Re: Installing Debian 3.0r1 Sparc on Sun Blade 100
The sparc-mini.iso image on Ben Collins site
(http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/) still has some
problems. If someone has found away around these issues, (i.e. Illegal
instruction and not being able to find the root disk) I'd love to hear about
it.
Thanks,
Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kent West" <westk@acu.edu>
To: <debian-sparc@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Installing Debian 3.0r1 Sparc on Sun Blade 100
> Xander Meadow wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been banging my head against a Sun Blade 100 running Sun OS
> > Release 5.8 Version Generic_108528-08 64-bit, with 256MB of RAM,
> > OpenBoot 4.0. I am trying to trash the the Solaris system currently
> > running on the machine and install Debain 3.0r1 - woody. I have
> > downloaded and burned the first three binary discs. After inserting
> > the first one I press "stop - a" to get to the ok prompt and then type
> > "boot cdrom" to boot from the CD. After booting from the cdrom I get
> > the following on my screen:
> >
> > --------------
> > Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux 3.0!
> >
> > <then some description and a disclaimer>
> >
> > [ ENTER - Boot install ] [ type "rescue" - Boot into rescue mode ]
> > boot:
> > -------------
> >
> > After determining that I want to install Debian, and not perform a
> > rescue I hit enter whereupon I get the following message:
> >
> > Loading initial ramdisk....
> > Fast Data Access MMU Miss
> > ok
> >
> > and I'm back to the ok prompt. I can then type "cd" and it will take
> > me to a location that has choices such as memory@0,0, aliases,
> > options, etc. I have read that by typing in "limit-ecache-size" as a
> > command I can fix this problem. But this has not worked for me.
> > Either I am typing it to the wrong location or I have a different
> > problem. If anyone knows what my problem might be I would greatly
> > appreciate any and all help. Thanks very much.
>
> I had this sort of problem when trying to boot from a (Woody? Potato?)
> CD on a Sunblade 100 a year and a half or so ago. I eventually gave up
> on the CD, and did a tftpboot with a tftp-based kernel image that I
> pulled off a Sun server set up for tftp feeds.
>
> This year I tried installing on a Sunblade 1000 (not the 100), and using
> the official tftpboot kernel image found by following the
> instructions/links in the Installation Manual at the Debian site, I
> again ran into all sorts of boot problems, including the "Fast Data
> Access MMU Miss" problem. So I googled for a different kernel, and found
> Ben Collins' site
> (http://auric.debian.org/~bcollins/disks-sparc/current/sparc64/) which
> had a kernel image that booted right up.
>
> I say all this to say: try a different kernel.
>
> --
> Kent
>
>
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