Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: http://people.debian.org/~jbailey/d-i/sparc/2004-04-17/sparc32/netboot/boot.img uname -a: Linux snoopy 2.4.24-sparc32 #1 Fri Jan 30 16:04:55 EST 2004 sparc GNU/Linux Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 Method: Over serial console, by netbooting from a PC with rarpd and tftpd. Machine: Sparcstation 10 (sun4m). Processor: SuperSPARC TMS390 Memory: 80MB Root Device: SCSI drive, Seagate ST1480N, 437 MB, /dev/sda Root Size/partition table: output of fdisk -l /dev/sda: Disk /dev/sda (Sun disk label): 9 heads, 80 sectors, 1018 cylinders Units = cylinders of 720 * 512 bytes Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 0 814 293040 1 Boot /dev/sda2 814 923 39240 82 Linux swap /dev/sda3 0 1018 366480 5 Whole disk /dev/sda4 923 1018 34200 83 Linux native Output of lspci: pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci lspci: Cannot find any working access method. 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: [O] (no CD is present in the system) Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [E] (see comment [1] below) Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [E] (see comment [2] below) Comments/Problems: [1] One minor problem which I encountered is triggered, when the chosen mirror is bad (in my case the mirror I have chosen did not carry sparc packages). I was then presented by a screen with an informational message and three options: "Retry", "Change mirror", and "Cancel". When choosing "Cancel", I was returned back to the very same screen (does not seem correct), but I was able to get out using the "Change mirror" option. [2] A more serious problem occured after reboot. Even though I was installing over a serial console, installer failed to recognize it, it seems. It activated the usual 6 virtual consoles, however failed to activate one for a serial port. As a result after the completion of configuration I received a bunch of messages from init about getty respawning too quickly and was left without a working console to login. Booting manually with init=/bin/sh and editing inittab to start an mgetty on a serial console fixed the problem. One more minor quirk which I've noticed is an error message from apt-setup (package base-config). The problem is the code snippet from it around line 326: if [ -n $COUNTRY ]; then db_set apt-setup/country $COUNTRY fi For multi-word country names (like US, for example) this will produce an error: /usr/sbin/apt-setup: line 326: [: United: binary operator expected The correct way is to surround references to $COUNTRY by quotes. I'll file a bug about it for base-config. Best regards, Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
