Package:
installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: Floppy images build
on (20050323) from
http://people.debian.org/~stappers/d-i/images/2005-03-23/sparc32/floppy/
uname
-a: Linux (none) 2.4.27-2-sparc32 #1 Tue Feb 15 00:11:41 PST 2005
sparc unknown
Date: 2005-03-24 14:24 CET
(GMT+1)
Method:
I booted from
the floppy images, into expret
mode
I needed to speciefy,
root=/dev/fd0
when also the
drivers were loaded the rest is done throug LAN
(NATted)
everything is
downloaded from http://ftp.surfnet.nl using the
testing
distribution
Machine:
Got the machine from someone, haven't got any documentation or
clue what
what
is
I just love to try to get a good running Linux on it althoug I
am not a
Linux
"goeroe",
I just know my way around google and some linux basics (with
x86)
Here is a list of what I do
know:
Sun SparcStation5 (SS5 / sun4m?) with 170
MHz
128 MB
of ram
Floppy
Drive
2
internal SCSI
drives
SCSI1 (0,1,0) (sda) 1.1 GB QUANTUM FB1080J
SUN1.05
SCSI1 (0,3,0) (sdb) 2.2 GB IBM DCAS32160
SUN2.1G
1
extrnal UltraSCSI
drive
SCSI2 (0,6,0) (sbc) 18.1 GB SEAGATE ST318404L SUN18G (in a
Sun UltraSCSI
casing)
Extrenal SCSI is connected to a SBUS card which also has a
10/100Mbit lan
port (HAPPYMEAL)
Processor: SS5
(sun4m)
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device:
SCSI
Root Size/partition table:
Partition Table made with
installer:
sda, one partition ext3 used as /
(root)
sdb, one partition ext3 used as
/home
sdc, three
partitions
#1 8 GB used as
/usr
#2 512 MB used as
swap
#4 9.6 GB used as /var
Output of lspci and lspci
-n:
no lspci available on boot
disks
Modules (auto)
loaded:
sunlance (for onbaord
LAN)
sunhme (for SBUS HappyMeal
LAN card)
scsi_mod
esp (for Sun Microsystems ESP
SCSI)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error
(please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot
worked:
[E]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config
network:
[O]
Detect
CD:
[] No CD Drives
Load installer
modules: [O]
Detect hard
drives:
[O]
Partition hard
drives:
[] Already done previously (with
installer)
Create file
systems:
[] Already done previously (with
installer)
Mount
partitions:
[E]
Install base
system:
[O]
Install boot
loader:
[O]
Reboot:
[E]
Comments/Problems:
Initial boot doesn't
work propperly
need to do root=/dev/fd0 otherwise no boot
possible
Mounting can't be done throug the installe
menu's
It always wan't to format the harddrive, or
am I doning something wrong
here?
got some errors
while booting, I thinks this is my own fault, as I
didn't format the
disks,
but just did a rm * -r afther mounting and before
doing a base
installation
Error1:
Warning: Your /etc/fstab does not contain the fsck
passno field. I will
kludge around things for
you,
but you should fix your /etc/fstab file as soon
as possible
Error2:
error while
loading shared libraries: libdiscover.so.1: cannot open
object file: No such
file or directory
Error3:
can't
create /var/run/dhclient.eth0.leases: No such file or
directory
exiting. Faild to bring up
eth0.
Error4:
/etc/init.d/rcS: line 1: cut: command not found
/etc/init.d/rcS: line 29: [: =: unary operator expected
/etc/init.d/rsC: line 24: /var/run/utmp: No such file or
directory
Error5:
Initialising random number generator... urandom start:
failed:
at the end I get: Starting system
log deamon: syslogd.
but nothing happens for
about 5 minutes so I stopped the computer.
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