Bug#238525: Sparc netboot fails on Ultra5

[Philip Armstrong <phil@kantaka.co.uk>]

Package: installation-reports

Debian-installer-version: Ma4 15 build from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/
uname -a: SunOS turing 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
Date: 2004-03-17
Method: tftp netboot

Machine: Sun Ultra 5
Processor: UltraSPARC-IIi 360MHz
Memory: 256Mb
Root Device: IDE

Base System Installation Checklist:

Initial boot worked:    [E]

Comments/Problems:

The tftp transfer goes fine & the kernel boots, mounts the initrd this
time (unlike the CD install I tried earlier today), but then fails
with the following errors at the end of the log: 

  VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem)
  Warning: unable to open initial console.
  Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
  Unimplemented SPARC system call 188
  kernel panic: attempted to kill init!

cheers,

Phil

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