Bug#415768: [SPARC64] netboot fails => system frozen
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: network
Image version: http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/rc2/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/boot.img
Date: 2007-03-21
Machine: Sun Blade 100 (workstation)
Processor: 64-bit UltraSPARC-IIe (500 MHz)
Memory: 512 MB
Partitions: [ ]
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
[ ]
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:
During netboot "Debian Etch", after TFTP transfer is completed, I get the message "Booting Linux..."
Not long after that, the screen seems to switch blank just a second and turns back.
After that, the system locks up. (Can't even do "Stop + A")
I never got the etch version to work with all the releases mentioned on the URL.
Even a daily build from another URL has the same problem.
Also tried "framebuffer=true", but doesn't help.
The machine has only 1 videocard (it's the onboard one).
Netbooting "Debian Sarge" boots just fine.
Hopefully this is the correct address to submit this bug.
Thanks in advance.
Yours sincerely,
Erik van der Kolk
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