Bug#401396: 20061202 - daily build for sparc32 floppy install

[Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>]

Hi,

Sorry for delay. I had to concentrate on other work for a bit.

On Thursday 21 December 2006 03:03, Dan Oglesby wrote:
> Could you file one new installation report for the issue that you need
> to press enter 4 times to get the root floppy loaded so we can keep
> track of that? I think that is now the only issue remaining.

Let's investigate the issue below a bit further in this report, but I'd 
still appreciate a new report for the issue above so we can reassign it 
properly and don't have to wade through all the history in this one.


> The install completes on the SS5-70, but will not successfully boot
> after install.  It doesn't appear to load the esp module from the
> initfs, and cannot locate the root filesystem.

OK. Let's start with the basic questions:
- what are the last messages (10-15) on the console?
- do you get dropped into a debug shell on the failure?
- if so, please check:
  - if the module is present in the initrd (ls /lib/modules/....)
  - if the module is loaded (lsmod)
  - if the module is listed in /etc/modules or in
    /etc/initramfs-tools/modules or similar
  - if the device is recognized at all (dmesg)

Cheers,
FJP