Bug#238525: Sparc netboot fails on Ultra5

2004-03-17 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 05:29:52PM +, Philip Armstrong wrote: > Ah ha. Thanks. > > Why isn't devfs mounting on by default if it won't boot without it? from the changelog of d-i : * Joey Hess - Always include /dev/console, even for images that will use devfs. This means that netbo

Bug#238525: Sparc netboot fails on Ultra5

2004-03-17 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 05:29:52PM +, Philip Armstrong wrote: > > boot net:dhcp devfs=mount > > Ah ha. Thanks. > > Why isn't devfs mounting on by default if it won't boot without it? I don't know. Maybe because there is no way to store kernel parameters in tftp image ? it's just a supposit

Bug#238525: Sparc netboot fails on Ultra5

2004-03-17 Thread Philip Armstrong
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 04:10:19PM +0100, Thomas Poindessous wrote: > On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 01:52:14PM +, Philip Armstrong wrote: > > Package: installation-reports > > > > The tftp transfer goes fine & the kernel boots, mounts the initrd this > > time (unlike the CD install I tried earlier t

Bug#238525: Sparc netboot fails on Ultra5

2004-03-17 Thread Thomas Poindessous
On Wed, Mar 17, 2004 at 01:52:14PM +, Philip Armstrong wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > The tftp transfer goes fine & the kernel boots, mounts the initrd this > time (unlike the CD install I tried earlier today), but then fails > with the following errors at the end of the log: > >

Bug#238525: Sparc netboot fails on Ultra5

2004-03-17 Thread Philip Armstrong
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: Ma4 15 build from http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-sparc/current/images/sparc64/netboot/ uname -a: SunOS turing 5.8 Generic_108528-15 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10 Date: 2004-03-17 Method: tftp netboot Machine: S