Guys,
I am trying all the usual stuff, but at wits end on this...
Any help from the experts appreciated.

Anything I do to boot/install from cdrom, I get the same message, either
install 2.6 (5/98) or 8 (2/02).
"The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
I have used the install cd, software 1of2 cd and no difference...

Please tell me what I am doing wrong!
I installed this CD-RW, HP CD-Writer Plus, 9200Series, and I am trying
to use it. Seems to recognize it...

thanks
bsr

Here are the system specs:
Sun Ultra 60 UPA/PCI (UltraSPARC-II 450MHz), No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.27, 1024 MB memory installed, Serial #.
Ethernet address , Host ID: .

ok probe-scsi-all
/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1

/pci@1f,4000/scsi@3
Target 0
Unit 0 Disk IBM DNES30917SUN9.0GSAD0
Target 1
Unit 0 Disk IBM DNES30917SUN9.0GSAD0
Target 6
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device HP CD-Writer+ 9200 1.0e

ok devalias
screen /SUNW,ffb@1e,0
net /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1
disk /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0
cdrom /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0:f
tape /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/tape@4,0
tape1 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/tape@5,0
tape0 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3,1/tape@4,0
disk6 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0
disk5 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@5,0
disk4 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@4,0
disk3 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@3,0
disk2 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@2,0
disk1 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@1,0
disk0 /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0
scsi /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3
floppy /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/fdthree
ttyb /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/se:b
ttya /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/se:a
keyboard! /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3083f8:forcemode
keyboard /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3083f8
mouse /pci@1f,4000/ebus@1/su@14,3062f8
name aliases

ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0:f File and args:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
ok boot disk
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0 File and args:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
ok boot /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0 File and args:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
ok boot /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:f
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@0,0:f File and args:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.
ok boot /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@1,0:f
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@1,0:f File and args:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.

["Followup-To:" header set to comp.sys.sun.admin.]
On 2006-08-07, b_s_r <b_s_r@comcast.net> wrote:
> Guys,
> I am trying all the usual stuff, but at wits end on this...
> Any help from the experts appreciated.
>
> Anything I do to boot/install from cdrom, I get the same message, either
> install 2.6 (5/98) or 8 (2/02).
> "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
> I have used the install cd, software 1of2 cd and no difference...
>
> Please tell me what I am doing wrong!

IME, SPARCstations are *very* sensitive to the type of CD drive and
the quality of the CDs you try and boot from. I've had most success
with Sun CDs and the drive that Sun installed in the machine, and
least with home-made CDs and non-OEM CD drives. Also, the older CD
drives don't seem to like home-made CDs much. I too have spent hours
looking at the "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
message.

You just need to keep trying - eventually you may find a combo
that works. Sorry I can't be more constructive, but I've been down
exactly this path and have made a shed-load of coasters. Be *certain*
that you've blown the CDs correctly - have you another machine you can try
on?, you have burned them as ISOs, haven't you? Make sure the CD drive
in the machine works - you can mount other CDs?

--
"Other people are not your property."
[email me at huge [at] huge [dot] org [dot] uk]

Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:

>IME, SPARCstations are *very* sensitive to the type of CD drive and
>the quality of the CDs you try and boot from. I've had most success
>with Sun CDs and the drive that Sun installed in the machine, and
>least with home-made CDs and non-OEM CD drives. Also, the older CD
>drives don't seem to like home-made CDs much. I too have spent hours
>looking at the "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
>message.

He's using some newer CD drive from HP; I think that the SPARC systems
require a 512 byte block size for the drives, though, at least in
order to be able to boot from them.

Some have a jumper which allows you to set this.

Casper
--
Expressed in this posting are my opinions. They are in no way related
to opinions held by my employer, Sun Microsystems.
Statements on Sun products included here are not gospel and may
be fiction rather than truth.

Huge wrote:
> ["Followup-To:" header set to comp.sys.sun.admin.]
> On 2006-08-07, b_s_r <b_s_r@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Guys,
>> I am trying all the usual stuff, but at wits end on this...
>> Any help from the experts appreciated.
>>
>> Anything I do to boot/install from cdrom, I get the same message, either
>> install 2.6 (5/98) or 8 (2/02).
>> "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
>> I have used the install cd, software 1of2 cd and no difference...
>>
>> Please tell me what I am doing wrong!
>
> IME, SPARCstations are *very* sensitive to the type of CD drive and
> the quality of the CDs you try and boot from. I've had most success
> with Sun CDs and the drive that Sun installed in the machine, and
> least with home-made CDs and non-OEM CD drives. Also, the older CD
> drives don't seem to like home-made CDs much. I too have spent hours
> looking at the "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
> message.
>
> You just need to keep trying - eventually you may find a combo
> that works. Sorry I can't be more constructive, but I've been down
> exactly this path and have made a shed-load of coasters. Be *certain*
> that you've blown the CDs correctly - have you another machine you can try
> on?, you have burned them as ISOs, haven't you? Make sure the CD drive
> in the machine works - you can mount other CDs?
>
I am using the original CD's. So it should not be CD sensitivity.

As Casper pointed out, it could be the CD-RW drive.

This is what happens if I put an install cd.
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0:f File and args:
The file just loaded does not appear to be executable.

and this is what happens if I put a non bootable CD
ok boot cdrom
Boot device: /pci@1f,4000/scsi@3/disk@6,0:f File and args:
Bad magic number in disk label
Can't open disk label package

Can't open boot device

ok

So, is it still the CD-ROM the suspect?

thanks
bsr

Casper H.S. Dik wrote:
> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> writes:
>
>> IME, SPARCstations are *very* sensitive to the type of CD drive and
>> the quality of the CDs you try and boot from. I've had most success
>> with Sun CDs and the drive that Sun installed in the machine, and
>> least with home-made CDs and non-OEM CD drives. Also, the older CD
>> drives don't seem to like home-made CDs much. I too have spent hours
>> looking at the "The file just loaded does not appear to be executable"
>> message.
>
> He's using some newer CD drive from HP; I think that the SPARC systems
> require a 512 byte block size for the drives, though, at least in
> order to be able to boot from them.
>
> Some have a jumper which allows you to set this.
Ok, here is the scoop.
It does not like the CD-ROM drive I had. I found a Sun CDROM
Sun 370-3416 and it is booting 2.6 as we speak.

thanks for the support

bsr