Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2

[Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org>]

Il giorno mer, 31/12/2008 alle 16.54 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto:
> * Giuseppe Sacco <giuseppe@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org> [2008-12-29 01:36]:
> > ... installation goes to the end and print this message about PROM:
> > 
> >   x    setenv SystemPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)          a x   
> >   x    setenv OSLoadPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)          a x   
> >   x    setenv OSLoader arcboot                                            a x   
> >   x    setenv OSLoadFilename Linux                                        a x   
> > 
> > then rebooted the machine, but I found that first two variables are
> > missing a "pci(0)" in front. Correct values seems to be:
> > setenv SystemPartition pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8)
> > setenv OSLoadPartition pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0)
> 
> I'm pretty sure it worked without pci(0) for me.  I guess you need the
> pci(0) because your O2 has some PCI cards in it whereas mine didn't.
> Thomas, do you think this is correct?  And is the SCSI controller
> always pci(0)?  If so, I can add this to the message.

I just removed the PCI card and found the very same values. This is
probably normal since these values where stored when then pci card was
inserted. Then I changed both values removing the "pci(0)" part and the
system booted correctly.

Later on, I halted the system, plugged in the pci card again, booted and
looked at those values. They were still without the "pci(0)" part and
the system booted correctly.

So, I think something changed these values, maybe because I had this pci
board installed, but the variables value doesn't require the "pci(0)",
at least until you boot using the internal controller :-)

Bye,
Giuseppe