Bug#787794: lifimage fails to successfully boot on hppa
Package: installation-reports
Forwarded: debian-hppa@lists.debian.org
Debian-installer-version: debian-7.0, debian-8.0, both are sid snapshots
uname -a: N/A
Date: Sat Jul 04 13:03:37 CET 2015
Method: netboot
Machine: HP712/100
Processor: PA7100LC
Memory: 128 MB
Root Device: SCSI, /dev/sda
Root Size/partition table: N/A
Output of lspci: N/A
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [E]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
>From images at http://ftp.debian-ports.org/debian-cd/hppa/
debian-8.0/lifimage 13.8M
debian-7.0:
lifimage 13.2M
lifimage.latest 13.2M
lifimage.old 19.1M
only lifimage.old is able to boot on a subject machine. Other bring it
into an endless "HP SDC: Transaction add failed: transaction already
queued ?" print loop. Sure the installation was still possible via
that lifimage.old with some tinkering, but how long it will be hosted,
and how long it will be suitable?
Looking at the image sizes... Perhaps something ramdisk size related?
Is it a way to fix, or what is the current workaround method for
loading other images?
Quite related ancient bug:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=302700
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