Re[2]: installing SS20 with sarge no chance?

[Howard Applesdale <harry66@gmx.de>]

Hello Tony,

there is a boot-parameter debconf/priority. set it to medium and do a
manual (not guided) install. with this i am able to avoid the insane
autopartitioner and do partitions by hand. seems to wirk flawless.

in summary:
1) set the OBP io-devices to ttya and connect a terminal to serial
port
2) boot installer2 cd
3) enter "linux debconf/priority=medium" at boot prompt to start the kernel boot
4) select the steps by hand and avoid autopart

cu
uwe

TN> 3) I got round this by installing the 2.4.26-sparc32 kernel, which
TN> doesn't require the glibc upgrade.  You can then upgrade glibc
TN> followed by moving to the 2.4.27 kernel.

TN> Caveat:  When I did it, I'm fairly sure 2.4.26 was available in
TN> testing, whereas it now only seems to be available in unstable.

TN> Tony


TN> On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 16:53:23 +0100, Howard Applesdale <harry66@gmx.de> wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> i'd like to ask for another idea. I tried installing the testing
>> release to my sparcstation 20, but: (all attempts via cdrom boot)
>> 
>> 1) netinst does not recognize the keyboard -> moved to the serial
>> console. netinst did not recognize the cdrom drive.
>> 
>> 2) netinst2 like netinst but found cdrom. hangup at the partitioner.
>> 
>> 3) first install of minimal woody then apt-get update, apt-get
>> upgrade. changing the sources to testing, apt-get update, apt-get
>> dist-upgrade but circular reference of libc6 and kernel 2.4. no
>> chance.
>> 
>> 4) download of iso-binaries -> installer cannot find cdrom.
>> 
>> i have no clue, what to try next. any idea?
>> 
>> greetings
>> uwe
>> 
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 Howard                            mailto:harry66@gmx.de