Lenny on Sun T1000
I installed Lenny on a Sun T1000 server (UltraSPARC T1, sun4v), and have a few
issues:
1. Console not functioning after boot: The server boots and gets to the login
prompt. However, the console is not responding to keys, and therefore it is not
possible to log into the machine. This server is headless, and can only be
accessed remotely. Since SSH was not enabled during installation, log in via the
console is the only option, which means that I currently have no access to it.
2. Boot time is quite long, probably due to verbose kernel messages sent to the
console. Previously, this machine was running Ubuntu 7.10 and the boot process
was considerably faster.
3. The first installation attempt was unsuccessful:
* Despite choosing to format the / partition, the installer decided to keep
the existing data
* The installer hung at "Generating locales" (might be related to the
previous problem)
I suspect that the first couple of issues may be solved with appropriate kernel
boot parameters - any hints would be welcome.
--Elad
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