Bug#239873: Sun Netra X1 install
Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: netboot image from
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/current/images/
downloaded on March 23 2004.
uname -a: Linux debian 2.4.24-sparc64 #1 Fri Jan 30 18:32:22 EST 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux
Date: March 23 2004, 2 PM EST.
Method: Net boot. Net install from a local mirror that gets updated nightly.
Machine: Sun Netra X1
Processor: UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz
Memory: 1024 MB
Root Device: IDE /dev/hda1
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 255 sectors, 19156 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4080 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System Mounted
/dev/hda1 0 10039 20479560 1 Boot /
/dev/hda2 10039 11042 2046120 82 Linux swap swap
/dev/hda3 0 19156 39078240 5 Whole disk
/dev/hda4 11042 19156 16552560 83 Linux native /var
Disk /dev/hdc (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 255 sectors, 19156 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4080 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System Mounted
/dev/hdc1 0 19156 39078240 83 Linux native /usr/local
/dev/hdc3 0 19156 39078240 5 Whole disk
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIe
00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU
00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 31)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
00:0a.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet 100/10 MBit (rev 31)
00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
The install worked but I had to ssh to the system to edit /etc/inittab
by hand to comment out the tty entries and uncomment the ttyS entries
because I didn't have serial console after the installer finished and the
Netra X1 is a "headless" box.
The only other issue is that the tulip driver detects the ethernet ports
backwards from the way they are marked on the server. Net1 is eth0 and
Net0 is eth1, but I think it's always been that way and it just needs to
be documented someplace.
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