Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
Yes -- flagstendblocks idtype /dev/sda1r02666202616083 linux native /dev/sda2ur 2666273350920 82 linux swap /dev/sda30273320770805 whole disk also, I checked the processes and the State on this process is 'D' 63mkswap -v1 /dev/sda2 C. - Original Message - From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 1:23 PM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 01:18:21PM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > > Clarification -- the ps -ax command worked -- now I am back to my original > > question -- How long do I wait with the cursor flashing for this thing to > > finish initalizing the swap partition? It has been about an hour, so it may > > be just a bit of impatience on my part. > > > > Additional info: > > Linux native partition starts at sector 0 > > Linux swap has a -q flag on it (?) > > whole disk is only other partition > > It should return almost immediately. Can you show the partition table > from fdisk? > > -- > .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 01:18:21PM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > Clarification -- the ps -ax command worked -- now I am back to my original > question -- How long do I wait with the cursor flashing for this thing to > finish initalizing the swap partition? It has been about an hour, so it may > be just a bit of impatience on my part. > > Additional info: > Linux native partition starts at sector 0 > Linux swap has a -q flag on it (?) > whole disk is only other partition It should return almost immediately. Can you show the partition table from fdisk? -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
Clarification -- the ps -ax command worked -- now I am back to my original question -- How long do I wait with the cursor flashing for this thing to finish initalizing the swap partition? It has been about an hour, so it may be just a bit of impatience on my part. Additional info: Linux native partition starts at sector 0 Linux swap has a -q flag on it (?) whole disk is only other partition Am able to 'ls' and look at read-only file system, though I haven't tried to move around in it. probe-scsi returned normal -- as far as I can tell (and that is'nt a very long trip) all of the settings are correct. ty C. - Original Message - From: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 12:04 PM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > ok - worked after reboot > 1init > 2[kflushed] > 3[kupdate] > 4[kpoid] > 5[kswapd] > 29/sbin/syslogd -K -m 0 > 35/usr/bin/tail -f /proc/kmsg > 36/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages > 37/bin/sh > 38/sbin/dbootstrap > 39 ps ax > > All uid's were /root, and State was S excepting the 'ps ax' call - R. > > Here is an interesting thing -- I jumped through the keyboad setup, and the > operation returned "sun:operation not allowed" > > Initiated swap init checked processes > > 62sh -c mkswap -v1 /dev/sda2 > 63mkswap -v1 /dev/sda2 > > C. > > - Original Message - > From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: > Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:29 AM > Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > > > > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > > > You're right; F2 -- 'ps ax' returned an I/O error. > > > > Wow, that's really screwed up. Try doing this before the point where you > > init the swap partition. > > > > -- > > > .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. > > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux > \ > > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ' > > > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
ok - worked after reboot 1init 2[kflushed] 3[kupdate] 4[kpoid] 5[kswapd] 29/sbin/syslogd -K -m 0 35/usr/bin/tail -f /proc/kmsg 36/usr/bin/tail -f /var/log/messages 37/bin/sh 38/sbin/dbootstrap 39 ps ax All uid's were /root, and State was S excepting the 'ps ax' call - R. Here is an interesting thing -- I jumped through the keyboad setup, and the operation returned "sun:operation not allowed" Initiated swap init checked processes 62sh -c mkswap -v1 /dev/sda2 63mkswap -v1 /dev/sda2 C. - Original Message - From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:29 AM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > > You're right; F2 -- 'ps ax' returned an I/O error. > > Wow, that's really screwed up. Try doing this before the point where you > init the swap partition. > > -- > .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' >
