Bug#687454: Wheezy beta2 on Sparc T1000 server - mostly successful
Package: installation-reports
I tried Wheezy beta2 installer netboot image on a Sparc T1000 server
(there is no other way to boot installer on this machine) using
console on the ethernet management port. Installation went ok apart
from two minor issues:
1. During the initial boot the following messages appear on the
screen:
udevd[51]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices': No such file or directory
udevd[54]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/vldc-port-0-0': No such file or directory
udevd[55]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/ds-1': No such file or directory
udevd[53]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/ds-0': No such file or directory
udevd[56]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/vldc-port-0-1': No such file or directory
udevd[57]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/vldc-port-0-2': No such file or directory
udevd[61]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/vldc-port-1-0': No such file or directory
udevd[62]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/vldc-port-3-8': No such file or directory
udevd[63]: failed to execute '/lib/udev/vio_type' 'vio_type --export /devices/channel-devices/vldc-port-3-0': No such file or directory
This problem appears to be specific to installer's initrd, because I
don't see these messages on post-installation reboots.
2. Before the network configuration step the installer prompts to load
tg3 firmware from removable medium. It would be a problem, because
machine does not have any USB ports, but it turned out that the
ethernet cards are functional even without the firmware. Thus, all you
need to do is decline the firmware loading step and the installation
proceeds normally. According to dmesg, the cards are identified as
"Tigon3 [partno(BCM95714) rev 9001] (PCIX:133MHz:64-bit)" (machine has
4 of them installed).
It might be worth mentioning in the installation manual that even
though some cards may indicate that they require firmware, it may be
optional for their operation.
Best regards,
--
Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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