Re: U5 - Sarge with d-i rc2 netinstall failure
Not always true. This can be the sign of a disk that does not have a
proper Sun disk label. If you do not have a proper Sun disk label, you
will not be able to boot the disk, although you still will be able to
mount it if you have PC partition table support in your kernel.
Also, another thing I have learned, fdisk for SPARCs is ancient and
only supports very small (by today's standards) hard disks. Use nothing
other than parted to edit disks with Sun disk labels or you will be
sorry you didn't.
No offense meant btw, it's just a couple of possibilities to keep in
mind.
--- Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk> wrote:
> > I'm trying to get Sarge on a plain vanilla Ultra 5.
> >
> > I'm using the RC2 release of the Debian-Installer Net-Install CD.
> >
> > I end up with the following:
> <snip>
> > Partition check:
> > hda:end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 2
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 4
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 8
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 10
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 12
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 14
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 0
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 2
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 4
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 6
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 8
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 10
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 12
> > end_request: I/O error, dev 03:00 (hda), sector 14
> > unable to read partition table
> <snip>
> > I've read hints of boot parameters involving devfs, but nothing
> real definitive on that.
> >
> > Can anybody nudge me in the right direction?
> Sounds to me like a dead disk. Do you know for sure whether the disk
> you have in the Ultra 5 works? It might also be worth checking the
> archives for info on the problems with the IDE chip on Ultra-5's.
> IIRC
> the chip is buggy and some combinations of DMA and ATA speeds cause
> evil
> things to happen.
>
> HTH
>
> Cheers,
> - Martin
>
> --
> Martin
> inkubus@interalpha.co.uk
> "Seasons change, things come to pass"
>
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