I asked (see below) about compatibility of Solaris 2.6 5/98 with the E4500.
Thanks to:
Michael Arndt <M.Arndt@science-computing.de>
Davin Milun <milun@staff.juno.com>
Scott Clark - SSE <Scott.Clark@east.sun.com>
Arthur Darren Dunham <add@netcom.com>
Karen Barrett <a206384@bogey.fmr.com>
Buddy Lumpkin <BLumpkin@ijapan.com>
NBP <kwave@kineticwave.com>
Robert Hill <Robert_Hill@cch.com>
"Siepe, Carlos" <CSiepe@uniFON.com.ar>
(and others which may arrive)
The problem here is the 8MB cache on the system. You need to get kernel patch 105181-20 (or higher) installed to use it properly. To get booted from CD to install the OS, you need to tell the Open Boot Prom to limit its cache size; at the ok prompt, enter:
ok limit-ecache-size
ok setenv auto-boot? false
Now you can boot from CD and install 2.6. Be sure to tell suninstall *not* to auto-reboot after the install completes. Shut the system down, enter "reset" at the ok prompt, and re-enter the limit-ecache-size command as above (it does not carry over between resets). Now boot the system again.
Retrieve and install the Recommended patch set from ftp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub/patches
Now the system will boot normally, with the limit-ecache-size command being entered at the ok prompt. (You can also re-set auto-boot? back to true.)
This procedure is laid out in detail in SunSolve doc #20149
Original Message
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Is the 5/98 Release of Solaris 2.6 supported on E4500's, or do I have a hardware problem?
8-slot Sun Enterprise E4500/E5500, No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.2.24, 8192 MB memory installed, Serial #13220065.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:c9:b8:e1, Host ID: 80c9b8e1.
{0} ok boot cdrom -s
Boot device: /sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@6,0:f File and args: -s
SunOS Release 5.6 Version Generic_105181-05 [UNIX(R) System V Release 4.0]
Copyright (c) 1983-1997, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
panic[cpu0]/thread=0x10404040: recursive rw_enter, lp=10417348 wwwh=10404044 waiters=0 thread=10404040
rebooting...
Resetting...
Solaris 7 boots ok, but 2.6 doesn't
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