Bug#237888: installation-reports: sparc64 netboot, it works !

[Thomas Poindessous <thomas@poindessous.com>]

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: 20040310 boot.img (sparc64 netboot)
uname -a: Linux test 2.4.24-sparc64 #1 Fri Jan 30 18:32:22 EST 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-03-13
Method: netboot :
	boot net:client-ip=10.0.0.25,boot.img devfs=mount

Machine: Ultra5
Processor: UltraSparc IIi 270 Mhz
Memory: 192 Mb
Root Device: /dev/hda1
Root Size/partition table:
/dev/hda1 /
/dev/hda2 swap
/dev/hda3 Whole disk

Output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)
01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 9a)
01:03.0 IDE interface: CMD Technology Inc PCI0646 (rev 03)

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [O]
Config network:         [O]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O/E]
Create file systems:    [O/E]
Mount partitions:       [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install boot loader:    [O/E]
Reboot:                 [O]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

I did several installs and I found several problems ... but I did a install
without problems !

First, partman doesn't know how to do a automatic partitioning on the whole
disk. I got this error : 
"can't have the end before the start"

And if there is no partitions, it can't even create one. But if there are
already some partitions, it can delete 2 and create 1 with the space of the
two.

partman only proposes ext2, but this bug is fixed I think.

And last problem, silo-installer can't work with a reiserfs /. It's normal,
but the error message must be more explicit.

But sparc64 netboot works (at least for me) !