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- Subject: installation-reports: Installation on Sun Netra X1
- From: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña <jfs@computer.org>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:17:51 +0200
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Package: installation-reports Boot method: RARP/TFTP Image version: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/ 07-Mar-2005 01:32 5.3M boot.img Date: 2nd April 2006 Machine: Sun Netra X1 Processor: # cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird) fpu : UltraSparc IIe integrated FPU promlib : Version 3 Revision 0 prom : 4.0.9 Memory: # cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 1029576 kB Partitions: fdisk -l /dev/hda durante la isntalacion y obtuve esto: Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 255 sectors, 19156 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4080 * 512 bytes Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 17722 19158 2929440 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 16765 17722 1952280 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 0 19158 39082320 5 Whole disk Output of lspci and lspci -n: #lspci 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIe 0000:00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 0000:00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31) 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] 0000:00:0a.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03) 0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31) 0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) #lspci -n 0000:00:00.0 0600: 108e:a001 0000:00:03.0 0000: 10b9:7101 0000:00:05.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31) 0000:00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533 0000:00:0a.0 0c03: 10b9:5237 (rev 03) 0000:00:0c.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31) 0000:00:0d.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c3) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [ O ] Configure network HW: [ O ] Config network: [ E ] Detect CD: [ ] -- This system does not have a CD-ROM Load installer modules: [ O ] Detect hard drives: [ O ] Partition hard drives: [ O ] Create file systems: [ O ] Mount partitions: [ O ] Install base system: [ O ] Install boot loader: [ E ] Reboot: [ E ] Comments/Problems: I have been unable to find this information at http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata Netwokr config issue -------------------- The first problem throughout the installation was the DHCP configuration step, it goes through all the other steps without showing any error but this step fails as it is not able to get an assigned IP address. It turns out that the problem is due to the drivers being loaded. And this issue have to be fixed in console. If you go to the console an run 'ifconfig'. The output of ifconfig is the following: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00 BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:192 lo Link encap:Local Loopback LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Notice that the Harware MAC address is all '0's, which is clearly wrong. If you use 'dmesg' you see the following errors: SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted. SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[eaa0] SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted. SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0] And this is how the kernel loads them: Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13-NAPI (May 11, 2002) dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17) eth0: Davicom DM9102 at pci0000:00:05.0, 00:00:00:00:00:00, irq 7204992. eth1: Davicom DM9102 at pci0000:00:0c.0, 00:00:00:00:00:00, irq 7204288. Google searching turns out that this is a known bug of the 'dmfe' driver which replaces the 'tulip' driver. If you run 'lsmod' in console you will see that both drivers are loaded: Module Size Used by (...) dmfe 23900 0 tulip 54472 0 ohci_hcd 19716 0 This is wrong, and needs to be fixed by hand by removing the drivers and reinstalling the drivers, like this: $ modprobe -r dmfe $ modprobe -r tulip $ modprobe tulip $ dhclient eth1 Note: The 'eth1' interface is the 'A' interface of the Netra, while 'B' is eth0, which is actually somewhat confusing. In our setup we were using 'A' (eth1) to connect to the network. (This was reported in #239873 but has not been documented in the SPARC Installation Guide) NOTE: This URL http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/installing_debian_linux_on_sun_netra_x1.html also mentions issues with the 'dmfe' network driver. I wonder why the installer tries to install both drivers when the 'dmfe' is not recommended. The person doing that writeup installed a CD-ROM to the system (the Netra X1, unlike the T1, does not have one) so the lack of network was not critical for him, but it would be a show-stopper for any other installing in this system. SILO issue ---------- When the installer tries to install SILO it fails: SILO installation failed Running "/sbin/silo" failed with error code "1". If SILO is executed in the terminal (within a chroot), it also fails: /etc/silo.conf appears to be valid Fatal error: Cannot open /dev/hda3 This is the output of 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 255 sectors, 19156 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4080 * 512 bytes Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 17722 19158 2929440 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 16765 17722 1952280 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 0 19158 39082320 5 Whole disk However, if you restart the installer (without rebooting the system) and rerun the system (either from the installer or from a chroot) it *does* work. ? RAID issue ---------- Software RAID can not be configured throughout the installation since the partitions cannot be configured as a RAID volume. The option: "Use as: physical volume for RAID" is not available in the 'partman' module. Reboot issue ------------ (This only happened in one system, so it might be a hardware problem) After the installation, the system does not boot and returns the following error message: Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel Uncompressing image... Loaded kernel version 2.6.15 Illegal Instruction If the system is hard-reset (soft-reset won't do) then it is able to reboot properly and load the Linux kernel. Regards Javier PS: Full log of the installation and more information available on requestAttachment: signature.asc
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- To: Jerome Warnier <jwarnier@beeznest.net>, 360699-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#360699: installation-reports: Installation on Sun Netra X1
- From: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
- Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 17:03:59 +0200
- Message-id: <200706011704.00502.elendil@planet.nl>
- Reply-to: 360699@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 46603080.2000409@beeznest.net>
- References: <[🔎] 46603080.2000409@beeznest.net>
On Friday 01 June 2007 16:43, Jerome Warnier wrote: > I can confirm it still happens with stable Etch on same hardware. > I can do any testing you like provided they are requested in the next 2 > weeks, as I have a Netra X1on my desk doing nothing but waiting to get > installed. See my reply to your mail on the debian-sparc list [1]. As the silo issue was already reported solved, I think that means we can close this report now. Cheers, FJP [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2007/06/msg00001.html
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