Bug#301478: [sparc][rc3][netinst] installation fails on u1/140
A bit more digging on the gentoo lists reveals this: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-1766279.html#1766279 The problem is basically related to the recoding of isofs starting at silo 1.3.0, it seems some kit (newer specially) doesn't like the new iso first. This affects up to the latest silo 1.4.8 (latest at the time i'm writing this). Using silo 1.4.8 doesn't cause problems for regular (i.e. hard disk) boot AFAIK, at least if you don't use an initrd and/or iso filesystem. posted 2004.11.15. However I tried this release and still have the same problems, see my previous message. David S. Miller says there is an issue around the kernel size - it needs to be less than 4Mbyte ? http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparcm=109892515109346w=2 http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-sparcm=110222004312949w=2 A bit more googling turned up these (in relation to solaris booting) - http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.sys.sun.admin/2004-05/0138.html http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.sys.sun.admin/2004-05/0107.html These messages suggests the problem is the architecture that SILO is built with. Don't forget that the CPUs in these old (200MHz) boxes have some errors in them which prevent them from working perfectly in 64-bit mode. In 32-bit mode they are fine however. Where is SILO built for sarge - on what specific sparc platform? Cheers Vince -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#301478: [sparc][rc3][netinst] installation fails on u1/140
Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: RC3 netinst http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/rc3/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso md5 sum 95042ee7c74ce5a512ecaba41cea225d uname -a: unable to boot. attempted to boot 2.4.27 (default) Date: 26 Mar 2005 Method: Boot from netinst cdrom Machine: Sun Microsystems Ultra1/140 Processor: UltraSparcI Memory: 128M Root Device: Root Size/partition table: Output of lspci: Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked:[E] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems:[ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system:[ ] Install boot loader:[ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: Boot machine into solaris2.6, everything is ok. # halt ok setenv auto-boot? false ok reset-all [reboots] ok boot cdrom boot: return SIL0 1.4.9 [ one line about booting vmlinuz, then... ] Fast Data Access MMU miss ok I tried a few more times, same result each time. I thought I would just try. If this ancient h/w is no longer supported, please close this report. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#301478: [sparc][rc3][netinst] installation fails on u1/140
clone 301478 -1 reassign -1 silo severity -1 important title -1 Fast Data Access MMU Miss on Ultra 1/140 merge -1 261824 thanks Hi Vince, On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 08:06:53PM +1100, Vincent McIntyre wrote: Debian-installer-version: RC3 netinst http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/rc3/sarge-sparc-netinst.iso md5 sum 95042ee7c74ce5a512ecaba41cea225d uname -a: unable to boot. attempted to boot 2.4.27 (default) Date: 26 Mar 2005 Method: Boot from netinst cdrom Comments/Problems: Boot machine into solaris2.6, everything is ok. # halt ok setenv auto-boot? false ok reset-all [reboots] ok boot cdrom boot: return SIL0 1.4.9 [ one line about booting vmlinuz, then... ] Fast Data Access MMU miss ok I tried a few more times, same result each time. Thanks for the report. This seems to be an instance of bug #261824, which has previously been seen on SunFire 280R machines and Sun Ultra1s. Is there any chance you could try booting an RC2 CD on this machine as well, just for the sake of confirming whether this is a regression? (It probably isn't, but the more information we have, the better.) Cheers, -- Steve Langasek postmodern programmer signature.asc Description: Digital signature
