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Bug#384342: installation-report: doesn't boot kernel: Illegal Instruction (sparc)



Package: installation-reports
Version: 2.18
Severity: important


Boot method: CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/etch_di_beta3/sparc/iso-cd/debian-testing-sparc-businesscard.iso , 20060810
Date: 2006-08-23, 18:00

Machine: Sun Ultra Enterprise 450
Partitions: -

Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [E]
Detect network card:    [ ]
Configure network:      [ ]
Detect CD:              [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives:     [ ]
Partition hard drives:  [ ]
Install base system:    [ ]
Clock/timezone setup:   [ ]
User/password setup:    [ ]
Install tasks:          [ ]
Install boot loader:    [ ]
Overall install:        [ ]

Comments/Problems:

kernel doesn't boot: install went like:

 {1} ok boot cdrom
 [...]
 SILO [...]
 [...]
 Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux etch
 [...] built 20060810
 [...]
 boot: <enter>
 Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
 Loaded kernel version 2.6.16
 Loading initial ramdisk (356[...] bytes at [...] 00 virt)...
 Illegal Instruction
 {1} ok

This behavious is reproducable: I've done it about 3 times.  However, at
one attempt the machine said: "Fast Instruction Access NMU Miss".

The hardware might be wearing out: it's pretty old.  However, it still
_does_ boot a Solaris kernel fine.

So, if others can't reproduce this (while they are able to install),
feel free to close this bugreport.

The machine is a Sun Enterprise 450 (2 X UltraSPARC-II 296 MHz) with
OpenBoot 3.12, 1024 MB memory installed.

Bye,

Joost

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