Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: daily image 20040511 from http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/current/
uname -a: Linux pill 2.4.24-sparc64 #1 Fri Jan 30 18:32:22 EST 2004 sparc64 unknown
Date: 20040514
Method: Network install from daily business card, sunsite.ualberta.ca, not proxied
Machine: Sun Ultra Enterprise 2
Processor: UltraSparc I
Memory: 1 GB
Root Device: SCSI, Seagate ST32550W 2.1GB, /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/disc
Root Size/partition table: see below
Output of lspci: N/A
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [O] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
Installed via serial console.
Using partman I wiped the old partition table and tried going through the guided partitioning. It dies with the following:
Failed to partition the selected disk
This probably happened because there are too many (primary) partitions in the partition table.
Going back, this is what shows up:
SCSI1 (0,1,0) - 2.1 GB SEAGATE ST32550W SUNW2.1G > #1 785.2 MB B f ext3 /
Opening a shell and running parted I get the message
Warning: The disk CHS geometry (1009,67,62) does not match the geometry stored on the disk label (1009,19,80).
Ignore/Cancel?
I then tried to recreate the disk label using 'mklabel sun'. Going back to the menu and trying to partitin disks caused parted to segfault.
I started the install from the beginning and this time partitioning worked. I had it use free space, all in one partition and got this result
SCSI1 (0,1,0) - 2.1 GB SEAGATE ST32550W SUNW2.1G
> #1 2.0 GB B f ext3 /
> #2 127.6 MB f swap swap
When the system rebooted I got the following message: zs_close: bad serial port count; tty->count is 1, info->count is 3
In the second stage, the borders in the screens looked something like ZDDD ... DDD? 3 3 3 3 ... 3 @DDD ... DDDY
Hitting return caused "^[[?1;2c" to appear at the bottom of the screen. The same string appeared when trying to set the root password and the screen acted as if the return key had been entered.
Got the serial error message again: zs_close: bad serial port count; tty->count is 1, info->count is 2
Running base-config again resulted in the correct border lines being shown and none of the above problems.
----- Contents of /proc/cpuinfo during install: cpu : TI UltraSparc I (Spitfire) fpu : UltraSparc I integrated FPU promlib : Version 3 Revision 1 prom : 3.1.5 type : sun4u ncpus probed : 2 ncpus active : 1 Cpu0Bogo : 399.76 Cpu0ClkTck : 000000000bebc200 MMU Type: Spitfire
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