Re: GRUB testers on SPARC needed
There is no separate ISO. You can just choose to install GRUB instead of SILO when you install your machine with the current ISO.
Just go back to the main menu instead of finishing the installation at the last installation step. Then choose „Install GRUB boot loader“, ignore the two errors about missing packages and install into /dev/BOOTDISK1 where BOOTDISK is your boot disk (e.g. sda or vdiska).
Adrian
> On Dec 8, 2017, at 4:27 PM, Tony Rodriguez <unixpro1970@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Please provide a link to the latest ISO with grub support for sparc64. I will happy to test if it works on my t5120, t5140, and T4-2 systems.
>
> Tony
>
>> On 12/08/2017 05:27 AM, Frans van Berckel wrote:
>> Hi Adrian,
>>
>>> On Fri, 2017-12-08 at 13:24 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> We're in the process of migrating Debian for sparc64 from SILO to
>>> GRUB as GRUB upstream is adding support for modern SPARC machines
>>> thanks to the work of Eric Snowberg from Oracle.
>>>
>>> In order to make sure GRUB works on all machines supported by the
>>> sparc64 port, we need your help to test GRUB on your particular
>>> hardware, the older your machine, the better.
>>> 7. Report back to the list and include your hardware and partition
>>> setup
>> Probing system devices
>> Probing memory
>> Probing I/O buses
>> screen not found.
>> keyboard not found.
>> Keyboard not present. Using ttya for input and output.
>> Probing system devices
>> Probing memory
>> Probing I/O buses
>>
>> Sun Fire V440, No Keyboard
>> Copyright 2010 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
>> OpenBoot 4.30.4.a, 20480 MB memory installed, Serial #57654521.
>> Ethernet address 0:3:ba:6f:bc:f9, Host ID: 836fbcf9.
>>
>> booting with command: boot
>> Boot device: disk File and args:
>>
>> GRUB Loading kernel...
>> screen not found.
>> error: out of memory.
>> error: no suitable video mode found.
>>
>> GNU GRUB version 2.02-2+sparc64.3
>>
>> Loading Linux 4.13.0-1-sparc64-smp ...
>>
>> # lsblk
>>
>> NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
>> sda 8:0 0 136.7G 0 disk
>> ├─sda1 8:1 0 902.1M 0 part /boot
>> ├─sda2 8:2 0 135.9G 0 part
>> │ └─md0 9:0 0 135.7G 0 raid1 /
>> └─sda3 8:3 0 136.7G 0 part
>> sdb 8:16 0 136.7G 0 disk
>> ├─sdb1 8:17 0 902.1M 0 part
>> ├─sdb2 8:18 0 135.9G 0 part
>> │ └─md0 9:0 0 135.7G 0 raid1 /
>> └─sdb3 8:19 0 136.7G 0 part
>> sdc 8:32 0 33.9G 0 disk
>> ├─sdc1 8:33 0 30G 0 part
>> │ └─md1 9:1 0 30G 0 raid1 /home
>> └─sdc2 8:34 0 3.9G 0 part [SWAP]
>> sdd 8:48 0 33.9G 0 disk
>> ├─sdd1 8:49 0 30G 0 part
>> │ └─md1 9:1 0 30G 0 raid1 /home
>> └─sdd2 8:50 0 3.9G 0 part [SWAP]
>> sr0 11:0 1 197.2M 0 rom
>>
>> The sda and sdb are Sun, sdc and sdd are GTP.
>>
>> # uname -a
>>
>> Linux deblnxsrv211 4.13.0-1-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 4.13.4-2 (2017-
>> 10-15) sparc64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>> Frans van Berckel
>>
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