Package: installation-reports Version: N/A; reported 2005-02-13 Severity: normal
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: 07 February 2005 http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/sparc/20050207/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso uname -a: Non Applicable Date: 12 February 2005 Method: Installed with netinstall cd image Machine: Sun Ultra 10 Processor: UltraSparc IIi 333Mhz Memory: 384M Root Device: /dev/hda8 Root Size/partition table: Disk /dev/hda (Sun disk label): 16 heads, 63 sectors, 16708 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Flag Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 781 6470 2867256 2 SunOS root /dev/hda2 0 781 393624 3 SunOS swap /dev/hda3 0 16708 8420832 5 Whole disk /dev/hda4 6470 7690 614880 8 SunOS home /dev/hda5 7690 12566 2457504 83 Linux native : woody install /dev/hda6 12566 13086 262080 82 Linux swap /dev/hda7 13086 15166 1048320 83 Linux native : woddy install /dev/hda8 15166 16708 777168 83 Linux native : I tryed to install sarge here Output00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIi 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13) 00:01.1 PCI bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Simba Advanced PCI Bridge (rev 13) 01:01.0 Bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. EBUS (rev 01) 01:01.1 Ethernet controller: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Happy Meal (rev 01)01:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro 215GP (rev 5c) 01:03.0 IDE interface: CMD Technology Inc PCI0646 (rev 03) 02:01.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage I/II 215GT [Mach64 GT] (rev 9a) 02:02.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7881U 02:03.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 21) 02:04.0 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 02:04.1 USB Controller: NEC Corporation USB (rev 43) 02:04.2 USB Controller: NEC Corporation: Unknown device 00e0 (rev 04) of lspci and lspci -n: ( from the woody 2.4.18 kernel ) 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] 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: [E] then [O] Reboot: [E] Comments/Problems: Install boot loader: When I came to SILO install phase, I got a red screen with the message saying (in french , I used the french language ) Installation of SILO failed I tryed to run silo manually using the following command from the ash shell # chroot /target # silo and I got the message silo fatal error others filesystem than ext2,ext3,ufs and romfs are not supported So I remembered I asked the debian installer to format the root partition as xfs I went back to the installer menus, created an ext3 filesystem ,and reinstalled the base system on it. I got no warning in the debian installer about xfs on a root partition on sparc. Reboot: As stated in the partition list table., I had already a woody install on this hard drive. When I rebooted I notice that SILO had installed itself on /dev/hda5, which was my woody root partition, and not on /dev/hda8, my sarge root partition. Two labels were available for booting from the new lilo prompt: - Linux, which pointed to the new sarge install with the 2.6.8 saprc64 kernel choosed during the installation -LinuxOLD which pointed to a non existent kernel When I booted the new install with the 2.6.8 kernel, two problems appeared : - the isc dhcp client could not find my dhcp server. I don't know if this is because I have two NIC, and it was probing the wrong one. During the install phasae the dhcp client probed the right one. -when arriving to the post-reboot setup, the keyboard definition was completetely messed up and I could not type anything at all, from all the virtual consoles.I mean I typed the letter R on the keayboard I had a "5" on the screen, I did not have a azerty layout.( I had a qwerty sun type 5 keyboard ) At this point I stopped experimenting. <Description of the install, in prose, and any thoughts, comments and ideas you had during the initial install.> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nano is a nice text editor. I would have apreciated to find the traditional fdisk utility as an extra on the install system. The mkfs ui ( withc choice of what type of mkfs you want do ) is a very good idea, but it does not give a lot of informnations about in which case it should be good to create a filesystem with only an inode for 1M, etc .. Regards Manu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
