Debian for 785/C3700 doesn't work out-of-box; have workaround
I searched the mailing list and didn't see this issue, so maybe I can
help someone by posting here.
On my 785/C3700 I tried with three different CDs, including the
netinst and the business card CD images. They all do the same thing,
crash horribly after trying to load the RAMDISK image. It looks like
the default RAMDISK size is not big enough, as evidenced by the trace
below. I fixed the issue by answering 'y'es to interact with the IPL,
and then I increased the ramdisk_size= option from 16384 to 65536. I
am now currently installing Debian so we'll see how things go from
here, but I think that solved the issue.
Here's the trace in case anybody tries searching for the error
messages. I snipped the first half of the boot sequence for brevity,
but I can post it on request.
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
RAMDISK: incomplete write (-28 != 32768) 16777216
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 316k freed
Setting up filesystem, please wait ...
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=40650, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=40650, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=32772, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=32772, limit=32768
cp: Read error: Inpuattempt to access beyond end of device
t/output error
ram0: rw=0, want=33388, limit=32768
cp: attempt to access beyond end of device
Read error: Inpuram0: rw=0, want=33420, limit=32768
t/output error
attempt to access beyond end of device
cp: Read error: ram0: rw=0, want=33704, limit=32768
Input/output errattempt to access beyond end of device
or
cp: Read errram0: rw=0, want=33756, limit=32768
or: Input/outputattempt to access beyond end of device
error
cp: Readram0: rw=0, want=33790, limit=32768
error: Input/ouattempt to access beyond end of device
tput error
cp: ram0: rw=0, want=33798, limit=32768
Read error: Inpuattempt to access beyond end of device
t/output error
ram0: rw=0, want=33846, limit=32768
cp: Read error: attempt to access beyond end of device
Input/output errram0: rw=0, want=33864, limit=32768
or
cp: Read errattempt to access beyond end of device
or: Input/outputram0: rw=0, want=33930, limit=32768
error
cp: Readattempt to access beyond end of device
error: Input/ouram0: rw=0, want=33954, limit=32768
tput error
cp: attempt to access beyond end of device
Read error: Inpuram0: rw=0, want=33986, limit=32768
t/output error
attempt to access beyond end of device
cp: Read error: ram0: rw=0, want=34066, limit=32768
Input/output errattempt to access beyond end of device
or
cp: Read errram0: rw=0, want=34084, limit=32768
or: Input/outputattempt to access beyond end of device
error
cp: Readram0: rw=0, want=34518, limit=32768
error: Input/ouattempt to access beyond end of device
tput error
cp: ram0: rw=0, want=34542, limit=32768
Read error: Inpuattempt to access beyond end of device
t/output error
ram0: rw=0, want=34676, limit=32768
cp: Read error: attempt to access beyond end of device
Input/output errram0: rw=0, want=34696, limit=32768
or
cp: Read errattempt to access beyond end of device
or: Input/outputram0: rw=0, want=34738, limit=32768
error
cp: Readattempt to access beyond end of device
error: Input/ouram0: rw=0, want=34944, limit=32768
tput error
cp: attempt to access beyond end of device
Read error: Inpuram0: rw=0, want=34944, limit=32768
t/output error
attempt to access beyond end of device
cp: Read error: ram0: rw=0, want=34946, limit=32768
Input/output errattempt to access beyond end of device
or
ram0: rw=0, want=34946, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=34954, limit=32768
cp: attempt to access beyond end of device
Read error: Inpuram0: rw=0, want=35108, limit=32768
t/output error
attempt to access beyond end of device
cp: Read error: ram0: rw=0, want=35344, limit=32768
Input/output errattempt to access beyond end of device
or
ram0: rw=0, want=35344, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35346, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35346, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35590, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35590, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35592, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35592, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35596, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=35596, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=40300, limit=32768
cp: attempt to access beyond end of device
Read error: Inpuram0: rw=0, want=40302, limit=32768
t/output error
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=40302, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=40316, limit=32768
cp: attempt to access beyond end of device
Read error: Inpuram0: rw=0, want=40408, limit=32768
t/output error
attempt to access beyond end of device
cp: Read error: ram0: rw=0, want=40410, limit=32768
Input/output errattempt to access beyond end of device
or
ram0: rw=0, want=40410, limit=32768
attempt to access beyond end of device
ram0: rw=0, want=40418, limit=32768
cp: Read error: Inpuattempt to access beyond end of device
t/output error
ram0: rw=0, want=40426, limit=32768
cp: Read error: Input/output error
request_module: runaway loop modprobe net-pf-1
modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-32/kernel/net/unix/unix.ko': No such file or
directory
modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-32/kernel/net/unix/unix.ko': No such file or
directory
modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-32/kernel/net/unix/unix.ko': No such file or
directory
modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-32/kernel/net/unix/unix.ko': No such file or
directory
modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-32/kernel/net/unix/unix.ko': No such file or
directory
modprobe: FATAL: Could not open
'/lib/modules/2.6.8-2-32/kernel/net/unix/unix.ko': No such file or
directory
(etc over and over again forever)
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