Bug#279610: marked as done (Install on Alpha XS1000 and 500au)
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From: Martin Michlmayr <tbm@cyrius.com>
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Subject: Install on Alpha XS1000 and 500au
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http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-alpha/current/images/netboot/
uname -a: 2.4.27-1
Date: Oct 30
Method: netboot via DHCP/TFTP, install via HTTP
Machine: Alpha XS1000 and 500au, both using SRM firmware
Processor: Alpha
Memory: 128 MB (XS1000) and 64 MB (500au)
Root Device: SCSI
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E] default option from manual doesnt' work
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: [E] default option won't boot
Comments/Problems:
I installed on two Alpha machines, an XS1000 and an 500au. I didn't know
anything about Alpha when I started, so I used the installation manual to
find out what I need to do. First of all, boot-installer/alpha.xml refers
to MILO which I think is not in Debian anymore. If this is no longer
supported, this should be removed (fortunately I had some machines with
SRM).
Unfortunately, the "boot ewa0 -flags 0" suggested there doesn't work. When
I tried this, I got something like:
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
attempt to access beyond end of device
01:00: rw=0, want=10472, limit=8192
attempt to access beyond end of device
01:00: rw=0, want=10472, limit=8192
VFS: Cannot open root device "" or 08:02
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:02
After adding a ramdisk_size=16384, it would complain that it cannot find
root. When I used
boot ewa0 -flags "console=ttyS0 ramdisk_size=16384 root=/dev/ram0"
it worked.
The next thing was that the default language was Albanian (the first in the
list).
The installation went smoothly; I used the guided partitioner, etc.
After rebooting, it automatically tried to boot from the net ("boot
ewa0.0.0.3.1 -flags a"); this is very strange considering that originally
the machine was configured to boot from disk. Anyway, after a while I
figured out I need:
boot dka0 -flags console=ttyS0 (or "dkc0" on another machine)
Maybe this can be documented somewhere (or aboot-installer should
print a message saying how to boot), or the machine configured to
boot from disk automatically.
In aboot, the default configs didn't work because they didn't have an
console=ttySX option. It seems that aboot-installer doesn't generate a
config file at all but uses the standard from aboot (?). If this is the
case, this won't work with custom partitions... in any case,
aboot-installer should realize that I did a serial console install and add
appropriate entries. FWIW, I managed to boot with:
aboot> b 2/vmlinuz ro initrd=/initrd.img root=/dev/sda3 console=ttyS0
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From: Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com>
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Subject: Bug#279610: fixed in srm-reader 0.07
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Source: srm-reader
Source-Version: 0.07
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
srm-reader, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:
srm-reader_0.07.dsc
to pool/main/s/srm-reader/srm-reader_0.07.dsc
srm-reader_0.07.tar.gz
to pool/main/s/srm-reader/srm-reader_0.07.tar.gz
srm-reader_0.07_alpha.udeb
to pool/main/s/srm-reader/srm-reader_0.07_alpha.udeb
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 279610@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:11:00 -0500
Source: srm-reader
Binary: srm-reader
Architecture: source alpha
Version: 0.07
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Jeff Bailey <jbailey@raspberryginger.com>
Description:
srm-reader - Read SRM variables to get defaults for language, etc (udeb)
Closes: 260814 279610
Changes:
srm-reader (0.07) unstable; urgency=low
.
* Joey Hess
- Use debhelper's udeb support.
- debhelper v4.
* Alastair McKinstry
- use lib/debian-installer-startup.d instead of /etc/rcS.d
Closes: #260814.
* Joey Hess
- Fix language preseeding to use "new" (6 months old..) languagechooser
values. Closes: #279610
- Did not make it preseed the countrychooser country, due to lack of time
for testing. Added TODO item to add this feature back later.
- Remove some obvious comments.
* Steve Langasek
- Add support for Flemish (Belgian Dutch), per Christian Perrier,
and also for Japanese.
* Jeff Bailey
- Add myself to Uploaders.
Files:
ca4ed486eff7cc03f1f3d9c0ed05b2ee 658 debian-installer optional srm-reader_0.07.dsc
7495bbbac560d9e9f5265fd8e255b839 5912 debian-installer optional srm-reader_0.07.tar.gz
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package-type: udeb
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