Re: Release testing and you
On Mon, May 07, 2012 at 04:16:49PM -0300, gustavo panizzo <gfa> wrote:
> today i take the dust off my netra, to install debian on it
>
> i took the daily image of the d-i
> http://ftp.br.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/20110106+b1/images/netboot/boot.img
As the date in the URL indicates, this is a *very* old image.
In order to get the dailies you should go to
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
in particular, for the netboot image:
http://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/sparc/daily/netboot/
Daily installer images are not distributed via mirror network, so this
is the only place you can download it from.
Thanks for testing, please let me know if you encounter any problems.
And even if it's a success, please file an installation report.
The d-i alpha1 for wheezy should be available in a couple of days, if
you could test that it would be great as well.
> it boots ok, but at some point the installer throws this
> exactly after load network and usb storage modules
>
> [ 240.615830] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference
> [ 240.690242] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->context = 00000000000005ce
> [ 240.763550] tsk->{mm,active_mm}->pgd = fffff8001d1da000
> [ 240.832583] Kernel panic - not syncing: Aiee, killing interrupt
> handler!
> [ 240.921118] Press Stop-A (L1-A) to return to the boot prom
>
> squeeze installer dies on the same point
>
> this is the hw
>
> Netra T1 200 (UltraSPARC-IIe 500MHz), No Keyboard
> OpenBoot 4.0, 512 MB memory installed, Serial #507XXX58.
> Ethernet address 0:X:ba:5:XX:ae, Host ID: 83XXXbae.
>
> i will try to boot the old gentoo that box has, then debootstrap to
> see how it goes
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 05:00:57PM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > We still have a bit to go before wheezy release, but I would like to
> > once again remind of the importance of running testing/unstable to
> > ensure acceptable quality of upcoming release. The key point is that
> > if nobody runs wheezy and reports bugs, there is no chance for them to
> > be fixed before release, so we can happily release with pretty severe
> > problems (like http://bugs.debian.org/669905, which I accidentally
> > discovered recently).
> >
> > Just to reming how the system works: a new version of the package is
> > unloaded to unstable (a.k.a. sid), typically spends about 10 days
> > there, then propagates to testing (a.k.a. wheezy) if no new bugs have
> > been reported against it (roughly). The version in testing will be
> > released with wheezy, unless there is a release-critical bug filed
> > against the package. The list of all release-critical bugs can be seen
> > here:
> >
> > http://udd.debian.org/bugs.cgi?release=wheezy&patch=&pending=&security=ign&wontfix=&upstream=&unreproducible=&forwarded=&claimed=&deferred=¬main=ign¬wheezy=ign&base=&standard=&merged=ign&done=&outdatedwheezy=&outdatedsid=&needmig=&newerubuntu=&fnewer=&fnewerval=7&rc=1&sortby=source&sorto=asc&cpopcon=1&cseverity=1&ctags=1
> >
> > If a particular bug (affecting wheezy) that you are aware of is not on
> > this list, it means that it will be ignored for release purposes, and
> > the buggy version of the package is going to be released when the time
> > comes. So, if you are interested in improving the quality of the next
> > release and have a possibility to run wheezy on some sparc box, please
> > do so and report the bugs that you find, especially the ones which
> > make packages unusable.
> >
> > The debian-boot team is currently in the process of preparing the
> > alpha version of wheezy installer which, I expect, will be made
> > available in the next few days. I would encourage anyone with spare
> > resources to test this installer and file an installation report (see
> > http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch05s04.html#submit-bug
> > for instructions). Testing daily/weekly installer builds available at
> > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ is another excellent way
> > to make sure that it's working for your hardware.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > --
> > Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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> >
> >
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