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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
Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/                      KeyID: C99E03CC


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