I currently have version 2.15:

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Resetting ...

SPARCstation 5, No Keyboard
ROM Rev. 2.15, 64 MB memory installed, .
Ethernet address 8:0:20:74:2b:5c, .
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I just changed from a 2 gig scsi hd to a 9 gig scsi hd, and i can no
longer boot after a fresh install of solaris 8, because i have this
error msg:

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Rebooting with command: disk3
Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@5,8400000/esp@5,8800000/sd@3,0 File
and args:
Short read. 0x2000 chars read
disk read error
boot: cannot find misc/krtld
boot: error loading interpreter (misc/krtld)
Elf32 read error.
boot failed
Enter filename [/platform/SUNW,SPARCstation-5/kernel/unix]: ~
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I cannot find any Open Boot PROM upgrade for my sparc5, is that
possible ?

thanks !

Toaster.

herouxb@gmail.com (ToAsTeR) writes:

> I currently have version 2.15:
>
> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Resetting ...
>
> SPARCstation 5, No Keyboard
> ROM Rev. 2.15, 64 MB memory installed, .
> Ethernet address 8:0:20:74:2b:5c, .
> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
>
> I just changed from a 2 gig scsi hd to a 9 gig scsi hd, and i can no
> longer boot after a fresh install of solaris 8, because i have this
> error msg:

The entire root filesystem must lie within the first 2 G of the disk
on these old systems. Some sun4c systems needs to have it within the
first 1 G.

Partition the disk so that you have a <= 2 G root filesystem starting
at cylinder 0.

>
> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Rebooting with command: disk3
> Boot device: /iommu/sbus/espdma@5,8400000/esp@5,8800000/sd@3,0 File
> and args:
> Short read. 0x2000 chars read
> disk read error
> boot: cannot find misc/krtld
> boot: error loading interpreter (misc/krtld)
> Elf32 read error.
> boot failed
> Enter filename [/platform/SUNW,SPARCstation-5/kernel/unix]: ~
> -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
>
> I cannot find any Open Boot PROM upgrade for my sparc5, is that
> possible ?

Upgrading the prom on these systems involves a chip swap, but that
will not help you in this case.

>
> thanks !
>
> Toaster.

Thomas