Bug#301088: Package: installation-reports
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 23-03-2005 2.6 floppy boot from
http://people.debian.org/~stappers/d-i/images/2005-03-23/sparc32/floppy/2.6/
uname -a: Unable to do (no initial boot)
Date: 23-Mar-2005 19:30 CET (GMT +1)
Method: I tried to boot of a floppy
Machine: Sun SparcStation 5
Processor: sparc32 (170 Mhz)
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device:
Root Size/partition table: can't boot
Output of lspci and lspci -n: can't be done no boot
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: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
When booting and pressing enter at the SILO promt (booting default)
I get the following error:
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
<0>Press L1-A to return to the boot prom
when I enter "linux root=/dev/fd0" at the SILO prompt
booting gets further but I get the following problem:
VFS: Insert root floppy disk to be loaded into RAM disk and press ENTER
but the boot floppy in the drive isn't ejected so I can't place the root
floppy.
I think "eject fd0" or something simmiliar needs to be called prior of
showing the message
Greetings,
Robin Harmsen / Robin@RHarmsen.nl
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