Re: Install debian sparc64 with a hdd/ssd as source
On 7/12/22 8:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> i had mixed results for now with the installation on a T1000 using the
> dd'ed netinstall iso.
>
> All went seemingly well until suddenly some files on the debian
> mirrors could not be found and i had to ignore it and went with a base
> system.
> The message was "Downloading a file failed" during the step "Configure
> the package manager".
I'm not sure how to fix that. As I recall, the default location for the
mirrors worked the last time I installed Debian SID.
I'm using this now for my /etc/apt/sources.list:
# binary default
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
# contrib and non-free arch:all packages (i.e. firmware)
deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib non-free
# source
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main
>
> Then at the end it could not install grub to the target hdd. Message
> was "The 'grub-ieee1275' package failed to install into /target/.
>
> How can i find the cause of it and manually correct it and install
> grub from the rescue system?
I use SILO, so I'm not able to help. I did test a default installation a
few months ago that included GRUB, and that worked on my Ultra-30.
Adrian usually asks which installation CD you are using and for a copy
of the installation log.
> (also does anyone know the key combination to switch console tabs in
> the installer when the serial connection runs over the screen
> utility?)
>
> Regards,
> Connor
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 5:43 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sorry..obvious error in my last post, resulting from a cut-paste-mix
>> of a grub2 iso-boot tutorial...
>> "casper" should be "install"...or wherever the kernel and initrd
>> reside in the iso.
>>
>> linux (loop)/install/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash
>> initrd (loop)/install/casper/initrd.gz
>>
>> Regards,
>> Connor
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you Stan, this looks promising and easy enough.
>>>
>>> Another method i found working, but not as convenient as the above, is
>>> to install grub2 on another system with a working cdrom and then to
>>> add an iso residing on an existing partition as menuenty in grub.
>>> The only difference compared to x86/64 are the needed modules and the
>>> adressing of the drive, like:
>>>
>>> menuentry "Debian ISO" {
>>> set isofile="/path/to/file/name-of-iso-file-.iso"
>>> insmod gzio
>>> insmod part_sun
>>> insmod <yourfilesystem_needed e.g. ext2/xfs>
>>>
>>> loopback loop (ieee1275/disk, sun1)$isofile
>>> echo "Starting $isofile..."
>>> linux (loop)/casper/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash
>>> initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.gz
>>> }
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Connor
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:46 PM Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 7/5/22 9:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> is there a sparc64 debian installer image available somewhere that i
>>>>> could write with dd to a hdd/ssd and boot from it?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>> Connor
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Connor,
>>>>
>>>> As I recall, the last time I tried to install Debian SID from the Debian
>>>> installer CD, it did not recognize my CD drive (despite having just
>>>> booted the CD from that drive). So I copied the entire installation CD
>>>> to a spare 1 GB disk (something like "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/sdb
>>>> bs=64k"). I was then able to boot from that disk and proceeded to a full
>>>> installation. My existing installation was Debian 7.8, which was able to
>>>> recognize the CD drive.
>>>>
>>>> -Stan
>
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