[OpenIndiana-discuss] loader doesn't load

[Udo Grabowski (IMK)]

Hi,

hit a strange problem, trying to boot a really simple system (old
Sun U27, pure BIOS, not that UEFI/GPT/CSM rubbish), ISO loads and runs
without problems; but from the disk, the loader does not start at all,
instead outputs one or two empty lines and stops with a blinking cursor.
Only action accepted there is CTRL-ALT-DEL ... Partition is Solaris 2,
Option whole disk.
Tried different options, installboot -mfF ... etc., always the same
stall. Loader prompt from iso boot gives me these details:

Active allocators 827/2502
41.910.272 reserved, 33.578.256 allocated
heap base 0xcb726000, top at 0xcdf1e000, upper limit 0xcf726000,
4.111.408 fragments

lsdev
cd0  bios drv E: 41723824 x 2048
disk dev. disk0 Bios dev C: 1.000.215.216 x 512
           disk0s1: Solaris 2
           disk0s1a: root
           disk0s1i: boot

           disk1 Bios dev D: (3.907.029.168 x 512)
           disk1p1: illumos ZFS
           disk1p9: reserved
           (pulled disk1 to avoid confusion, no help)
lszfs
    zfs:rpool   (disk0)
    zfs:Work_SL (disk1)

But beadm at loader level does not find anything !

What's wrong here ?
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