Debian on Sparc 4 - woody to sarge - solved
All,
I was wondering if the below issue was due to my symlinks? I wouldn't have
thought so as they were created by installing the kernel package and initrd.
A little later ... I started writing the above and thought I would just try
it and see, after all, I know how to boot into it properly now if I get
stuck (thanks a lot Jurij).
Seems that the package install created symlinks in such a manner that silo
didn't like them with the silo config I had.
Changed the config to read: -
dns:~# more /etc/silo.conf
root=/dev/sda1
partition=1
default=linux
timeout=100
read-only
image=1/vmlinuz
initrd=1/initrd.img
label=linux
image=1/vmlinuz.old
label=linux
Here is an ls -al on both directories (basically stated full
paths /boot/<file> instead of boot/<file>), now works with no issues. Just
my white screen to deal with, a minor problem compared to what has just been
dealt with :-)
dns:~# ls -al /
total 57
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:55 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 1 13:06 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 2 01:57 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 19456 Jul 2 18:02 dev
drwxr-xr-x 41 root root 3072 Jul 2 18:02 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 floppy
drwxrwsr-x 4 root staff 1024 Jun 30 20:01 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 initrd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Jul 2 17:55 initrd.img -
> /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-sparc32
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jul 2 16:11 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jun 30 20:31 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 8 2002 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 34 root root 0 Jul 2 2005 proc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:33 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 2 16:11 sbin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 2 16:10 sys
drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:55 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 usr
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Jul 2 17:55 vmlinuz -
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-sparc32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Jul 2 17:55 vmlinuz.old -
> /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-sun4cdm
dns:~# ls -al /boot/
total 3567
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 2 01:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 21 root root 1024 Jul 2 17:55 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321829 Jun 30 20:51 System.map-2.2.20-
sun4cdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 314634 Feb 15 11:38 System.map-2.4.27-2-
sparc32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 15 2002 cd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2982 Jun 30 20:51 config-2.2.20-sun4cdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12700 Feb 15 09:02 config-2.4.27-2-
sparc32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 15 2002 fd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 15 2002 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 15 2002 generic.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 784 Aug 15 2002 ieee32.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1101824 Jul 1 16:34 initrd.img-2.4.27-2-
sparc32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Jun 30 21:53 old.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59904 Jul 2 17:59 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57512 Aug 15 2002 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 15 2002 ultra.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 890942 Jun 30 20:51 vmlinuz-2.2.20-
sun4cdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842884 Feb 15 11:37 vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-
sparc32
Would it be useful to create a mail to the list with the issues I
experienced and resolutions, or just keep an eye on the mailing list?
Thanks all,
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lewis [mailto:steve@lewis.it]
Sent: 02 July 2005 12:16
To: jurij@wooyd.org
Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Debian on Sparc 4 - woody to sarge - more progress
Hi Jurij et all,
I couldn't seem to see why I could type the full path and it would work, yet
SILO couldn't get the info from silo.conf. My symlinks are there and so are
the files. In the end I went OTT in silo.conf but it has fixed the
problem. Now I need to see why I had it in the first place.
Below is the info you requested, even though I can now reboot with no issues
really. I have a few aesthetics to look at, why it changed my display to
white and why I cannot see the correct Debian install dialogs (the blue
ones). Being able to upgrade the kernel and access the debian site was the
main issue here and that appears to be solved.
Thanks a lot for your time Jurij et al,
Steve
dns:/# cat /etc/silo.conf
root=/dev/sda1
partition=1
default=linux
timeout=100
read-only
image=1/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-sparc32
initrd=1/boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-sparc32 root=/dev/sda1 label=linux
image=1/vmlinuz.old
label=linux
dns:/# ls -al
total 55
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Jul 1 16:35 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Jul 1 16:35 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 1 13:06 bin
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 2 01:57 boot
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 cdrom
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 19456 Jul 2 11:48 dev
drwxr-xr-x 40 root root 2048 Jul 2 11:48 etc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 floppy
drwxrwsr-x 4 root staff 1024 Jun 30 20:01 home
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 initrd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 32 Jul 1 16:35 initrd.img ->
boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-2-sparc32
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 30 21:51 lib
drwx------ 2 root root 12288 Jun 30 20:31 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Feb 8 2002 mnt
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 opt
dr-xr-xr-x 35 root root 0 Jul 2 2005 proc
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Jul 1 18:00 root
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 Jul 1 13:02 sbin
drwxrwxrwt 3 root root 1024 Jul 2 11:40 tmp
drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 usr
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 1024 Jun 30 21:38 var
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Jul 1 16:35 vmlinuz ->
boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-sparc32
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Jun 30 20:51 vmlinuz.old ->
boot/vmlinuz-2.2.20-sun4cdm
dns:/# ls -al /boot/
total 3567
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 1024 Jul 2 01:57 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 1024 Jul 1 16:35 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 321829 Jun 30 20:51
System.map-2.2.20-sun4cdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 314634 Feb 15 11:38
System.map-2.4.27-2-sparc32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 15 2002 cd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2982 Jun 30 20:51
config-2.2.20-sun4cdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12700 Feb 15 09:02
config-2.4.27-2-sparc32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 15 2002 fd.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 15 2002 first.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 Aug 15 2002 generic.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 784 Aug 15 2002 ieee32.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1101824 Jul 1 16:34
initrd.img-2.4.27-2-sparc32
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Jun 30 21:53 old.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 59904 Jul 2 11:44 second.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 57512 Aug 15 2002 silotftp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Aug 15 2002 ultra.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 890942 Jun 30 20:51
vmlinuz-2.2.20-sun4cdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 842884 Feb 15 11:37
vmlinuz-2.4.27-2-sparc32
-----Original Message-----
From: Jurij Smakov [mailto:jurij@wooyd.org]
Sent: 02 July 2005 02:40
To: Steve Lewis
Cc: debian-sparc@lists.debian.org
Subject: RE: Debian on Sparc 4 - woody to sarge - more progress
On Sat, 2 Jul 2005, Steve Lewis wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Well, the sunlance addition to the modules.conf worked like a charm
> and I now see my interface card and can get on my network.
> Unfortunately I still have the boot problem.
>
> I think this is related to my silo.conf but have tried the following
> with no luck: -
>
> First attempt: -
>
> root=/dev/sda1
> partition=1
> default=Linux
> timeout=100
> read-only
>
> image=1/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> initrd=initrd.img
Try changing that to
image=1/vmlinuz
label=linux
initrd=1/initrd.img
Do you have the /initrd.img -> /boot/initrd.img-2.4.27-sparc32 symbolic
link set up? If you still have problems booting, post your final silo.conf
file and the output of the following commands:
ls -la /
ls -la /boot
Best regards,
Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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