Bug#247993: SparcClassic installation report
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 20040705 netinst, from
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/
uname -a: Linux (none) 2.4.24-sparc32 #1 Fri Jan 30 16:04:55 EST 2004
sparc unknown
Date: 2004/5/8 11.30
Method: booted on netinst CD, installed base from CD and rest from my
local apt-proxy.
Machine: SparcClassic + external CD-ROM + external 2GB HD
Processor: ?
Memory: 32 + 8 + 8
Root Device: /dev/sdb, SCSI id 0,4,0
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 9 heads, 36 sectors, 1254 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 324 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 1000 162000 1 Boot
/dev/sda2 1000 1254 41148 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 0 1254 203148 5 Whole disk
Disk /dev/sdb (Sun disk label): 67 heads, 62 sectors, 1009 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4154 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 0 1009 2095693 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb3 0 1009 2095693 5 Whole disk
Output of lspci:
pita:/home/master# lspci
pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices
pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci
lspci: Cannot find any working access method.
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
beta4 wouldn't boot: Just after the "freeing n kb of unused kernel
memory" message (I think that's the moment the kernel execs init), it
loops on an "attempt to read beyond end of device" message.
Back to 20040407 snapshot:
When I select "Install base system", it displays "Installing the
debian base system" and the progress bar, but the latter stays at zero
and it returns to the main menu after a second or two. "Check CD-ROM
integrity" says the CD is not a Debian CD, on console 4, anna says
"bad d-i packages file" and ": not such file" (seems like it is
complaining there is no file with an empty name). Eject CD, put it
back, retry. Nope. I go to console 2, mount shows that
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 is mounted on /cdrom. "ls /cdrom" shows empty
directory. "umount /cdrom" and "mount /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /cdrom", then
"ls /cdrom" shows something sensible. Go back to console 1. "Install
base system". Works.
The filesystems were not cleanly unmounted after install: fsck run at
first boot from HD, fails critically with I/O error. remount root ro,
fsck on both disks finds no error, continue boot.
--
Lionel
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