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- To: submit@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: installation-reports
- From: Josh <vvarder@yahoo.com>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 17:51:17 -0700 (PDT)
- Message-id: <20050711005117.96031.qmail@web31310.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: 7/8/05 - cdimage.debian.org
uname -a: Linux barclay 2.4.27-2-sparc64 #1 Sun Apr 3
05:21:36 UTC 2005 sparc64 GNU/Linux
Date: 7/9/05
Method: Network install from minimal bootable CD -
using Purdue mirror
Machine: Sun UltraSPARC 5 Workstation
Processor: UltraSPARC IIi 270 MHz
Memory: 128M
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table:
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id
System
/dev/hda1 0 207 97807+ 1 Boot
/dev/hda2 207 8443 3891510 83
Linux native
/dev/hda3 0 8894 4202415 5
Whole disk
/dev/hda4 8443 8894 213097+ 82
Linux swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer
Corp. Ultra IIi
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer
Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13)
0000:00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer
Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13)
0000:01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp.
EBUS (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems
Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI
Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c)
0000:01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc.
(formerly CMD Technology Inc) PCI0646 (rev 03)
0000:00:00.0 0600: 108e:a000
0000:00:01.0 0604: 108e:5000 (rev 13)
0000:00:01.1 0604: 108e:5000 (rev 13)
0000:01:01.0 0680: 108e:1000 (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 0200: 108e:1001 (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 0300: 1002:4750 (rev 5c)
0000:01:03.0 0101: 1095:0646 (rev 03)
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: [O]
Detect CD: [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [E]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [O]
Comments/Problems:
CD Booted fine, but first time trying to install
"autodetected" kernel failed, I don't remember the
exact error. Rebooted to try manual installation of
Kernel choice - tried 2.6-sparc32, installation worked
until initial boot, in which I got a "Fast Data Access
MMU Miss". After finding out that even though it's a
32-bit proc it needed the sparc64 version, I got the
2.4.27-2-sparc64 kernel to install (the autodetected
one was 2.4.27-sparc64, which failed the first time
through).
The only other problem after that was my mouse with X,
which autodetected to /dev/input/mouse - I have the
Sun Mouse Keyboard in which the mouse plugs into the
keyboard. The symlink /dev/mouse pointed correctly
/dev/sunmouse. After that I had to also change the
XF86Config file to use the "busmouse" protocol instead
of the "ImPS/2" protocol.
Aptitude works well, but when installing a package
after download, and it leaves the ncurses built
screen, it doesn't clear the terminal, which creates
garbage looking output.
Other than that, things look good for my first Debian
encouter, looking forward to this distro. Have used
Slack, Red-Hat, Mandrake, and SuSE, but went with
Debian after hearing the great reports of platform
support for my SPARC system.
Thanks-
-Josh Albright
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.
Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.
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