Bug#106218: marked as done (README boot-floppies SPARC is missing important info)
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From: Andreas Mohr <a.mohr@mailto.de>
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Subject: README boot-floppies SPARC is missing important info
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Package: boot-floppies
Version: all
The installation manual at
http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/doc/install.en.html
simply says that booting from floppy is not reliable at all,
but it fails to mention that several Sparcs (e.g. Ultra 10)
have an OBP bug that prevents them from booting
(instead of not supporting booting at all).
Newer Sparcs don't support floppy boot at all, though.
I decided to use floppies on a Sparc 10, since I didn't have
a CD-ROM for Sparc install, and TFTP would have to boot from floppy, too.
Needless to say, I didn't succeed at all.
I can't tell any more what error exactly I got (sorry !), since this machine
is at my uni, and I'm at home now.
After tons and tons of Usenet research via groups.google.com, I finally
found that there was that OBP bug that prevented floppy booting.
Also, this document completely fails to mention *HOW* to boot from floppy
on a Sparc (Stop-A -> OpenBoot: "boot floppy").
I'm *very* unfamiliar with Sparcs. This stuff alone has cost me about an
hour to resolve, and I wasted about 4 hours on the whole problem in total.
The appropriate OBP update can be downloaded as product ID 106121 from
http://sunsolve.sun.com (probably needs some extensive searching, since I've
found Sun's web infrastructure to be a mess).
Note that I haven't tested yet whether it actually fixes the boot problem,
as I couldn't apply the patch via Solaris, since I didn't have the root
password, since this machine was given to us for a quick installfest.
And I didn't have a Solaris boot CD either, for the same reason ;-\
So I tried writing to the UFS via a Linux box in order to remove the root
password, but that killed Solaris, as 2.4.6 UFS write support is *horribly*
broken (not only "DANGEROUS", but BROKEN).
Should have used some sector hex editing instead, that would have worked
perfectly :-\
So, in short, please add the following info to this document:
- how exactly to boot from floppy on Sparcs
- boot bug on several older Sparc Ultras, not possible at all on newer Sparcs,
OBP update available
I'd have loved to get that machine working at that same day, but unfortunately
it turned out to be way too problematic.
It'll be installed soon, though.
Thank you !
--
Andreas Mohr Stauferstr. 6, D-71272 Renningen, Germany
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From: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
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Subject: Bug#106218: fixed in boot-floppies 3.0.16
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We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
boot-floppies, which has been installed in the Debian FTP archive:
boot-floppies_3.0.16.dsc
to pool/main/b/boot-floppies/boot-floppies_3.0.16.dsc
boot-floppies_3.0.16.tar.gz
to pool/main/b/boot-floppies/boot-floppies_3.0.16.tar.gz
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 106218@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
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Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org> (supplier of updated boot-floppies package)
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Format: 1.7
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 00:53:59 -0400
Source: boot-floppies
Binary: boot-floppies install-doc
Architecture: source
Version: 3.0.16
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Adam Di Carlo <aph@debian.org>
Description:
boot-floppies - Scripts to create the Debian installation system
install-doc - Documentation for Debian installation and release notes
Closes: 11425 81029 84363 84388 99185 106218 115377 116092 117190
Changes:
boot-floppies (3.0.16) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Adam Di Carlo:
- add Swiss German and Swiss French keymaps for several architectures
closes: #84388
- Norwegian language chooser stuff from Ole Aamot
- wait longer after unloading pcmcmia, which helps when
configuring it the 2nd time around; closes: #84363
- build issue: rootdisk lingua dependancy works correctly; other i18n
build problems fixed
- i18n: when LANG_CHOOSER is on, enable it by default in rootdisk
rather than disabling it by default; on i386, only turn it off if
the flavor isn't compact, idepci, or udma66-ext3
- bump debootstrap requirement to 0.1.15.7
- sparc: fix a rather crippling build error; sparc build is
AOK now, so we can get rid of the ancient 2.3.6 version there were
using; closes: #11425, #116092
- dbootstrap: clarify that the network install method uses http or ftp
- dbootstrap: some improved error handling
- dbootstrap: tweaky improvements in harddisk and mounted install
methods
- libfdisk seems to get confused when you have all the partition types
defined -- apparently some of them conflict. The following changes
were made to partition type support, also to trim some more bytes:
mips and mipsel doesn't support MSDOS partitions
Sun partitions only supported by sparc
Amiga, Atari, Mac, and Acord partitions only support by
m68k or powerpc
only support SGI partitions if MSDOS partitions are not
enabled
Hopefully this doesn't mess to many people up, and
closes: #99185, #115377
- on the rootdisk, when doing library reduction, include ifuser for
i386 and powerpc, needed for PCMCIA; closes: #117190
* David Kimdon
- EXTRACT_LIST_* now enforces package version during build,
based on a patch from Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au>
- add a note pointing to the debug messages on tty4 during the
base system install
- in the name of saving space, remove cruft from dbootstrap,
disable PCMCIA for arches other that PowerPC and i386,
conditionalize things properly
- es.po update thanks to Carlos Barros <cbf@fisica.edu.uy>
- da.po update thanks to Claus Hindsgaul <claus_h@image.dk>
* Christoph Lameter <christoph@lameter.com>
- (applied and tweaked by David Kimdon)
- unstatic libfdisk's part_name() for auto-partitioner
- when user wants to select an unmounted partition and there is only
one partition to choose from, don't prompt, just select it.
* Guido Guenther (in 3.0.15, changelog entries accidentally removed)
- dbootstrap: let dvhtool find the mips kernel again
- documentation/defaults.ent: fix pathnames for mips(el)
- documentation/: mips(el) documentation updates
* Richard Hirst
- Library reduction is currently broken on hppa, reduced libnewt
results in dbootstrap segv sometime before main(). Turn it off.
- don't ship driver*.bin on ia64, not useful
* Gerhard Tonn
- several fixes for s390 specific code
- don't ask for dhcp if static configured during first stage of
installation on s390
- activate loopback device during initial setup on s390
- don't overwrite peer address on s390
- support old disk layout on s390
- generate dasd parameter from attached disks
- ibm partition table rework
- add s390 specific menu item
- disable virtual console references for s390
- save and restore resolv.conf on s390
- copy network modules before modconf called
- restore /lib/modules during restart on s390
* Eduard Bloch
- droped ide flavor, should be replaced by udma100-ext3
* Chris Tillman
- add sparc notes about floppy booting; closes: #106218
- add misc stuff about mouses and kernels, closes: #81029
* Henning Heinold
- documentation/: mips documentation updates
Files:
d0e5b90093e5dc6ef57ff28ff7606d5c 1377 devel extra boot-floppies_3.0.16.dsc
84c7abf4c7597d93d0aa2b1cbd0621b4 3077257 devel extra boot-floppies_3.0.16.tar.gz
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