Package: installation-reports
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: sparc beta3 mini-iso
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-sparc/beta3/images/cdrom-mini.iso
uname -a: Linux dumbluck 2.4.24-sparc64-smp #1 SMP Fri Jan 30 19:06:19 EST 2004
sparc64 GNU/Linux
Date: 2004-03-19 23:30 PST
Method: How did you install? mini-iso
What did you boot off? cdrom
If network install, from where? debian.oregonstate.edu
Proxied? no
Machine: Sun Ultra 2
Processor: 2 x 167 Mhz Ultrasparc I
Memory: 192 MB
Root Device: 9GB Scsi /dev/sda1
Root Size/partition table: 8.6 Gb
Output of lspci:
Serial console
Creator framebuffer installed but unused.
No sbus cards installed.
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O ]
Configure network HW: [O ]
Config network: [EEO ]
Detect CD: [E ]
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: [EO* ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The first two tries to use DHCP failed, changing cable/switch port
each time. The third time worked. The switch indicated the
connection was at 10Mbps. This could be a problem for others, if it
isn't due to flakey hardware. After reboot the system went to 100Mbps
full duplex.
Loading sr_mod failed. This needs to be fixed so we can do
non-network installs. The busybox modprobe is broken on sparc64, and
I've also had problems with the one in the udeb, so this isn't a new
problem.
The first reboot failed, however power cyclining the system got me
through the second-stage installer. Errors about respawning were
received.
After the second stage installer, it left my system unusable.
It failed to enable a getty for my serial console.
Booting "linux init=/bin/sh" allowed me to edit /etc/inittab to
disable the useless console gettys and enable the serial port getty.
While there were a few glitches, this was my first successfull use of
debian-installer on sparc.
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