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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