Bug#273754: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: rc1
uname -a: N/A
Date: Mon Sep 27 19:24:35 EDT 2004
Method: sparc businesscard CD image
Machine: Ultra 10
Processor: UltraSPARC-IIi 300MHz
Memory: 128MB
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: Unable to boot machine
Output of lspci and lspci -n: Unable to boot machine
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
I used to the businesscard iso image as the errata stated there were problems with the other images. I've actually tried to install via a previous version of the debian-installer for sparc, and I had this same problem. This is my first bug report.
The system starts to boot, it appears to detect the IDE bus, the hard drive, and the CD-ROM.
I'll pick up the dmesg from the point after it outputs that it found valid IDE devices. (I'm having to type this out.)
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Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12
alloc_area_pte: page already exists
Partition check:
/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 p3
alloc_area_pte: page already exists
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno = 2
[ Detects USB, snip snip ]
[ Detects the mouse, initilizes cryptographic API ]
[ NET4, IP, TCP, NET4 ]
RAMDISK: Couldn't find valid RAM disk image starting at 0
Freeing initrd memory: 1831k freed
cramfs: wrong magic
sh-2021: reiserfs_read_super: can not find reiserfs on ramdisk(1,0)
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00
Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
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