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Re: Sparc d-i problem - unable to mount CD



On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Wiktor Wandachowicz wrote:

Hello, good d-i folks!

I'm trying to help with testing the d-i sparc64 CD's on the Sun Blade 150, which is at my disposal. First I need to state that on the machine there's
a working Debian sarge installed already.

I tried today the latest debian installer 'businesscard' image.
There is a problem with it, the same as with the 'rc3' I tried lately.
The problem is as follows: installer CD boots fine and the USB keyboard
works very well (thanks again, Joey and Vince!), but soon d-i is unable
to mount the IDE CD. So I cannot follow the installation procedure,
because installer components are located on the very same CD :-(
It's like the catch #22...
[...]
What is your advice, then?

Hi Wiktor,

Well, whenever you have a sparc-related problem, checking debian-sparc could also help :-). This problem was mentioned there at least 4 times during the last two weeks. It has been also filed as bugs #281243, #298927, #301480 against kernel-image-2.4.27-2-sparc64. I have come up with the kernel config which seems to do the right thing, however it is ABI-breaking and thus unlikely to make it into the final d-i for Sarge. Since demand for these fixes is so big, I'll try to build an unofficial netinst image, containing them - stay tuned to debian-sparc.

Friendly,
Wiktor Wandachowicz

Best regards,

Jurij Smakov                                        jurij@wooyd.org
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