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 11:19:32AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > You're right; F2 -- 'ps ax' returned an I/O error. Wow, that's really screwed up. Try doing this before the point where you init the swap partition. -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
You're right; F2 -- 'ps ax' returned an I/O error. C. - Original Message - From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 11:01 AM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 10:55:52AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > > So sorry -- I realized that more info was required, but didn't want to clog > > the works. > > > > It's a Sparc IPC w/ 48 meg memory (32 ram /16 rom), 1.3 gig scsi hdd, cdrom, > > tape backup . . . I'm installing from the cdrom from disks I purchased from > > Debian after I had the same prob w/ floppies I made from the free disk > > images at Debian -- figured it was a media prob. > > > > I checked the log. Other than the timestamp (and therefore the system time) > > being about 8 hours ahead, nothing seems to have happened. > > > > There are two lines: > > > > aug 18 16:05:40 (none) Syslogd Started: BusyBox v0.43 > > (2000.08.03-15:11*) > > > > aug 18 16:08:22 (none) user.info dbootstrap[38]: > > __ > > > > I am able to use F3 to access the shell: I can 'pwd' and get root, and I > > 'ls' and get 'I/O error' -- beyond that, I am unsure what to do here > > I assume you mean F2? You should switch to console 2 (ALT+F2), and hit > return, which will give you a shell prompt. Try doing a "ps ax" to see > the process list. > > Ben > > -- > .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 10:55:52AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > So sorry -- I realized that more info was required, but didn't want to clog > the works. > > It's a Sparc IPC w/ 48 meg memory (32 ram /16 rom), 1.3 gig scsi hdd, cdrom, > tape backup . . . I'm installing from the cdrom from disks I purchased from > Debian after I had the same prob w/ floppies I made from the free disk > images at Debian -- figured it was a media prob. > > I checked the log. Other than the timestamp (and therefore the system time) > being about 8 hours ahead, nothing seems to have happened. > > There are two lines: > > aug 18 16:05:40 (none) Syslogd Started: BusyBox v0.43 > (2000.08.03-15:11*) > > aug 18 16:08:22 (none) user.info dbootstrap[38]: > __ > > I am able to use F3 to access the shell: I can 'pwd' and get root, and I > 'ls' and get 'I/O error' -- beyond that, I am unsure what to do here I assume you mean F2? You should switch to console 2 (ALT+F2), and hit return, which will give you a shell prompt. Try doing a "ps ax" to see the process list. Ben -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
So sorry -- I realized that more info was required, but didn't want to clog the works. It's a Sparc IPC w/ 48 meg memory (32 ram /16 rom), 1.3 gig scsi hdd, cdrom, tape backup . . . I'm installing from the cdrom from disks I purchased from Debian after I had the same prob w/ floppies I made from the free disk images at Debian -- figured it was a media prob. I checked the log. Other than the timestamp (and therefore the system time) being about 8 hours ahead, nothing seems to have happened. There are two lines: aug 18 16:05:40 (none) Syslogd Started: BusyBox v0.43 (2000.08.03-15:11*) aug 18 16:08:22 (none) user.info dbootstrap[38]: __ I am able to use F3 to access the shell: I can 'pwd' and get root, and I 'ls' and get 'I/O error' -- beyond that, I am unsure what to do here Thanks for your quick response. I am interested in your interpretation. C. - Original Message - From: Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: C. Ridout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 8:53 AM Subject: Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience > On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:47:23AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > > I have read that 'a chicken' could install this thing. > > > > I have hit "Initialize a Swap Partition" and begun the process -- no scan for bad sectors this time (last time, I stop-a'd the thing after 30+ hours of scan for bad sectors). How long do I stare at the flashing cursor before punting. > > > > Feeling silly . . > > What type of system? Note, you can switch to the other consoles to see > what is going on. Use ALT+F3 to see the log console, and you can switch > to ALT+F2 for a shell. > > Try to see what's going on during this freeze. > > -- > .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. > / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ > ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' > `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---' >
