Bug#237075: Debian installer segfaults on Sun Ultra 1 Creator 3d (sparc64)

[Reinhard Tartler <siretart@meinungsverstaerker.de>]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: March 09, 2004,
http://people.debian.org/~jbailey/d-i/sparc/daily/sparc64/netboot/
uname -r: 2.4.24-sparc64
Date: March 09, 2004, 16:24 CET
Method: Bootet via DHCP/TFTP, using following command on the boot
prompt:
  > boot net:dhcp devfs=mount

Machine: Sun Ultra 1 Creator 3d
Processor: sparc64, UltraSparc 167Mhz
Memory: 128mb
Root Device: scsi device
Root Size/partition table: n/a
Output of lspci:

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [E]
Configure network HW:   [ ]
Config network:         [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Create file systems:    [ ]
Mount partitions:       [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Reboot:                 [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Comments/Problems:

The kernel boots and the scripts to copy the initrd image to /mnt work
cleany. But when chrooting to /mnt and starting the debian-installer
binary itself, it segfaults and nothing more is possible.