Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso taken from http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/daily/sparc/20040511/sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso uname -a: Linux blade 2.4.26-sparc64 #1 Sat Apr 24 01:43:10 EDT 2004 sparc64 GNU/Linux Date: Thu May 13 14:07:40 UTC 2004 Method: How did you install? What did you boot off? If network install, from where? Proxied? I downloaded ISO image and burned it on a CD-RW. Then I started the machine, went to OpenPROM, and booted it using "boot cdrom". On the SILO screen I simply pressed [Enter], using the default "linux" option. Machine: Sun Blade 150 (with USB mouse and USB keyboard) Processor: UltraSPARC-IIe 650MHz Memory: 256MB Root Device: /dev/hda Root Size/partition table: # fdisk /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 258 3600 6817680 83 Linux native <-- sarge /root /dev/hda2 u 3600 4115 1050600 82 Linux swap <-- sarge swap /dev/hda3 0 19156 39078240 5 Whole disk /dev/hda4 0 258 526320 83 Linux native <-- helper /dev/hda5 4115 16458 25179720 83 Linux native <-- woody /root /dev/hda6 16458 19028 5242800 83 Linux native <-- woody /var /dev/hda7 u 19028 19156 261120 82 Linux swap <-- woody swap Output of df -h : Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/hda1 6.4G 285M 5.8G 5% / tmpfs 124M 0 124M 0% /dev/shm Output of lspci and lspci -n: lspci : pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIe 0000:00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 PMU 0000:00:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 21152 PCI-to-PCI Bridge 0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV] 0000:00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link Controller Audio Device (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO EBUS (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO GEM (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO 1394 (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.3 USB Controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. RIO USB (rev 01) 0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3) 0000:00:13.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage XL (rev 27) lspci -n : pcilib: Cannot open /sys/bus/pci/devices 0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 108e:a001 0000:00:03.0 Class 0000: 10b9:7101 0000:00:05.0 Class 0604: 8086:b152 0000:00:07.0 Class 0601: 10b9:1533 0000:00:08.0 Class 0401: 10b9:5451 (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.0 Class 0680: 108e:1100 (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.1 Class 0200: 108e:1101 (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.2 Class 0c00: 108e:1102 (rev 01) 0000:00:0c.3 Class 0c03: 108e:1103 (rev 01) 0000:00:0d.0 Class 0101: 10b9:5229 (rev c3) 0000:00:13.0 Class 0300: 1002:4752 (rev 27) 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: [*] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [E] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [*] Comments/Problems: <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> 0) General Initial boot worked !!! After about more than a month of non-working state it went smoothly. I was sooo pleased :-) Note: later, when presented the option, I selected the 'testing' installation type. 1) Load installer modules At first glance I saw the debian-installer displaying the option of choosing a language for the installation (as it always does). Alas, there were some lines shorter than the whole menu, and strange squares - instead of some international characters. It looked like bad console font. Or bad unicode mapping maybe? After selecting language, auto-detection process started, but in the end I was unable to use the keyboard. I rebooted and tried another language (that is, I tried selecting "Polski" first and then "English (US)") but without success. It looked like "Sun keyboard" was auto-selected by d-i. I rebooted once again, and pressed the [Esc] key twice. This way I was taken to the main menu and then I selected "USB keyboard" manually. It helped and I was able to continue and finish the installation successfully. 2) Config network We have a special network setup, so I had to repeat DHCP auto-configuration several times (watching DHCPDISCOVER messages on tty4), because of the timeouts. It worked finally (I knew it would), and the installation process continued smoothly. What I want to complain about is that this network setup was not transferred to the target installation. I had to manually edit /etc/network/interfaces, but for less experienced user this is an "it-just-does-not-work" condition. I still wonder if this file is placed under config-protection, because I didn't make a copy of it (as I was happy to see sarge working! :-) After that and simple "/etc/init.d/networking start" I was able to use aptitude to install other packages. 3) Reboot Don't worry, it worked again :-) But there was some glitch with USB keyboard driver. Everytime I pressed [CapsLock] or [ScrollLock] key, the corresponding LED was not turned on, but instead a message "usbkbd.c: led urb status -32" was displayed. I suppose I will have to recompile kernel to get rid of this silly behavior :-( Summary: The network setup is a small problem, but the problems with the keyboard should be corrected. Happy again, Wiktor Wandachowicz Install logs and other status info is available in /var/log/debian-installer/. Once you have filled out this report, mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
