Install 4.0 r0 "Etch" on IBM p5 510 inside LPAR
Hello to all,
I tried to install both from netinst iso (debian-40r0-powerpc-netinst.iso
07-Apr-2007 13:36 233M) and from disk 1 iso (debian-40r0-powerpc-CD-1.iso
07-Apr-2007 17:42 629M). Both times the installer in stage 1 missed some
files and /var/log/syslog shows the following entries:
Apr 18 12:56:34 cdrom-detect: CD-ROM mount succeeded:
device=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/cd
Apr 18 12:56:34 cdrom-detect: Detected CD 'Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 "Etch" -
Official powerpc CD Binary-1 20070407-14:58'
Apr 18 12:56:48 cdrom-detect: Detected CD with 'stable' (etch) distribution
...
Apr 18 12:56:48 cdrom-retriever: warning: Unable to find
contrib/debian-installer/binary-powerpc/Packages in /cdrom/dists/etch/Release.
Apr 18 12:56:48 cdrom-retriever: warning: Unable to find
contrib/debian-installer/binary-powerpc/Packages.gz in /cdrom/dists/etch/Release.
...
... lot of normal installer messages
...
Apr 18 12:56:48 anna[5190]: DEBUG: resolver (yaboot-installer): accept di-utils,
already installed
Apr 18 12:56:48 anna[5190]: DEBUG: resolver (yaboot-installer): accept
archdetect, already installed
Apr 18 12:56:53 anna[5190]: WARNING **: bad md5sum
Apr 18 12:57:03 anna[5190]: WARNING **: bad md5sum
Apr 18 12:57:05 main-menu[952]: WARNING **: Configuring 'load-cdrom' failed with
error code 7
Apr 18 12:57:05 main-menu[952]: WARNING **: Menu item 'load-cdrom' failed.
On checking the integrity of the cd in the first run I get
"./dists/etch/main/binary-powerpc/Packages file failed the MD5 checksum
verification. ...". In the second run Packages.gz fails. I did a lot more runs
and usually the run stops at Packages but sometimes it stops at Packages.gz. For
me it looks like something corrupts "big" files.
I checked the md5sums of the iso downloads - they are ok. I booted the system
from cds burned on two distinct writers attached to distinct pcs. I get always
the same behavior.
The messages of loading ibmvscsi are looking good:
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: ibmvscsi: host srp version: 16.a, host partition vio
(1), OS 3, max io 262144
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: Vendor: AIX Model: VDASD Rev:
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI
revision: 03
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: Vendor: AIX Model: VOPTA Rev:
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI
revision: 04
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: SCSI device sda: 10485760 512-byte hdwr sectors (5369 MB)
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 17 00 00 08
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: cache data unavailable
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: SCSI device sda: 10485760 512-byte hdwr sectors (5369 MB)
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: Write Protect is off
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: Mode Sense: 17 00 00 08
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: cache data unavailable
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: assuming drive cache: write through
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sda: sda1 sda2
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sd 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 24x/24x cd/rw cdda tray
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sr 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sd 0:0:1:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
Apr 18 12:56:01 kernel: sr 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
VIO server is IBM VIO 1.3.0 (AIX). I took the lpar and installed AIX - all
worked fine. I took OpenSuse 10.2 and got the similar problem - the installer
does not accept the cd.
The following modules have been loaded:
/var/log # lsmod
Module Size Used by
isofs 52976 1
ide_cd 60928 0
ide_disk 28376 0
ide_floppy 30456 0
pdc202xx_new 19888 0 [permanent]
aec62xx 15744 0 [permanent]
amd74xx 23744 0 [permanent]
cmd64x 19408 0 [permanent]
generic 11916 0 [permanent]
hpt34x 11816 0 [permanent]
ns87415 10572 0 [permanent]
pdc202xx_old 19840 0 [permanent]
sc1200 15440 0 [permanent]
siimage 23176 0 [permanent]
sl82c105 14472 0 [permanent]
trm290 11122 0 [permanent]
via82cxxx 16164 0 [permanent]
usb_storage 114632 0
atkbd 30276 0
libps2 14488 1 atkbd
serio 30656 1 atkbd
usbserial 51072 0
usbhid 77112 0
usbcore 199452 3 usb_storage,usbserial,usbhid
windfarm_smu_sat 14912 0 [permanent]
windfarm_pid 8176 0
windfarm_max6690_sensor 11408 0
windfarm_lm75_sensor 12328 0
windfarm_cpufreq_clamp 8864 0
windfarm_core 22896 4
windfarm_smu_sat,windfarm_max6690_sensor,windfarm_lm75_sensor,windfarm_cpufreq_clamp
i2c_powermac 12176 0
sg 55984 0
sr_mod 30596 1
cdrom 52112 2 ide_cd,sr_mod
sd_mod 33488 0
ibmvscsic 35048 1
scsi_mod 208424 5 usb_storage,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,ibmvscsic
Has anybody of you some idea what is going wrong here?
Gottfried
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