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Package: installation-reports
Boot method: RARP/TFTP
Image version:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/sarge/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/2.6/
07-Mar-2005 01:32 5.3M boot.img
Date: 2nd April 2006
Machine: Sun Netra X1
Processor:
# cat /proc/cpuinfo
cpu : TI UltraSparc IIe (Hummingbird)
fpu : UltraSparc IIe integrated FPU
promlib : Version 3 Revision 0
prom : 4.0.9
Memory:
# cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal: 1029576 kB
Partitions:
fdisk -l /dev/hda durante la isntalacion y obtuve esto:
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 255 sectors, 19156 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4080 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 17722 19158 2929440 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 16765 17722 1952280 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 0 19158 39082320 5 Whole disk
Output of lspci and lspci -n:
#lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIe
0000:00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 Power
Management Controller [PMU]
0000:00:05.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge
[Aladdin IV]
0000:00:0a.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3)
#lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 108e:a001
0000:00:03.0 0000: 10b9:7101
0000:00:05.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31)
0000:00:07.0 0601: 10b9:1533
0000:00:0a.0 0c03: 10b9:5237 (rev 03)
0000:00:0c.0 0200: 1282:9102 (rev 31)
0000:00:0d.0 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c3)
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: [ E ]
Detect CD: [ ] -- This system does not have a CD-ROM
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: [ E ]
Reboot: [ E ]
Comments/Problems:
I have been unable to find this information at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/errata
Netwokr config issue
--------------------
The first problem throughout the installation was the DHCP configuration
step, it goes through all the other steps without showing any error but this
step fails as it is not able to get an assigned IP address.
It turns out that the problem is due to the drivers being loaded. And this
issue have to be fixed in console. If you go to the console an run
'ifconfig'. The output of ifconfig is the following:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:192
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Notice that the Harware MAC address is all '0's, which is clearly wrong.
If you use 'dmesg' you see the following errors:
SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[eaa0]
SABRE0: PCI SERR signal asserted.
SABRE0: PCI bus error, PCI_STATUS[caa0]
And this is how the kernel loads them:
Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13-NAPI (May 11, 2002)
dmfe: Davicom DM9xxx net driver, version 1.36.4 (2002-01-17)
eth0: Davicom DM9102 at pci0000:00:05.0, 00:00:00:00:00:00, irq 7204992.
eth1: Davicom DM9102 at pci0000:00:0c.0, 00:00:00:00:00:00, irq 7204288.
Google searching turns out that this is a known bug of the 'dmfe' driver
which replaces the 'tulip' driver. If you run 'lsmod' in console you
will see that both drivers are loaded:
Module Size Used by
(...)
dmfe 23900 0
tulip 54472 0
ohci_hcd 19716 0
This is wrong, and needs to be fixed by hand by removing the drivers
and reinstalling the drivers, like this:
$ modprobe -r dmfe
$ modprobe -r tulip
$ modprobe tulip
$ dhclient eth1
Note: The 'eth1' interface is the 'A' interface of the Netra, while 'B' is
eth0, which is actually somewhat confusing. In our setup we were using
'A' (eth1) to connect to the network.
(This was reported in #239873 but has not been documented in the SPARC
Installation Guide)
NOTE: This URL
http://040.digital-bless.com/texts/installing_debian_linux_on_sun_netra_x1.html
also mentions issues with the 'dmfe' network driver. I wonder why the
installer tries to install both drivers when the 'dmfe' is not recommended.
The person doing that writeup installed a CD-ROM to the system (the Netra X1,
unlike the T1, does not have one) so the lack of network was not critical for
him, but it would be a show-stopper for any other installing in this system.
SILO issue
----------
When the installer tries to install SILO it fails:
SILO installation failed
Running "/sbin/silo" failed with error code "1".
If SILO is executed in the terminal (within a chroot), it also fails:
/etc/silo.conf appears to be valid
Fatal error: Cannot open /dev/hda3
This is the output of 'fdisk -l /dev/hda'
Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 255 sectors, 19156 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 4080 * 512 bytes
Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 17722 19158 2929440 83 Linux native
/dev/hda2 16765 17722 1952280 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda3 0 19158 39082320 5 Whole disk
However, if you restart the installer (without rebooting the system)
and rerun the system (either from the installer or from a chroot)
it *does* work. ?
RAID issue
----------
Software RAID can not be configured throughout the installation since
the partitions cannot be configured as a RAID volume.
The option: "Use as: physical volume for RAID" is not available
in the 'partman' module.
Reboot issue
------------
(This only happened in one system, so it might be a hardware problem)
After the installation, the system does not boot and returns the following
error message:
Allocated 8 Megs of memory at 0x40000000 for kernel
Uncompressing image...
Loaded kernel version 2.6.15
Illegal Instruction
If the system is hard-reset (soft-reset won't do) then it is able to reboot
properly and load the Linux kernel.
Regards
Javier
PS: Full log of the installation and more information available on request
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closing as discover1 and the sarge installer are no longer used.
Feel free to report any issues against current installer.
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