Bug#246820: Sarge Beta 4 sparc report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Sarge Beta 4 sparc 30 Apr 04 from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/beta4/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso
uname -a: never got that far. But from existing Woody it shows
Linux ultratux 2.4.18 #2 Thu Apr 11 14:37:17 EDT 2002 sparc64 unknown
Date: 01 May 04 06:22
Method: Sarge Beta4 netinstall CD.
Machine: Ultra30 <Description of machine (eg, IBM Thinkpad R32)>
Processor: IT UltraSparc II (BlackBird)
Memory: 756.816M
Root Device: SCSI DEC RZ2DD-LS 9G drive /dev/sda
Root Size/partition table: never got that far. existing partition table is
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 79 132720 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 u 79 158 132720 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 u 0 5271 8855280 5 Whole disk
/dev/sda4 158 5271 8589840 8e Linux LVM
Output of lspci: (from Woody)
00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Psycho PCI Bus Module
00:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
00:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
00:03.0 SCSI storeage controller: LSI Logic / Symbois Logic (formerly NCR) 53c87)
01:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Psycho PCI Bus Module
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:
Starts to boot okay, loads ramdisk, can't find reiserfs on ramdisk, then kernel panic
Startup messages
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 boot prom
I've check md5sums on iso's and burned two CDs. Same problem on both CDs.
Kind Regards,
Tom
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