Bug#354986: marked as done (installation report: powerpc64 can't find external firewire CD, can't load sbp2 module)
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and subject line Closing old installation report #354986
has caused the Debian Bug report #354986,
regarding installation report: powerpc64 can't find external firewire CD, can't load sbp2 module
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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: boot from external Firewire CD
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso (3/1/06 2:24)
Date: 3/2/06 8:30
Machine: Xserve G5 Cluster node (headless, no internal CD)
Processor: dual PPC970
Memory: 2GB
Partitions: N/A
Output of lspci and lspci -n: N/A
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [E]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
Comments/Problems:
Looks like installation will succeed IF the sbp2 module can be make to work.
Unfortunately, the spb2 module cannot be loaded due to an error.
The start of installation went fine. I set the input-device and output-device
to scca, devalias'd 'cd' to the external firewire drive and did
0 > boot cd:,\install\yaboot
At the boot prompt, I specified the install64 option:
boot: install64 video=ofonly console=ttyS0,57600
Installation started, got all the way up to the point of finding the cd,
but then could not find the cd. I went into a shell and tried to load the
sbp2 module by hand but got the following error:
~ # modprobe sbp2
Using /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-powerpc64/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/ieee1394.ko
Using /lib/modules/2.6.12-1-powerpc64/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.ko
insmod: cannot insert `/lib/modules/2.6.12-1-powerpc64/kernel/drivers/ieee1394/sbp2.ko': Unknown symbol in module (-1): No such file or directory
modprobe: failed to load module sbp2
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Toni Harbaugh-Blackford harbaugh@abcc.ncifcrf.gov
System Administrator
Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC)
National Cancer Institute
Contractor - SAIC/Frederick
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--- Begin Message ---
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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