Thanks so much, @jpstewart!
I have been trying to install an OS on this machine, with varying degrees of success: first, I dd'd the iso image to an USB stick, and both for Solaris 11 as well as 10, the bootup process froze after printing the OS version like so:
Code:
{8} ok boot usb
Boot device: /pci@0/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/pci@1/pci@0/usb@0,2/hub@4/storage@1/disk File and args:
SunOS Release 5.11 Version 11.3 64-bit
Copyright (c) 1983, 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
By "froze" I mean no spinner, no discernable activity for over 30 mins. First, I thought the kernel might be expecting a specific FS (filesystem) layout that wasn't replicated on USB by dd'ing, so I burned DVDs - but I got the same result when using the DVD's - the boot froze just like it did w/ USB.
Then I downloaded the SXCE build 130 - and surprise - that worked! Through trial and error, I have discerned that the following versions of Solaris boots up successfully (USB vs CD turned out to be a red herring - if the OS boots on CD, it also boots on USB):
- Boots successfully:
- All Solaris 10 released before 12/15/2011 (Solaris 10u10 and earlier)
- SXCE build 130
- Solaris 11.00
- Boot Fails:
- Solaris 10u11
- Solaris 11.1 and higher
At this point, I suspect that my firmware must be too old - there must have been a firmware release after Dec 2011 that is causing boot failure for the newer OS. My T5120 has the following firmware versions:
- uBoot: U-Boot 1.1.1 (Apr 3 2008 - 19:06:21)
- SP Kernel: Linux-2.4.22 PowerPC Linux Kernel Image
- ILOM:
Code:
Sun(TM) Integrated Lights Out Manager Version 2.0.4.20.c
-> version
SP firmware 2.0.4.20.c
SP firmware build number: 30698
SP firmware date: Thu Apr 3 19:19:26 PDT 2008
SP filesystem version: 0.1.14
- OBP : OpenBoot 4.28.0
I was not able to successfully google the latest version # for ILOM and Openboot. I would be very grateful for that info.
Best regards!
