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INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: RC3
uname -a: Linux morea 2.6.8-2-sparc64 #1 Tue Dec 28 12:20:13 PST 2004 sparc64
GNU/Linux
Date: 2005-04-13
Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network
install, from where? Proxied?
We used a network install, with net boot, with a debian mirror on local LAN.
Machine: SUN UltraSparc 5
Processor: TI UltraSparc IIi (Sabre)
Memory: 384 MiB
Root Device: IDE. hda2
Root Size/partition table: default partitionning of RC3:
# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16708 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 0 194 97776 1 Boot /boot
/dev/hda2 194 15933 7932456 83 Linux native /
/dev/hda3 0 16708 8420832 5 Whole disk
/dev/hda4 15933 16708 390600 82 Linux swap swap
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
# lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI
Bridge (rev 13)
0000:00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI
Bridge (rev 13)
0000:01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal
(rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP
(rev 5c)
0000:01:03.0 IDE interface: Silicon Image, Inc. (formerly CMD Technology Inc)
PCI0646 (rev 03)
# lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 108e:a000
0000:00:01.0 0604: 108e:5000 (rev 13)
0000:00:01.1 0604: 108e:5000 (rev 13)
0000:01:01.0 0680: 108e:1000 (rev 01)
0000:01:01.1 0200: 108e:1001 (rev 01)
0000:01:02.0 0300: 1002:4750 (rev 5c)
0000:01:03.0 0101: 1095:0646 (rev 03)
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [O]
Config network: [O]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [O]
Detect hard drives: [O]
Partition hard drives: [O]
Create file systems: [O]
Mount partitions: [O]
Install base system: [O]
Install boot loader: [O]
Reboot: [E]
Comments/Problems:
We tried to install RC3 on an Ultra5 machine. It failed with both kernels.
- with kernel 2.4
[...] unable to read partition table
[...]
VFS: Cannot open root device "hda2" or 03:02
- with kernel 2.6
Remapping the kernel... Fast Instruction Access MMU Miss
It seems similar to:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=299043
http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2005/03/msg00163.html
Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/.
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The installation succeded with the daily built of 2005-04-13.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: sparc (sparc64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-2-sparc64
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