Bug#274447: pre-rc2 on sparc64: failure to detect cd

[Herbert.Kaminski@t-online.de (Herbert Kaminski)]

Package: installation-reports

INSTALL REPORT

Debian-installer-version: 
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/pre-rc2/   
dated 01-OCT-2004 

uname -a: did not get that far

Date: 2004-10-01 22:30 CEST
Method: netinst iso (same with businesscard)
      
Machine: Sun Ultra5
Processor: 270 MHz
Memory: 64 MByyte
Root Device: /dev/hda
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 12009 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
   Device Flag    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             0     11906   6000624   83  Linux native   (old Woody)
/dev/hda2         11906     12007     50904   82  Linux swap
/dev/hda3             0     77545  39082680    5  Whole disk
/dev/hda4         12007     23633   5859504   83  Linux native	(new Sarge, to be overwritten)
/dev/hda5         23633     24214    292824   82  Linux swap

Output of lspci (from last time's install):
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)
0000:00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 11)
0000:01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 9a)
0000:01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) PCI0646 (rev 03)

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot worked:    [O]
Configure network HW:   [ ]
Config network:         [ ]
Detect CD:              [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]

Comments/Problems:

unable to mount cdrom. Only loaded modules: crc32, sunhme, ide-cd, cdrom.
trying to mount cd manually failed: the command
    mount /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd /cdrom
results in 4 errormessages:
    mount: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd is write protected, mounting read-only
repeated 3 times and then
    mount: Mounting /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/cd on /cdrom failed: Invalid argument
Did I miss a change in mount's syntax?

On VC4, hwdetect complains about missing modules iso9660, ide-mod, ide-generic and others.

Mounting a floppy to get the logs off that machine failed too: 'Invalid argument'.

regards
  Herbert