Bug#344320: Installation: Install CD Etch: Booting Linux... (indefinitely) on Ultra10
> On Wednesday 21 December 2005 19:41, Maarten Hotze wrote:
> > The testing CD Etch 20051111 failed to boot Linux, it just stops when
> > "Booting Linux..." is displayed. This is the 2.6 kernel. The CD also
> > conatins 2.4 kernel images, which do not show this failue.
>
> Hmmm. And how are we supposed to do anything about this without any real
> information about your hardware or a more extensive boot log?
I can not make a boot log (I think), the system does not come that far.
> Please fill in a full installation report [1] and reply with that to this
> message.
Ok, here it is.
> For your information: that image works perfectly with 2.6 on my Ultra 10.
> Sparc is not the best supported architecture when it comes to upstream
> kernel maintenance. There is not very much we can do about this in the
> installer, unless you can identify a specific issue for us.
> For help with your installation, I suggest you try mailing the
> debian-sparc mailing list.
>
> Cheers,
> FJP
>
> [1] http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s03.html#submit-bug
> >
> [ (geen bestandsnaam) (0.2 Kb) ]
Boot method: CD
Image version: 20051111, test cd image (business card image):
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/etch_d-i/beta1/sparc/iso-cd/debian-testing-sparc-businesscard.iso
This image is taken from:
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
It also shows several other SPARC images, like:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/sparc/iso-cd/debian-testing-sparc-netinst.iso
Do you for instance use a different source of the CD image than I did?
Date: 21/12/05 07:41 PM (when I tried installing 2.6 kernel via the boot CD)
Machine: SUN Ultrasparc 10
Processor: Ultrasparc IIi 440 Mhz
Memory: 512Mb
Partitions:
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 ext3 8261724 1277624 6564420 17% /
tmpfs tmpfs 255560 0 255560 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1 ext3 91619 8823 77908 11% /boot
Output of lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13)
0000:00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13)
0000:01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
0000:01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc) PCI0646 (rev 03)
0000:02:02.0 Bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21554 (rev 01)
and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 0600: 108e:a000
0000:00:01.0 0604: 108e:5000 (rev 13)
0000:00:01.1 0604: 108e:5000 (rev 13)
0000:01:01.0 0680: 108e:1000 (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 0200: 108e:1001 (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 0300: 1002:4750 (rev 5c)
0000:01:03.0 0101: 1095:0646 (rev 03)
0000:02:02.0 0680: 1011:0046 (rev 01)
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: [O]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Silo is started, so CD is detected, but after this the system displays
"Booting Linux..." and just sits there nothing to do. Maybe you do not
use the business card CD image? Booting the 2.4 image is no problem.
THX,
Maarten
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