Bug#401396: 20061202 - daily build for sparc32 floppy install

[Dan Oglesby <d0glesby@yahoo.com>]

Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl> wrote:
>  On Sunday 17 December 2006 06:03, Dan Oglesby wrote:
> > The installation went perfect, all hardware detected (network, SCSI
> > controller, and hard drive), drive partitioned just fine.  After
> > rebooting, it looks like the SCSI controller module is missing from the
> > initial ramdisk again.  System boots from the hard drive, then can't
> > find the root filesystem (can't open root device).
>
> Is this the esp module again or a different one?
It's esp again.
> This is strange because the installer should add the esp module in
> /etc/initramfs-tools/modules, which in turn should ensure that the initrd 
> contains and loads
>  it.

I'm pretty sure it's in the initramfs image.  I booted from the floppies, switched to the 2nd and 3rd virtual console and started poking around last night.

> Could you check if esp is listed in /etc/initramfs-tools/modules?
> Could you check if the initrd actually contains the module or not (should 
> be under /lib/modules/...; you can check when dropped into the debug 
> shell)?

It is listed there, and I did see the esp module where I thought it was supposed to be (with the kernel modules).  I will verify this again tonight, as I am away from the machine right now (work).

I did not get dropped to a debug shell.  The system hung, and I couldn't even do a Stop-A on the keyboard to drop to PROM.  I had to cycle the power, boot like I'm doing an install ("rescue" and "expert"
 doesn't work from SILO, fails to locate the root filesystem after booting the kernel).

I booted like I was doing an install, let it detect all the hardware, then switched to the 2nd and 3rd virtual consoles to do the troubleshooting.
> > Does this need to go into a seperate bug report since it is a different
> > system (but same architecture as the SS20 I've been using)?
>
> No, as there are no different issues I don't think a separate report adds 
> anything. Thanks very much for your tests!

No problem!  :-)

--Dan

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