Bug#281469: Debian Alpha Installation report DAC960 ~ DS10
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Debian 3.0r2 +r1 (cd non-us 1)
uname -a: Cannot install
Date: 15th/16th November 2004
Method: <How did you install? cdrom
What did you boot off? cdrom
If network
install, from where?
no
Proxied?>
no
Machine: <Compaq Alpha DS10
Processor: 1 x 466
Memory: 1024M
Root Device: SCSI Name of device?> DAC960
Root Size/partition table: <Feel free to paste the full partition
table, with notes on which partitions are mounted where.>
cannot get this far, initial boot fails.
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Attempting to install Debian on a Alpha DS10.
Problems with initial detect of DAC960 controller
Initial boot with boot dqa0 -flags 0 leads to a,
"Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000000000010
swapper(1): Oops 0
pc = [<fffffc000046b210>] ra = [<fffffc000046ce08>] ps = 0000
etc
etc
If I remove the controller, the install proceeds OK.
regards
Steven Jones
aka thing
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