I tested it on a SunFire V440 and it is booting. I plan to test it also on a Sun Netra T1. root@txt-sunfire-v440:~# lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 67.9G 0 disk ├─sda1 8:1 0 94.1M 0 part /boot ├─sda2 8:2 0 67.8G 0 part │ ├─txt--sunfire--v440--vg-root 254:0 0 11.7G 0 lvm / │ ├─txt--sunfire--v440--vg-swap_1 254:1 0 7.7G 0 lvm [SWAP] │ ├─txt--sunfire--v440--vg-var 254:2 0 4.2G 0 lvm /var │ ├─txt--sunfire--v440--vg-tmp 254:3 0 800M 0 lvm /tmp │ └─txt--sunfire--v440--vg-home 254:4 0 43.5G 0 lvm /home └─sda3 8:3 0 67.9G 0 part sr0 11:0 1 1024M 0 rom root@txt-sunfire-v440:~# kind regards txt.file John Paul Adrian Glaubitz: > 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. > > So, in order to help us, please follow the guide below to install GRUB to > replace SILO as your boot loader. > > NOTE: If your system doesn't boot after installing GRUB, don't panic. Use > the current Debian sparc64 installation image and boot into rescue > mode by typing "rescue". Then chroot into your installed system and > just run "silo -t -f" to restore SILO on your machine. > > 1. Install the grub2 package: > > root@andi:~# apt install grub2 > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > The following additional packages will be installed: > grub-common grub-ieee1275 grub-ieee1275-bin grub2-common libfreetype6 libfuse2 libpng16-16 os-prober > Suggested packages: > multiboot-doc xorriso desktop-base console-setup fuse > The following NEW packages will be installed: > grub-common grub-ieee1275 grub-ieee1275-bin grub2 grub2-common libfreetype6 libfuse2 libpng16-16 os-prober > 0 upgraded, 9 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. > Need to get 4,556 kB of archives. > After this operation, 23.6 MB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y > Get:1 http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports unstable/main sparc64 libpng16-16 sparc64 1.6.34-1 [271 kB] > (...) > > Creating config file /etc/default/grub with new version > Setting up grub2 (2.02-2+sparc64.3) ... > root@andi:~# > > 2. Make sure you have version 2.02-2+sparc64.3 > > root@andi:~# apt-cache show grub2 |grep Version > Version: 2.02-2+sparc64.3 > root@andi:~# > > 3. Find your boot partition: > > root@andi:~# mount |grep /boot > /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw,relatime,data=ordered) > root@andi:~# > > If you don't have one but just one root file system, grep for " / " instead > > 4. Install grub into your boot partition: > > root@andi:~# grub-install --force --skip-fs-probe /dev/sda1 > Installing for sparc64-ieee1275 platform. > grub-install: warning: Discarding improperly nested partition (hostdisk//dev/sda,sun1,sun2). > grub-install: warning: Discarding improperly nested partition (hostdisk//dev/sda,sun1,sun4). > grub-install: warning: Attempting to install GRUB to a disk with multiple partition labels. This is not supported yet.. > grub-install: warning: Embedding is not possible. GRUB can only be installed in this setup by using blocklists. However, blocklists are UNRELIABLE and their use is discouraged.. > Installation finished. No error reported. > root@andi:~# > > Note: If you are using GPT partition tables instead of Sun partition > tables, you need to install GRUB into /dev/sda > (see: https://github.com/esnowberg/grub2-sparc/wiki) > > 5. Run update-grub: > > root@andi:~# update-grub > Generating grub configuration file ... > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-1-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.14.0-1-sparc64-smp > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-trunk-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.14.0-trunk-sparc64-smp > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-rc7-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.14.0-rc7-sparc64-smp > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.0-rc5-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.14.0-rc5-sparc64-smp > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.12.0-rc1-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.12.0-rc1-sparc64-smp > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.11.0-trunk-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.11.0-trunk-sparc64-smp > Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.10.0-trunk-sparc64-smp > Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-4.10.0-trunk-sparc64-smp > Found Debian GNU/Linux buster/sid on /dev/md0p1 > done > root@andi:~# > > 6. Reboot: > > root@andi:~# > > 7. Report back to the list and include your hardware and partition setup > > Thanks, > Adrian >
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