On Tuesday 26 April 2005 22:26, Heiko Andresen wrote: > Machine: Sun Blade 100 > Processor: Ultra Sparc IIe > Memory: 256 MB [...] > After bootin the CD, Debian installaer asked me for "Choosing > language", then I chose country and keyboard layout and then was trying > to detect CD-ROM. These are the error messages: > > "Linux kernel modules needed to drive some of your hardware are not > available yet. Simply proceeding with the install may make these > modules available later. > > The unavailable modules, and the devices that need them are: ohci1394 > (Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO 1394), usb storage (USB storage), > floppy (Linux Floppy), ide-core (Linux IDE support), ide-mod (Linux IDE > driver), ide-probe-mod (Linux IDE probe driver), ide-detect (Linux IDE > detection), ide-generic (Linux IDE support), ide-floppy (LINUX IDE > floppy)"
These are not errors, but normal informational messages if you install using "expert". > Your installation CD-ROM couldnīt be mounted. This probably means that > the CD-ROM was not in the drive. ... This is a know issue for SunBlades. You can either try netbooting the installer version that has a 2.6 kernel [1] or use an unofficial CD [2] that has an experimental 2.4 kernel where this issue is fixed. [1]http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-sparc/rc3/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/ [2]http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2005/04/msg00191.html Cheers, FJP
