Bug#301821: inst. report: RC3 netboot (kernel 2.6) on sparc64: success
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/rc3/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/
dated 6-MAR-2005
IS THIS REALLY RC3 ?????????????????????????????
uname -a: Linux ultra5 2.6.8-2-sparc64 #1 Tue Dec 28 12:20:13 PST 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-03-27 16:00 CEST
Method: netboot via BOOTP, normal console,
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 0 194 97776 1 Boot (old Woody)
/dev/hda2 194 13757 6835752 83 Linux native (old Woody)
/dev/hda3 0 77545 39082680 5 Whole disk
/dev/hda4 13757 14261 254016 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda5 14261 16199 976752 83 Linux native (unused)
/dev/hda6 16199 35575 9765504 1 Boot (old Sarge)
/dev/hda7 35575 54951 9765504 83 Linux native (current Sarge)
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: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
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:
During the first stage, menus are _severely_ garbeled.
Hope this is better in real RC3, as entering numbers into
entry boxes becomes tricky. After reboot, menus are OK.
regards
Herbert
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