kernel with 'ls'
> and booting it explicitly worked though.
>
>     Rick
>
>
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>
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