Bug#239508: SparcStation 20 netboot with 3-21 snapshot, close but not perfect
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 3-21-04 Sparc netboot snapshot. (http://people.debian.org/~jbailey/d-i/sparc/2004-03-21/sparc32/netboot/boot.img)
uname -a: Linux superbob 2.4.24-sparc32 #1 Fri Jan 30 16:04:55 EST 2004 sparc GNU/Linux
Date: Mar 21, 2004
Method: Netboot, rarp/tftp from my x86/sid workstation, squid cache
Machine: SparcStation 20
Processor: SuperSparc-II
Memory: 256M
Root Device: 9G SCA SCSI /dev/sda1
Root Size/partition table: 1G /, 512M swap, rest LVM
Output of lspci:
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
lspci: Cannot find any working access method.
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
* Very nice. There were a few questions of questionable value (Keyboard
layout on a serial console), but excusable.
* Backing out of a "Finish partitioning" takes you back to the main menu
instead of back to the partitioner, losing your changes.
* The disk I used had an MSDOS partition table on it, which the partitioner
happilly used until I manually created a sun label with parted from a
shell. I don't know if an MSDOS partition table would have been bootable
so I just made the Sun label. It couldn't hurt to check for a valid
partition table for the subarch your installing onto, if it doesn't
allready.
* After install baseconfig came up and did it's thing, though init was
complaining about the gettys for the local console respawning because I
don't have a local console on this box.
* After base-config was done I didn't get login. No getty on the serial
port. I was able to ssh in and write this email, so all is well.
- Nick Lopez
spamtrap@glowingmonkey.org
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