Bug#301480: [sparc][rc3][netinst] installation fails on sb100
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: RC3 netinst
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/rc3/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso
md5 sum 95042ee7c74ce5a512ecaba41cea225d
uname -a: 2.4.27-2-sparc64
Date: 26 Mar 2005
Method: Boot from netinst cdrom
Machine: Sun Microsystems Sun Blade 100
Processor: UltraSparcII 502MHz
Memory: 640M
Root Device:
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci:
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Below is a running dialog of what I did. The short version -
* Keyboard detection is still very messy.
* Cdrom detection is not working at all.
Could this possibly be because ide-detect, ide-probe etc are
not available in /lib/modules/2.4.27-2-sparc64/kernel/drivers/ide ?
Thanks for all your efforts.
box was running solaris9.
# halt
ok setenv auto-boot? false
ok reset-all
[ reboots ]
ok boot cdrom
boot: <ret>
[ boot fails with a kernel panic, can't find root filesystem. ]
[ power down ]
[ power up ]
ok boot cdrom
boot: <ret>
[ boots ok, I get to these menu items - choices in parentheses
choose language (english)
choose country (australia)
select keyboard layout (U.S. English)
(there was no prompt to choose physical keyboard type.)
detect cdrom
[ this step fails. At this point the keyboard mapping is messed up. ]
[ power down ]
[ power up ]
ok boot cdrom
boot: <ret>
choose language (english)
choose country (australia)
select keyboard layout (go back)
[ in main menu, chose select keyboard layout again ]
now I am prompted with choices for keyboard type, eg AT style, USB keyboard
[ I select USB keyboard. ]
now I get a much longer list of keyboard layouts to select from:
American English, Belgian, British English, Danish, Dvorak, Finnish,
French, German, German (no dead keys), Italian, Portuguese, Spanish,
Swedish, Swiss French, Swiss German.
[ I select "American English" ]
Installer gives me the red "Installation step failed screen"
[ Looking in the log, choose-keymap tried to select "mac-usb-us" keymap.
This fails, with error code 139. ]
[ in main menu, chose select keyboard layout again ]
now I am prompted with choices for keyboard type, eg AT style, USB keyboard
[ I select "no keyboard to configure". ]
this succeeds.
[ in main menu, move on to detect cdrom step. ]
I am presented with a long list of driver modules.
[ Deselect all except: sungem, generic, ali15x3, ide-disk, ide-cd, isofs ]
<continue>
The cdrom fails to mount.
[ the logfile shows alim15x3 module detects a chipset it can work with,
chipset revision 195. /proc/ide/ali looks normal. No DMA turned on.
/proc/ide/drivers lists
ide-cdrom version 4.59-ac1
ide-disk version 1.17
ide-default version 0.9.newide
lsmod lists:
isofs,ide-cd,cdrom,ide-disk,alim15x3,generic,sungem,crc32,
usb-serial,usb-ohci.
'/dev/cdroms/' directory exists, but is empty.
(Q: is the plural form correct? i.e. /dev/cdroms/, not /dev/cdrom/)
]
[ open and close cdrom drawer, with cdrom in place ]
The cdrom fails to mount.
[ in main menu, move on to detect cdrom step. ]
I am presented with a long list of driver modules, all selected.
[ Accept the default list ]
The cdrom fails to mount.
At this point I gave up. I may try some other time with 2.6, if available.
In solaris, the cdrom is reported as: LITEON CD-ROM LTN486S".
and the ide controller as "Acer AL-M5229 TXpro".
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