Bug#243924: marked as done (FWD: Unable to run debian-installer on SunBlade 150 (sparc sun4u arch.))
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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Subject: FWD: Unable to run debian-installer on SunBlade 150 (sparc sun4u arch.)
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 11:18:53 +0200
To: debian-boot@lists.debian.org
Subject: Unable to run debian-installer on SunBlade 150 (sparc sun4u arch.)
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I'm trying to install Debian sarge using businesscard ISO images.
I'm unable to correctly run debian-installer on the computer I'm using.
I successfully installed Debian woody using netboot images from
phunnypharm, even though it wasn't an obvious task. But the sarge,
it doesn't install.
I have a SunBlade 150 machine:
* sparc 64-bit sun4u arch. 650 MHz
* 256 MB RAM
* 40GB IDE hard drive
* IDE CD
* USB mouse & keyboard
* on-board ATI graphics
Now, for the problems (and some of my solutions):
1. After going to OpenProm and typing 'boot cdrom' a SILO screen
appears, but none of the images (linux, rescue) work. The kernel
panics, saying it is unable to mount root fs.
2. Going to 'boot cdrom' and typing on the SILO boot:
linux devfs=3Dmount,dall rw
allows me to boot the kernel and start the debian-installer.
(this is a trick I learned after installing sarge on my PC and checking
the /etc/lilo.conf from a running system :)
I unpacked the initrd, and I suspect that the skeleton /sbin/init depends
on the devfs, but it is not started automatically (correct me if I'm
wrong).
3. After start the debian-installer cannot proceed, because of the lack of
specific kernel modules: ide-detect, ide-cd
(this d-i sparc kernel looks not so good, on my PC it worked flawlessly)
4. Then I realized that if I somehow copy the contents of businesscard image
to a spare partition, maybe it will help the debian-installer to proceed.
And indeed, it worked. Finally!!!
This is a problem which persists for 2004-03-25 thru 2004-04-14 images,
maybe even sooner. I just waited until today to analyze the situation and to
be sure what to report (as I am new to the sparc-based computers).
Please, do correct this situation, as it would be a Good Thing to easily
install sarge on SunBlade 150, without all the above hassle.
Wiktor Wandachowicz
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From: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>
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Enough of the sparc CD problems have been solved that we have gotten
successful installation reports. Problems remain, but they seem to do
with the sparc kernel and have their own bug reports, so I will close
this one.
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