I am encountering these problems on my Blade 100 as well. Problem 1: Same as Vincent; keyboard doesn't work from the first installer screen. I am using a Sun Type 6 US UNIX layout USB keyboard.
Problem 2: Same as Herbert. Attempting to work around problem 1, I unplugged keyboard/video/mouse and connected a serial console to Debian x86 box (minicom). I get to the "Detecting CD-ROM" step, where it tells me that it cannot mount the installer CD-ROM, and that it's possible that it's not in the drive. The CD-ROM is definitely in the drive. ;-) As requested, lspci & lspci -n (courtesy of Gentoo install): 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Sun Microsystems Computer Corp. Ultra IIe 0000:00:03.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU] 0000:00:05.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21152 (rev 03) 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 65) 0000:00:00.0 Class 0600: 108e:a001 0000:00:03.0 Class 0000: 10b9:7101 0000:00:05.0 Class 0604: 1011:0024 (rev 03) 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 65) I can also provide my dmesg output from the Gentoo boot, or my working 2.4.27 kernel config if that would help anyone. Vincent, re. your "cramfs: wrong magic" intermittent problem: I have this problem on my Blade 100 as well, when I don't hit Stop+A at precisely the instant that the machine wants it. On my machine I have to send break after initializing memory, and *immediately* after it sends the sync signal to the monitor (Boot device: disk a or whatever is the last line above the "ok" I get post-break). If I wait any longer than this, I get the "cramfs: wrong magic" issue when trying to boot from the installer CDROM. If I wait too long before sending the break when trying to boot disk2 (my Gentoo installation), I get a really ugly "kernel panic: Aiee!" regarding the swapper. This is reproducible 100% of the time on my Blade. Thanks, Colleen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
