Bug#565639: SunBlade 1000 installation report - boot fails after installation
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: Jan 14th netinst daily image for sparc
Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily-builds/daily/arch-latest/sparc/iso-cd/debian-testing-sparc-netinst.iso
Date: Sun Jan 17 15:37:37 GMT 2010
Machine: SunBlade 1000, same as in http://bugs.debian.org/562594
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: [E]
Comments/Problems:
Now that http://bugs.debian.org/562594 is fixed, I was able to
continue the installation and it all went fine until the end.
However, after finishing the installation machine fails to boot with
messages:
SUNW,Sun-Blade-1000 (2 X UltraSPARC-III) , No Keyboard
Copyright 1998-2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.16.4, 2048 MB memory installed, Serial #51831895.
Ethernet address 0:3:ba:16:e4:57, Host ID: 8316e457.
Rebooting with command: boot
Boot device: disk File and args:
ERROR: Last Trap: Fast Data Access MMU Miss
Error -256
{0} ok
I thought it was some kind of random hardware quirk, so I tried
reinstalling a few times, but always got the same result, even if I
was zero-filling the first 200M of the hard drive before partitioning.
I then tried Lenny netinst CD (debian-503-sparc-netinst.iso), and it
worked without problems, so it must be some regression in the recent
CD images. At this point I have no clue what might be causing it, as
both Lenny and the current CD builds install the same SILO version and
partitions are set up identically (~100MB ext2 /boot partition is set
up to hold the boot files in both cases). I'm going to ask on
debian-sparc whether anyone can reproduce it.
Another minor detail: serial console output in daily builds is
black-and-white, while Lenny installer was showing up in color (at
least, red/blue where appropriate).
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Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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