Re: Lenny on Sun T1000
I had these issues, got around them though, boot time is slow because
the consoles are majorly messed up.
First off boot with init=/bin/sh, you'll be able to get some kind of a
shell then to make the following changes. I think you'll also have to do
mount -orw,remount / && mount /boot
Inittab:
change 1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1 to
1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 ttyS0
and /boot/silo.conf
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
initrd=/initrd.img
append="console=/dev/ttyS0"
You should be able to get a login now and boot time should be faster.
Tell me how you get on
All:
Was debian-sparc not tested on coolthreads servers? It probably should
as all new sun SPARC based machines are coolthreads based.
Cheers.
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.
>
> --Elad
>
>
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