Bug#248341: Beta4 fails to boot on UltraSparc
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 20040430 from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/beta4/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso
uname -a: Linux val 2.4.19 #1 Fri Oct 4 18:36:11 EDT 2002 sparc64 unknown
<from a debian 3.0r1 installation>
Date: 20040509-1400
Method: Boot from cdrom using ISO-Image
Machine: Sun Ultra 1
Processor: UltraSparc
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device: SCSI, sda1
Root Size/partition table: fdisk -l output =
Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 19 heads, 80 sectors, 2733 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1520 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 0 2388 1814880 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 u 2388 2733 262200 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda3 0 2733 2077080 5 Whole disk
Disk /dev/sdb (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 135 sectors, 3880 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2160 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 0 3880 4190400 83 Linux native
/dev/sdb3 0 3880 4190400 5 Whole disk
Output of lspci: - (no PCI bus)
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:
- loading of SILO fails with "Fast Data Access MMU miss"
Boot prompt output:
Sun Ultra 1 SBus (UltraSPARC 143MHz), Keyboard Present
OpenBoot 3.25, 128 MB memory installed, Serial xxx
Ethernet address xxx, Host ID: xxx
ok boot cdrom
Boot device /sbus/espdma@e,8400000/esp@e,8800000/sd@6,0:f File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.4
Fast Data Access MMU Miss
ok
- Cd checksum was verified
- woody installation on same machine was successful
- couldn't test boot from floppy (no floppy installed)
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Michel Messerschmidt lists@michel-messerschmidt.de
antiVirusTestCenter, Computer Science, University of Hamburg
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