Bug#485961: installation-reports: Installer can't locate CD-ROM drive (sparc)
On Thursday 12 June 2008, Dennis Boone wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> The installer boots fine, and allows me to set keyboard, country
> locale, but cannot detect the CD-ROM
> (/sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000/sd@6,0:f) drive to continue the
> installation.
> +SUNW,fas:FAS-336 ESP SCSI:esp_scsi:initrd
>
> POST/OBP outputs, and syslog are attached.
Thanks for all the info, but I'm afraid that my sparc knowledge is
insufficient here. Let's see if anyone on the debian-sparc list can help.
From the logs I can see that the esp_scsi module does get loaded, but it
does not seem to detect anything at all. Either something is missing
(basic scsi drivers?), or the hardware is just not supported by this
driver. I've googled around a bit but that did not help either.
We sometimes advise to netboot sparc systems where the CD is not
recognized, but that won't help if the harddisk is on the same
bus/controller and needs the same driver.
Anyone any idea what could be missing or if this hardware is supported by
linux at all? Here's basic hardware info; the installation report [1] has
more extensive logs.
5-slot Sun Enterprise E3500, No Keyboard
OpenBoot 3.2.24, 4096 MB memory installed, Serial #12336266.
Ethernet address 8:0:20:bc:3c:8a, Host ID: 80bc3c8a.
{a} ok probe-scsi-all
/sbus@7,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000
/sbus@3,0/SUNW,fas@3,8800000
Target 6
Unit 0 Removable Read Only device TOSHIBA XM6201TASUN32XCD110312/12/97
Target e
Unit 0 Disk SEAGATE ST373405LC 22033EK1BBDY
Once we figure out what's needed, fixing the installer to support that is
probably trivial. The trick is in the first part.
Two things that may yet help:
- the output of lsmod after hardware detection (to see if anything obvious
is not loaded)
- just manually trying to modprobe any driver under
/lib/modules/../kernel/drivers/scsi and checking dmesg after each for
some sign of life
Cheers,
FJP
[1] http://bugs.debian.org/485961
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