Re: Problem with a SunFire V120 -- Kernel panics when trying to install
On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Yan Morissette <n30h4v3n@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Every single time I try to install Debian with the sparc netboot image
> (Of course, I'm using latest), after one to a few dialogs (usually
> right after selecting country, sometimes after locale and sometimes
> after DHCP config) the V120 crashes with the following being sent out
> the LOM port:
>
> [ 254.915075] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
> [ 254.915075] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
> [ 255.109349] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 0000000000000ad8
> [ 255.109349] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 0000000000000ad8
> [ 255.302290] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d838000
> [ 255.302290] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d838000
> [ 255.486760] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
> [ 255.486760] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt handler!
> [ 255.707837] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
> [ 255.707837] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
>
> I tried searching the mailing lists and google, the only thing I've
> found points to this being about usb-storage, but I have no idea how
> to disable this or fix this problem.
>
That would have been me. To be honest, I still don't know what is
causing it, it's an erratic showstopping bug. It's something to do
with the installation itself. Sometimes you can get around it by
flipping around some installation options, but I never got further
than an initial partition and partial installation of the base system.
I thought it could be to do with the serial line itself but that
investigation came to nothing. I'm afraid that to get anywhere you'll
have to treat the netboot as a rescue system that may only get you to
the stage of doing a Linux From Scratch, or you may want to do a
chroot install from within another linux system just to get the basic
system going. If you get somewhere, let me know!
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