Etch on Netra X1
I tried to install Etch on a Netra X1 today, using a netinst CD and through a serial cable connected on the LOM for those who may wonder. The first important problem is that it tries to use the dmfe kernel module for the NICs, and it doesn't work at all, while tulip does. I installed anyway, without network, and could unload the module dmfe on first reboot, and it made the network work again. I felt important to report this, even if the system itself seems really unreliable (filesystem corruptions). Don't know yet if the hardware is flaky or if Etch is not working on Netra X1, but I will probably diagnose this in the following days. Thanks for the hard work on Debian Sparc. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Etch on Netra X1
On Friday 01 June 2007 16:34, Jerome Warnier wrote: The first important problem is that it tries to use the dmfe kernel module for the NICs, and it doesn't work at all, while tulip does. The installation guide documents this issue and a way to work around it. http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch02s06.html.en#nics-sparc-trouble However, I see that that needs to be updated as in the mean time we have a better method: blacklisting the module when the installer is booted: http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch05s02.html.en#module-blacklist Cheers, FJP pgpqUrcDdrHcI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Etch on Netra X1
Le vendredi 01 juin 2007 à 16:56 +0200, Frans Pop a écrit : On Friday 01 June 2007 16:34, Jerome Warnier wrote: The first important problem is that it tries to use the dmfe kernel module for the NICs, and it doesn't work at all, while tulip does. The installation guide documents this issue and a way to work around it. http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch02s06.html.en#nics-sparc-trouble It does not talk specifically about Netra X1, while there is supposedly very few machines involved. If the string Netra X1 was in this chapter I would never have reported this. Same thing if #360699 had been closed. Now it is closed, but I feel it should not be as this is not definitive a solution, as Lenny will probably still have the same problem. But thanks for your help anyway. However, I see that that needs to be updated as in the mean time we have a better method: blacklisting the module when the installer is booted: http://www.debian.org/releases/etch/sparc/ch05s02.html.en#module-blacklist Cheers, FJP -- Jérôme Warnier FLOSS Consultant http://beeznest.net
Re: Etch on Netra X1
On Friday 01 June 2007 20:26, Jerome Warnier wrote: Now it is closed, but I feel it should not be as this is not definitive a solution, as Lenny will probably still have the same problem. I agree that it is not definitive, but it is a basically an upstream kernel problem and not an installer, or even a Debian problem. As we do now have a good workaround and documentation we can point people to, I see no need to keep the BR against the installer open. Cheers, FJP pgpk5oUTQjGjS.pgp Description: PGP signature
[sgi]debian
hello ! I have got an SGI indigo2, without any CDROM. Do you if it exist a debian version for this station, under the bianry version ? where could I download it ? thanks and cheers !! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
