Re: Lenny on Sun T1000
On Mon, Mar 09, 2009 at 10:27:08AM -0400, Elad Lahav wrote:
> 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.
There was a bug http://bugs.debian.org/504721 related to problems with
console detection, which was reproducible on my SunBlade 1000. It was
fixed, but I presume that for some reason the solution did not work
for your hardware. Please try appending console=ttyS0 (or whatever the
correct console device is) to see whether it will help, and if it
does, we'll try to figure out why the console device is not detected
properly.
Best regards,
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