Re: Fwd: Re: Latest Debian SPARC64 ISO Image
On 09/06/2017 12:36 PM, Fedor Konstantinov wrote:
Hi,
there's no "Install SILO boot loader" option in the installer menu in
the latest (06.09.2017) debian-9.0-sparc64-NETINST-1.iso image. Despite
of that SILO is installed.
Regards,
Fedor
I can confirm this. But at least the boot loader can now be installed
from rescue mode as silo gets installed in the target root FS.
I tested the default installation, which went through as before without
an issue - apart from the missing boot loader installation.
As Adrian pointed out in [1] a separate partition with an EXT3 FS (or
most likely also EXT2) on it for `/boot` is essential. I first tried
with an EXT4 file system on the root partition and no separate partition
for `/boot`, but silo wasn't able to access files there. I assume it
could work with an EXT3 FS on the root partition, but I haven't tested this.
[1]: https://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2016/06/msg00126.html
After manually installing the silo boot loader, the V245 could be booted
without an issue:
```
Sun Fire V245, No Keyboard
Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
OpenBoot 4.25.10, 12288 MB memory installed, Serial #11223344.
Ethernet address 0:14:4f:11:22:33, Host ID: 84112233.
Rebooting with command: boot disk0
Boot device: /pci@1e,600000/pci@0/pci@a/pci@0/pci@8/scsi@1/disk@0,0
File and args:
SILO Version 1.4.14
boot:
Allocated 64 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 4.12.6
Loading initial ramdisk (17937980 bytes at 0x1204000000 phys, 0x40C00000
virt)...
/
[ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Sun IEEE Boot Prom 'OBP 4.25.10 2007/09/18 09:56'
[ 0.000000] PROMLIB: Root node compatible:
[ 0.000000] Linux version 4.12.0-1-sparc64-smp
(debian-kernel@lists.debian.org) (gcc version 6.4.0 20170805 (Debian
6.4.0-3) ) #1 SMP Debian 4.12.6-1 (2017-08-12)
[...]
[ 90.955416] systemd[1]: systemd 234 running in system mode. (+PAM
+AUDIT +SELINUX +IMA +APPARMOR +SMACK +SYSVINIT +UTMP +LIBCRYPTSETUP
+GCRYPT +GNUTLS +ACL +XZ +LZ4 -SECCOMP +BLKID +ELFUTILS +KMOD -IDN2 +IDN
default-hierarchy=hybrid)
[ 91.228427] systemd[1]: Detected architecture sparc64.
Welcome to Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid!
[...]
Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid v245 ttyS0
v245 login: root
Password:
Linux v245 4.12.0-1-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Debian 4.12.6-1 (2017-08-12) sparc64
The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.
Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
root@v245:~#
```
So far I recognized no obvious problems with the installation.
* There is an empty `sources.list~` remaining in `/etc/apt`, but that's
not a problem at all.
* And `apt` complains about a possibly misspelt sources.list entry:
```
root@v245:/etc/apt# apt update
Hit:1 http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports sid InRelease
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
All packages are up to date.
W: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/source/Sources' as
repository 'http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports sid InRelease' does
not seem to provide it (sources.list entry misspelt?)
root@v245:/etc/apt# cat /etc/apt/sources.list
#
# deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 _Sid_ - Unofficial sparc64 NETINST
20170905-22:45]/ sid main
#deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 9.0 _Sid_ - Unofficial sparc64 NETINST
20170905-22:45]/ sid main
deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ sid main
```
Also no issue for me.
* As I use it for my alpha, hppa and ppc64 machines, shouldn't there not
also be a line for the "unreleased" suite?
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