Hi David, could you please have a look at this? It's a sparc problem.
-------- Weitergeleitete Nachricht -------- > Von: Alexander Vlasov <alexander.vla...@sun.com> > Reply-to: Alexander Vlasov <alexander.vla...@sun.com>, > 538...@bugs.debian.org > An: sub...@bugs.debian.org > Betreff: Bug#538030: grub-ieee1275 fails to install bootblock > Datum: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:26:05 +0200 > > Package: grub-ieee1275 > Version: 1.96+20090709-1 > Severity: normal > > I got a problem trying to setup grub as a bootloader on Ultra45 machine with > LSI SAS controller. > > Namely, after installing a package I tried to run grub-install, but it failed > with following diagnostic message: > > --- > grub-mkdevicemap: error: Cannot open SAS PHY ID > '/sys/devices/root/f0063e50/pci0000:02/0000:02:00.0/0000:03:09.0/0000:0a:00.0/0000:0b:01.0/host0/port-0:0/end_device-0:0/sas_device:end_device-0:0/phy_identifier' > --- > > I tried to create device map manually, and this message disappeared, > grub-install finished successfully; however boot loader is still SILO. > > Regardless of device.map file, the error message above can be reproduced if > grub-setup being invoked with `--recheck' option. > > The machine in question is Ultra45, HW info follows: > # lspci | grep SCSI > 0000:0b:01.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic SAS1064 PCI-X > Fusion-MPT SAS (rev 02) > > appropriate dmesg part: > [ 57.705793] scsi0 : ioc0: LSISAS1064 A3, FwRev=01080300h, Ports=1, > MaxQ=511, > IRQ=11 > [ 57.728772] scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access ATA HITACHI HDS7225S A94A > PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 > [ 57.757453] Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods > [ 57.761410] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 488390625 512-byte hardware sectors: (250 > GB/232 GiB) > [ 57.768028] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off > [ 57.771009] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 67 00 00 08 > [ 57.772982] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, > doesn't support DPO or FUA > [ 57.782675] sda: sda1 sda2 sda3 > [ 57.805259] sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk > > > Tho problems (error message and grub boot sector not actually installed) > joined > in one report since I believe they're somehow related. > > > -- System Information: > Debian Release: squeeze/sid > APT prefers unstable > APT policy: (500, 'unstable') > Architecture: sparc > > Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-sparc64-smp (SMP w/1 CPU core) > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash > > Versions of packages grub-ieee1275 depends on: > ii grub-common 1.96+20090709-1 GRand Unified Bootloader, version > ii libc6 2.9-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries > ii ucf 3.0018 Update Configuration File: > preserv > > grub-ieee1275 recommends no packages. > > Versions of packages grub-ieee1275 suggests: > pn genisoimage <none> (no description available) > pn os-prober <none> (no description available) > > -- no debconf information -- Felix Zielcke _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list Grub-devel@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
