Bug#295120: [sparc] [20050207] [netinst] installation report : wrong keyboard on reboot
Package: installation-reports
Version: N/A; reported 2005-02-13
Severity: normal
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 07 February 2005
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/20050207/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso
uname -a: Non Applicable
Date: 12 February 2005
Method: Installed with netinstall cd image
Machine: Sun Ultra 10
Processor: UltraSparc IIi 333Mhz
Memory: 384M
Root Device: /dev/hda8
Root Size/partition table:
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16708 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 781 6470 2867256 2 SunOS root
/dev/hda2 0 781 393624 3 SunOS swap
/dev/hda3 0 16708 8420832 5 Whole disk
/dev/hda4 6470 7690 614880 8 SunOS home
/dev/hda5 7690 12566 2457504 83 Linux native : woody
install
/dev/hda6 12566 13086 262080 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda7 13086 15166 1048320 83 Linux native : woddy
install
/dev/hda8 15166 16708 777168 83 Linux native : I tryed
to install sarge here
Output00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI
Bridge (rev 13)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI
Bridge (rev 13)
01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal
(rev 01)01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage
Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
01:03.0 IDE interface: CMD Technology Inc PCI0646 (rev 03)
02:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT
[Mach64 GT] (rev 9a)
02:02.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U
02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 21)
02:04.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:04.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43)
02:04.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev 04) of
lspci and lspci -n: ( from the woody 2.4.18 kernel )
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
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: [O]
Install boot loader: [E] then [O]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
Install boot loader:
When I came to SILO install phase, I got a red screen with the message
saying (in french , I used the french language )
Installation of SILO failed
I tryed to run silo manually using the following command from the ash shell
# chroot /target
# silo
and I got the message
silo fatal error others filesystem than ext2,ext3,ufs and romfs are not
supported
So I remembered I asked the debian installer to format the root partition
as xfs
I went back to the installer menus, created an ext3 filesystem ,and
reinstalled the base system on it.
I got no warning in the debian installer about xfs on a root partition on
sparc.
Reboot:
As stated in the partition list table., I had already a woody install on
this hard drive. When I rebooted I notice that SILO had installed itself
on
/dev/hda5, which was my woody root partition, and not on /dev/hda8, my
sarge root partition.
Two labels were available for booting from the new lilo prompt:
- Linux, which pointed to the new sarge install with the 2.6.8 saprc64
kernel choosed during the installation
-LinuxOLD which pointed to a non existent kernel
When I booted the new install with the 2.6.8 kernel, two problems appeared :
- the isc dhcp client could not find my dhcp server. I don't know if this
is because I have two NIC, and it was probing the wrong one. During the
install phasae the dhcp client probed the right one.
-when arriving to the post-reboot setup, the keyboard definition was
completetely messed up and I could not type anything at all, from all the
virtual consoles.I mean I typed the letter R on the keayboard I had a "5"
on the screen, I did not have a azerty layout.( I had a qwerty sun type 5
keyboard )
At this point I stopped experimenting.
<Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments
and ideas you had during the initial install.>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nano is a nice text editor.
I would have apreciated to find the traditional fdisk utility as an extra
on the install system.
The mkfs ui ( withc choice of what type of mkfs you want do ) is a very
good idea, but it does not give a lot of informnations about in which case
it should be good to create a filesystem with only an inode for 1M, etc ..
Regards
Manu
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