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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