Re: (newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
On Sat, Aug 18, 2001 at 07:47:23AM -0600, C. Ridout wrote: > I have read that 'a chicken' could install this thing. > > I have hit "Initialize a Swap Partition" and begun the process -- no scan for > bad sectors this time (last time, I stop-a'd the thing after 30+ hours of > scan for bad sectors). How long do I stare at the flashing cursor before > punting. > > Feeling silly . . What type of system? Note, you can switch to the other consoles to see what is going on. Use ALT+F3 to see the log console, and you can switch to ALT+F2 for a shell. Try to see what's going on during this freeze. -- .--===-=-==-=---==-=-. / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
(newbie) Installation interruption or impatience
I have read that 'a chicken' could install this thing. I have hit "Initialize a Swap Partition" and begun the process -- no scan for bad sectors this time (last time, I stop-a'd the thing after 30+ hours of scan for bad sectors). How long do I stare at the flashing cursor before punting. Feeling silly . . Christopher Ridout
Re: boot-woes on a sparcstation 1
On Sat, 18 Aug 2001 13:50:19 +0200, Thorsten Kukuk writes: >On Sat, Aug 18, Robert Waldner wrote: >> It seems to load tftpboot.img via TFTP correctly, but as soon as >> getting the file is finished, it bombs out with "Data Access Exception". > >The most time I get this message the image is to big for this machine >(means making the image some kb smaller solves the problem). Ahemm, how would I do that? Simply only taking the first 90 % of the file? The box only has 16 MB RAM, but that should be sufficient, shouldn´t it? cheers, &rw -- -- The difference between sex and death is that with death -- you can do it alone and no one is going to make fun of you. -- - Woody Allen pgpDlIZdFO5Ux.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: boot-woes on a sparcstation 1
On Sat, Aug 18, Robert Waldner wrote: > > Hi! > > I finally got round to try installing debian on my (tnx, az) SS1, but > it fails to boot correctly. > > It seems to load tftpboot.img via TFTP correctly, but as soon as > getting the file is finished, it bombs out with "Data Access Exception". The most time I get this message the image is to big for this machine (means making the image some kb smaller solves the problem). Thorsten -- Thorsten Kukuk http://www.suse.de/~kukuk/[EMAIL PROTECTED] SuSE GmbHDeutschherrenstr. 15-19 D-90429 Nuernberg Key fingerprint = A368 676B 5E1B 3E46 CFCE 2D97 F8FD 4E23 56C6 FB4B
boot-woes on a sparcstation 1
Hi! I finally got round to try installing debian on my (tnx, az) SS1, but it fails to boot correctly. It seems to load tftpboot.img via TFTP correctly, but as soon as getting the file is finished, it bombs out with "Data Access Exception". I tried both Ben Collins images and the stable one. Any ideas/suggestions/flames/FM´s? cheers+tia, &rw -- -- "Women novelists are a bit like a dog walking -- upon his hind legs; he does not do it well but -- one is surprised to see that he does it at all" pgpGQv3FdKS2w.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Sparc Install Failure
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Sergio Guzman Lorz wrote: > On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Steve Traylen wrote: > > > Im trying to install potato on a Sparc Ultra 1 using the rescue and root > > floppies and then download the base over http. > > > > It all goes well untill the writing of the boot floppy fails as does making > > the hard disk bootable. The latter fails silentley. > > > > Obviously the disk and floppy have been detected during the install since > > partition and loading 'root.bin' are successfull. > > > > Also selecting to eject the floopy from the Debian install menus fails > > as well. > > > > Looks like its forgotton about its devices at some point during the install. > > Have you try starting the installation process from a cd? > I started the installation from cd. > And from floppies on a SPARCstation LX and they both worked. I was about to suggest the same. I have an Ultra 1 at home with Debian on it. I installed from the potato CD's and then updated over http with no problems at all. Can you try installing from CD ? Cheers, Marcus -- . ,,$, Marcus Crafter ;$' ':Computer Systems Engineer $: : Open Software Associates GmbH $ o_)$$$: 82-84 Mainzer Landstrasse ;$,_/\ &&:' 60327 Frankfurt Germany ' /( &&& \_' Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] .Business Hours : +49 69 9757 200 &&&:
