Booting Netra X1 from external USB CD-ROM device

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1.Netra X1 - Can't open boot device

Hi,


I'm rebuilding a Netra X1 with Solaris 8 2/02.....


I can build it off the network, and the build goes successfully.
However, when I reboot, and the box tries to boot from disk, it gives
me the following:


.....
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/disk@0,0   FIle and args:
Evaluating: boot disk

Can't open boot device

......


and then it tries to boot from the network again. Any thoughts? The
hardware is good, I just can't seem to point it to a good boot device.
Please help.

- Thanks,


Todd

2.Netra X1 hangs when net booting Solaris 10 1/06

  I have a boot server and a Netra X1 on the same subnet.  While I can 
net boot the X1 into single-user Solaris 9 ("boot net -s"), it won't boot 
Solaris 10 1/06:  it hangs shortly after loading the kernel and  
requesting it's address for the third(?) time (the full transcript is 
below).  

  Ideas?  Other posts have indicated that not having "anon=0" in the 
dfstab will lead to problems like this, but it's already set.

  Regards,
    Greg

ok boot net -vs
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c  File and args: -vs
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
Timeout waiting for ARP/RARP packet
38800 
Server IP address: 192.168.8.48 
Client IP address: 192.168.8.44 
Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. 
Using RARP/BOOTPARAMS...

Requesting Internet address for 0:3:ba:5:2f:6c
Internet address is: 192.168.8.44
hostname: x1
Found 192.168.8.48 @ 0:3:ba:d9:cb:e4
root server: v240 (192.168.8.48)
root directory: /export/install/Solaris_10_106/Solaris_10/Tools/Boot
Size: 0x77f70+0x1baaa+0x2fcaa Bytes
module /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/unix: text at [0x1000000, 0x1077f6f] 
data at 0x1800000
module misc/sparcv9/krtld: text at [0x1077f70, 0x1090867] data at 
0x184b758
module /platform/sun4u/kernel/sparcv9/genunix: text at [0x1090868, 
0x11de65f] data at 0x1850f00
module /platform/SUNW,UltraAX-i2/kernel/misc/sparcv9/platmod: text at 
[0x11de660, 0x11de8cf] data at 0x18a2a08
module /platform/sun4u/kernel/cpu/sparcv9/SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIe: text at 
[0x11de900, 0x11ebb67] data at 0x18a3140
SunOS Release 5.10 Version Generic_118822-25 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms.
Ethernet address = 0:3:ba:5:2f:6c
Using default device instance data
mem = 131072K (0x8000000)
avail mem = 117424128
root nexus = Sun Netra X1 (UltraSPARC-IIe 400MHz)
pseudo0 at root
pseudo0 is /pseudo
scsi_vhci0 at root
scsi_vhci0 is /scsi_vhci
pseudo-device: dld0
dld0 is /pseudo/dld@0
pcipsy0 at root: UPA 0x1f 0x0
pcipsy0 is /pci@1f,0
PCI-device: ethernet@c, dmfe0
dmfe0 is /pci@1f,0/ethernet@c
PCI-device: ethernet@5, dmfe1
dmfe1 is /pci@1f,0/ethernet@5
Requesting Internet address for 0:3:ba:5:2f:6c
[...hangs...]

-- 
 \|/   ___   \|/     XXXX@XXXXX.COM     +----- 2048R/38BD6CAB -----+
  @~./'O o`\.~@                            | 02BD EF81 91B3 1B33 64C2 |
 /__( \___/ )__\                           | 3247 6722 7006 38BD 6CAB |
    `\__`U_/'                              +--------------------------+

3.Netra X1 hangs at boot time

Hello,

I'm trying to reinstall a Netra X1. I try to boot directly form a other
used netra Hard disk with Solaris8 inside, and hangs at boot. We try to
do an "boot -s" and still hangs.

We try to put a CDROM on second IDE as a master, and doing "boot" and
"boot -s" with Solaris 8 and 9 hangs. This is a screen of the hang:


ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/cdrom@2,0:f  File and args:
SunOS Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-29 64-bit
Copyright 1983-2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
-
lom>


Maybe is a OBP variable problem? Maybe a hardware pb? Any ideas?

4.Booting Netra X1

Hi everybody,

I am a newbie to Sun systems.  I recently got a Sun Netra X1 server.  I 
didn't come with any harddrives so I installed my own in it.  I want to 
install BSD on the server.  I've got instructions online about booting 
to a cdrom.  However whenever I type the command 'boot cdrom'  I 
received the message 'command not recongized'  I can list all the 
commands at the 'lom>' prompt and 'boot' is not listed, only 'bootmode' 
Also if I type the command 'poweron'  the server starts up and does 
nothing else.  I don't know if this server is broken or not. Could 
someone help me with booting this server?  Thanks.


Sean

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