Re: Install debian sparc64 with a hdd/ssd as source
Hello Jon,
do you or someone reading this know how to change tabs in the
installer on sparc64 in order to get to the logfile?
I am using a serial connection over screen to the machine, but sending
ctrl+a + 1-4 will not change the tabs?
Regards,
Connor
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 6:46 PM Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/12/22 8:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
> > Hello again,
> >
> > i had mixed results for now with the installation on a T1000 using the
> > dd'ed netinstall iso.
> >
> > All went seemingly well until suddenly some files on the debian
> > mirrors could not be found and i had to ignore it and went with a base
> > system.
> > The message was "Downloading a file failed" during the step "Configure
> > the package manager".
>
> I'm not sure how to fix that. As I recall, the default location for the
> mirrors worked the last time I installed Debian SID.
>
> I'm using this now for my /etc/apt/sources.list:
>
> # binary default
> deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main
> deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main
> deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main
>
> # contrib and non-free arch:all packages (i.e. firmware)
> deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib non-free
>
> # source
> deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
> deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main
>
> >
> > Then at the end it could not install grub to the target hdd. Message
> > was "The 'grub-ieee1275' package failed to install into /target/.
> >
> > How can i find the cause of it and manually correct it and install
> > grub from the rescue system?
>
> I use SILO, so I'm not able to help. I did test a default installation a
> few months ago that included GRUB, and that worked on my Ultra-30.
>
> Adrian usually asks which installation CD you are using and for a copy
> of the installation log.
>
> > (also does anyone know the key combination to switch console tabs in
> > the installer when the serial connection runs over the screen
> > utility?)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Connor
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 5:43 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Sorry..obvious error in my last post, resulting from a cut-paste-mix
> >> of a grub2 iso-boot tutorial...
> >> "casper" should be "install"...or wherever the kernel and initrd
> >> reside in the iso.
> >>
> >> linux (loop)/install/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash
> >> initrd (loop)/install/casper/initrd.gz
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Connor
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6pro3@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Thank you Stan, this looks promising and easy enough.
> >>>
> >>> Another method i found working, but not as convenient as the above, is
> >>> to install grub2 on another system with a working cdrom and then to
> >>> add an iso residing on an existing partition as menuenty in grub.
> >>> The only difference compared to x86/64 are the needed modules and the
> >>> adressing of the drive, like:
> >>>
> >>> menuentry "Debian ISO" {
> >>> set isofile="/path/to/file/name-of-iso-file-.iso"
> >>> insmod gzio
> >>> insmod part_sun
> >>> insmod <yourfilesystem_needed e.g. ext2/xfs>
> >>>
> >>> loopback loop (ieee1275/disk, sun1)$isofile
> >>> echo "Starting $isofile..."
> >>> linux (loop)/casper/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash
> >>> initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.gz
> >>> }
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Connor
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:46 PM Stan Johnson <userm57@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> On 7/5/22 9:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote:
> >>>>> Hello,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> is there a sparc64 debian installer image available somewhere that i
> >>>>> could write with dd to a hdd/ssd and boot from it?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>> Connor
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Connor,
> >>>>
> >>>> As I recall, the last time I tried to install Debian SID from the Debian
> >>>> installer CD, it did not recognize my CD drive (despite having just
> >>>> booted the CD from that drive). So I copied the entire installation CD
> >>>> to a spare 1 GB disk (something like "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/sdb
> >>>> bs=64k"). I was then able to boot from that disk and proceeded to a full
> >>>> installation. My existing installation was Debian 7.8, which was able to
> >>>> recognize the CD drive.
> >>>>
> >>>> -Stan
> >
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