Bug#239136: sun ultra 30 beta 3 boot failure
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: sparc beta3 mini-iso
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-sparc/beta3/images/cdrom-mini.iso
Date: 2004-03-20 17:00
Method: How did you install? mini-iso
What did you boot off? cdrom
If network install, from where? debian.oregonstate.edu
Proxied? no
Machine: Sun Ultra 30
Processor: 296 Mhz Ultrasparc
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: 18GB Scsi /dev/sda1
Output of lspci:
Creator framebuffer
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [E ]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Initial boot fails with:
sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on ramdisk(1,0)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
This is the same cdrom used to install on the Ultra 2.
Various boot options (devfs=mount, framebuffer=false,
ramdisk_size=16384) in various combinations have not changed this.
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Blars Blarson blarson@blars.org
http://www.blars.org/blars.html
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