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Debian bug tracking system administrator (administrator, Debian Bugs database) -------------------------------------- Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 17 Apr 2004 20:03:58 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Apr 17 13:03:58 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from ns2.dnsjunction.com (cuba.globat.com) [216.193.201.5] by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1BEw2g-000248-00; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:03:58 -0700 Received: from stmaarten.globat.com (stmaarten.inside.globat.com [10.1.1.23]) by cuba.globat.com (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with SMTP id i3HK3RZG007291 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sat, 17 Apr 2004 13:03:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Received: (qmail 76819 invoked from network); 17 Apr 2004 20:03:26 -0000 Received: from d141-170-139.home.cgocable.net (HELO ?192.168.0.100?) (24.141.170.139) by stmaarten.globat.com with SMTP; 17 Apr 2004 20:03:26 -0000 Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 16:03:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Jurij Smakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Installation report for Sparcstation 10 (netboot, serial console) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-7.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_PACKAGE autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: X-CrossAssassin-Score: 1 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 --------------------------------------- Received: (at 244294-done) by bugs.debian.org; 20 Apr 2004 03:34:42 +0000 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Apr 19 20:34:41 2004 Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from kitenet.net [64.62.161.42] (postfix) by spohr.debian.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 1 (Debian)) id 1BFm1x-0000iW-00; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 20:34:41 -0700 Received: from dragon.kitenet.net (dial236.pm3bloun2.bloun.naxs.com [216.98.69.236]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "Joey Hess", Issuer "Joey Hess" (verified OK)) by kitenet.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB82717F58 for <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Tue, 20 Apr 2004 03:34:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: by dragon.kitenet.net (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 7A3D16E901; Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:34:34 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 23:34:33 -0400 From: Joey Hess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Bug#244294: Installation report for Sparcstation 10 (netboot, serial console) Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.5.1+cvs20040105i Delivered-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on spohr.debian.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-5.0 required=4.0 tests=BAYES_00,HAS_BUG_NUMBER autolearn=no version=2.60-bugs.debian.org_2004_03_25 X-Spam-Level: X-CrossAssassin-Score: 1 --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Then let's close this installation report. All issues addressed. --=20 see shy jo --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAhJpJd8HHehbQuO8RAnhiAJ0SNSjgC3TlEQrr/suZdyGQmi7EPwCfQ8Z9 6+rfMr+ytfDrkRlcXc+GQ8s= =0LsI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Izn7cH1Com+I3R9J-- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]