Bug#496945: Sun Microsystems Sunfire V100 (Successful - Lenny Beta2 Installer / Business Card CD)
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: CD (debian-LennyBeta2-sparc-businesscard.iso)
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_beta2/sparc/iso-cd/debian-LennyBeta2-sparc-businesscard.iso
Date: Thu Aug 28 11:37:34 EDT 2008
Machine: Sun Microsystems Sunfire V100
Processor: TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird)
Memory: 1024784 kB (1G)
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>
# df -Tl
Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda2 ext3 18271588 463992 16879444 3% /
tmpfs tmpfs 512392 0 512392 0% /lib/init/rw
udev tmpfs 10240 144 10096 2% /dev
tmpfs tmpfs 512392 0 512392 0% /dev/shm
/dev/hda1 ext3 93335 14348 74168 17% /boot
Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn:
# lspci -nn
00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device [0000]: ALi Corporation M7101 Power
Management Controller [PMU] [10b9:7101]
00:05.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet [1282:9102] (rev 31)
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge
[Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533]
00:0a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller [10b9:5237]
(rev 03)
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet [1282:9102] (rev 31)
00:0d.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (rev c3)
# lspci -vnn
00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device [0000]: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] [10b9:7101]
Flags: medium devsel
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fffffe0100000000 [disabled] [size=1]
00:05.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet [1282:9102] (rev 31)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 10
I/O ports at 10100 [size=256]
Memory at 00002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Expansion ROM at 00080000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: tulip
Kernel modules: dmfe, tulip
00:07.0 ISA bridge [0601]: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533]
Subsystem: ALi Corporation M1533/M1535 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV/V/V+] [10b9:1533]
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fffffe0100000000 [disabled] [size=1]
Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 1
00:0a.0 USB Controller [0c03]: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller [10b9:5237] (rev 03) (prog-if 10)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
Memory at 01000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fffffe0100000000 [disabled] [size=1]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
Kernel modules: ohci-hcd
00:0c.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet [1282:9102] (rev 31)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
I/O ports at 10000 [size=256]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1]
Expansion ROM at 00040000 [disabled] [size=256K]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: tulip
Kernel modules: dmfe, tulip
00:0d.0 IDE interface [0101]: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE [10b9:5229] (rev c3) (prog-if ff)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 12
I/O ports at 10200 [size=8]
I/O ports at 10218 [size=8]
I/O ports at 10210 [size=8]
I/O ports at 10208 [size=8]
I/O ports at 10220 [size=16]
[virtual] Memory at fffffe0100000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
[virtual] Expansion ROM at fffffe0100000000 [disabled] [size=1]
Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: ALI15x3_IDE
Kernel modules: alim15x3
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot: [O]
Detect network card: [O]
Configure network: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Clock/timezone setup: [O]
User/password setup: [O]
Install tasks: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Overall install: [O]
Comments/Problems:
Before I get into an individual discussion of the above items, I wanted to
indicate that a very specific set of steps is required to install so take the
'O' entries above with a grain of salt.
Initial boot:
=============
Of all the install methods I tried, only the Business Card ISO worked. The
full install ISO fails with 'corrupt packages' and is a known issue. The
netboot fails because you need to boot the installer with 'ide=nodma'.
I did the install via console from another Debian etch machine using ser2net
though minicom will probably work much better.
Starting from a completely powered off v100 with the CD in the drive power
it on and wait until you get to the OBP 'ok' prompt. From there, 'boot cdrom'
should get you to the SILO prompt. At that point, you must use:
expert ide=nodma
or it will bomb out for a number of reasons. Once the installer comes up, the
*first* thing you must do is exit out of the 'Language Selection' and drop to
a shell. Once at a shell,
modprobe -r dmfe
modprobe -r tulip
modprobe tulip
then exit back to the installer.
Detect network card:
====================
Both cards will be detected just fine.
Configure network:
==================
I'm not running DHCP so I manually configured.
Detect CD:
==========
The CD was detected and scanned correctly.
Load installer modules:
=======================
I did not load additional modules but the standard required modules were
loaded with no problems.
Detect hard drives:
===================
Both drives were detected correctly.
Partition hard drives:
======================
The first drive was partitioned with a single / filesystem, /boot, and swap.
Install base system:
====================
The base system installed completely and successfully though at the begining,
the terminal screen went white and appeared to hang. I don't know if this is
due to using ser2net but after waiting for a few minutes, the packages were
shown to be downloading.
Clock/timezone setup:
=====================
No problems here.
User/password setup:
====================
Initially configured the root account only. (Lockdown and non-root accounts
were provisioned once I rebooted into the system.)
Install tasks:
==============
Tasksel ran correctly, though I deselected all tasks to only have the base
installed as a starting point.
Install boot loader:
====================
No problems here.
Overall install:
================
Taking into account the caveats and issues mentioned above, it was a pretty
smooth install.
Below is /proc/cpuinfo in case the 'prom' version is relevant.
cpu : TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird)
fpu : UltraSparc IIe integrated FPU
prom : OBP 4.0.18 2002/05/23 18:22
type : sun4u
ncpus probed : 1
ncpus active : 1
D$ parity tl1 : 0
I$ parity tl1 : 0
Cpu0ClkTck : 0000000020a9d100
MMU Type : Spitfire
-- asg
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