Re: CD malfunction on Sarge "testing" install <Sparc>
Thanks for this bit of instructions. It worked great.
Walt
On Thursday November 18 2004 5:16 pm, Steve Pacenka wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-11-18 at 13:56, Walt L. Williams wrote:
> > Greetings
> >
> > This may be a little off topic. I just tried to install Sarge "testing"
> > for Sparc which I downloaded just last on an Ultra2. I was able to
> > boot from the CD but afterwards it (strangely) could not find
> > the CDROM drive which it booted from and therefore would not
> > install. I didn't know who else to report this to so I posted it here.
> > Could someone please let the appropriate individuals know.
>
> This exact problem has been discussed recently in this list, and a
> related repair to the Sarge installer is in progress. The problem is
> that the installer did not autodetect the Ultra 2's SCSI controller and
> did not load its kernel module, so the SCSI CD-ROM drive (and also any
> SCSI hard drives) are inaccessible.
>
> Temporary workaround, at point when you have the "can't find CD-ROM
> screen":
>
> ctrl-alt-f2 to get to a console
>
> modprobe esp
> modprobe sr_mod
>
> ctrl-alt-f1
>
> retry to find the CD-ROM drive
>
> After this workaround, I was able to do a clean Sarge install on an
> Ultra 2 SMP box.
>
> -- SP
>
> > Walt Williams
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