Bug#384549: Unable to install Debian on Sun b100 (sparc processor) blade due to cassini driver failure

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 11:25:00AM +1000, Chi Nguyen wrote:
> Package: installation-reports
> 
> Debian-installer-version: Netboot beta 3 (2.6 kernel) 11-Aug-2006
> http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/beta3/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/boot.img
> 
> uname -a: Linux (none) 2.6.17-2-sparc64 #1 Sat Aug 12 17:17:29 BST 2006
> sparc64 unknown
> 
> Date: Fri Aug 25 22:10:31 EST 2006
> 
> Method: Installed by setting up a tftp server on another blade running
> solaris 9. Created a /tftpboot directory with the above boot.img which
> was successfully picked up by the b100 blade upon rebooting using "boot
> net" method. However, it could not pick up the network interfaces (2xSun
> Cassini 10/100/10000 Ethernet) and the installation cannot proceed any
> further.

Does this error still occur with more recent kernel versions, such as
the current Lenny RC1?

Cheers,
        Moritz