Hi Frans, On Wed, Dec 06, 2017 at 11:19:20AM +0100, Frans van Berckel wrote: > > Sounds like the sun partition table is not ok after installation - > > what > > does "fdisk /dev/sda" tell you ? > > ~ # fdisk /dev/sda > > Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.30.2). > Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. > Be careful before using the write command. > > The old ext2 signature will be removed by a write command. > > Device does not contain a recognized partition table. > Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux native' and of size 136.7 GiB. > Created a new partition 2 of type 'Linux swap' and of size 47.1 MiB. > Created a new partition 3 of type 'Whole disk' and of size 136.7 GiB. > Created a new Sun disklabel.
Ok, so at some point in the sparc64 installation the partition table get's garbled - maybe Adrian or somebody else can help. Finding the exact installation step where this happens (use fdisk in the shell) is probably next to do. > Within the installer theres no udeb package which contains hexdump. Do > you know any alternative? dd the first sectors to an usb stick/nfs mount a server and use hexdump elsewhere. I'm shure, there are other options. Greetings Hermann -- Netzwerkadministration/Zentrale Dienste, Interdiziplinaeres Zentrum fuer wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universitaet Heidelberg IWR; INF 205; 69120 Heidelberg; Tel: (06221)54-14405 Fax: -14427 Email: hermann.la...@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de