Re: debian unusable on niagara
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 06:41:52PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
> I downloaded the tftpboot image provided from the Download
> section of the debian.org web site for Sparc.
Can you provide the exact URL? My worry is that you might have downloaded
one of the daily-built images, which may be in various states of brokenness.
The Lenny netboot image is at
http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/dists/lenny/main/installer-sparc/current/images/netboot/boot.img
The bug I've mentioned, and which should be resolved in this image, is
http://bugs.debian.org/504721. I see, however, that we never got a
confirmation from the original reporter that the fix worked on his machine
(it did work for mine).
> > I've tested the lenny installer and it worked correctly with serial
> > console (I remember we pushed some fixes for it pretty late in lenny
> > release cycle).
>
> It's not exactly a serial console, even though the niagara console is
> implemented using a driver that sits on top of the serial core layer.
>
> If you test on a non-niagara system with serial console, it's not the
> same test. Not even remotely. The device name is different, it shows
> up differently in sysfs, etc.
>
> > I believe we fixed it in Lenny r1 release, it would be great to it if
> > you could upgrade to it and confirm it (or install from scratch using
> > 5.0.1 media from http://www.debian.org/releases/lenny/debian-installer).
>
> I'll give it a try and report back.
Thanks.
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