Bug#307932: installation-reports (daily d-i 20050505 + kernel 2.4.27 / Unable to mount IDE drives)
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: daily build of sarge d-i for sparc, at:
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/20050505/sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.27-2-sparc64 #1 Mon Feb 14 19:11:37 PST 2005 sparc64 unknown
("pasted" by hand, after activating VT2 console)
Date: May 6th, 2005 at 16:50 CET (UTC+01)
Method: [PROM] boot cdrom
[boot] linux debian-installer/framebuffer=true
Machine: Sun Blade 150
Processor: sparc64 Ultra Sparc IIe 650MHz
Memory: 256 MB
Root Device: IDE disk drive
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O/E] *)
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:
*)
Initial boot worked very well. But I was unable to select a proper USB
keyboard keymap. The closest I got was 'mac-usb-uk', while it should be
'mac-usb-us'. I reported a while ago this as a workaround for kernel
2.4.27, but this choice is transeferred by the installer to the target
installation. In short, it means no '#' on the keyboard, but a 'pound'
sign instead :-(
And that's bad because there is no documented workaround of how to change
keyboard keymap AFTER installation, from 'uk' to 'us' layout.
This is fixed in kernel 2.6.8 based netboot images, BTW.
(I mean: mac-usb-us is there and it works).
**)
Yup, another unsuccesful report with the same 'Unable to mount CD' error.
And that's the most strange, because on VT3 I can see modules loading
without errors:
Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-disk.o
insmod ide-disk
Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/ide/ide-cd.o
insmod cdrom
insmod ide-cd
Using /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-sparc64/kernel/fs/isofs/isofs.o
insmod isofs
And listing /dev/ide from VT2 shows no entries at all...
There is no /dev/discs directory, too.
However, on the VT4 I can see many hw-detect messages, but saying only
that it detected some modules and that it is trying to load them.
Success is on the following module:
May 6 14:50:01 hw-detect: Detected module 'alim15x3' for 'IDE chipset support'
May 6 14:50:01 hw-detect: Trying to load module 'alim15x3'
May 6 14:50:01 kernel: ALI15X3: IDE controller at PCI slot 00:0d.0
May 6 14:50:01 kernel: ALI15X3: chipset revision 195
...
... <skipped a bit of 'Detected/Trying' pairs, without success>
...
May 6 14:50:02 hw-detect: Detected discover version1, installing discover1.
May 6 14:50:02 hw-detect: Detected hotplug support, installing hotplug.
May 6 14:50:02 hw-detect: Missing modules 'ohci1394 (Sun Microsystems
Corp. RIO 1394), usb-storage (USB storage), floppy (Linux Floppy),
ide-core (Linux IDE support), ide-mod (Linux IDE driver), ide-probe-mod
(Linux IDE probe driver), ide-detect (Linux IDE detection), ide-generic
(Linux IDE support), ide-floppy (Linux floppy)
Friendly,
Wiktor Wandachowicz
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