Netinst fails for Sparc
Hi there, I am trying to install a Netra T1 200 via netboot. The machine has no cdrom so I am using a tftp server with dhcp to bootstrap the system. All goes well, until I point it at my local debian mirror (i386,sparc,hppa). It gets the release file, and some of the installer files, but fails at 20%. The log for my local http mirror is: 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:10 +0100] "GET /debian//dists/sarge/Release HTTP/1.1" 200 34640 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:12 +0100] "GET /debian//dists/stable/Release HTTP/1.1" 200 34640 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:12 +0100] "GET /debian//dists/stable/main/debian-installer/binary-sparc/Packages.gz HTTP/1.1" 200 48387 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:15 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/b/base-installer/base-installer_1.13.4sarge1_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 74590 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:15 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/b/bugreporter-udeb/bugreporter-udeb_1.02_all.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 16490 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:16 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf-priority_0.74.2_all.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 1948 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:16 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6/cdrom-core-modules-2.6.8-3-sparc64-di_0.05sarge2_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 55496 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:17 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/d/debootstrap/debootstrap-udeb_0.2.45-0.2_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 25730 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:17 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/d/debian-installer-utils/di-utils-mapdevfs_1.08_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 2248 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:17 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/e/e2fsprogs/e2fsprogs-udeb_1.37-2sarge1_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 134556 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:17 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6/ext3-modules-2.6.8-3-sparc64-di_0.05sarge2_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 99084 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:17 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/l/linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6/fat-modules-2.6.8-3-sparc64-di_0.05sarge2_sparc.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 35124 "-" "Wget" "-" 192.168.0.42 - - [13/Sep/2006:10:33:17 +0100] "GET /debian//pool/main/d/ddetect/hw-detect-full_1.14_all.udeb HTTP/1.1" 200 2676 "-" "Wget" "-" I have checked the files on the mirror, and /debian//pool/main/d/ddetect/hw-detect-full_1.14_all.udeb exists, and is readable. I assume it's something to do with the mirror, but I don't know what - i386 clients boot OK, and updates are not a problem - it just seems to be whilst installing a sparc client. If I change mirror to point to somewhere else, it works .. I have tried removing the ddetect directory and reimaging, but to no avail.. Any pointers? Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: spark video problems
> Will a standard PCI video card work with the ultra5? Thanks a lot for all > of the wonderful help so far. Not that I know of - I believe that they use video cards without an onboard bios - most PC type cards have a bios. That's why you get to pay lots more for a Sun compatible PCI video card :-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: AW: Debian on a Sun Ultra 5
> Hi Pete, hi Mr. Zimmermann, > I am quite sure that the OBP will not recognize the SATA disk controller. > We use an AHA29160 SCSI controller within an U60; the method of choice for > booting is either a CD or a netboot (here). One could alternatively insert > a small SCSI / PATA disk to boot from and mount the "real" disks at a > later stage. > Bying equipment that is "known" by openboot is fairly expensive and IMHO > not neccessary - if one can live with somewhat slower boot-up times via > network or (faster!) CD. My U10's and U5's use an LSI, Sun scsi adaptor - abour £30 from ebay and bootable. The small SCSI/PATA boot disk is a good alternative - you shouldn't need to boot these boxes too often anyway ;-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian on a Sun Ultra 5
Please reply to the list rather than to me personally - I do read the
posts and it allows others to benefit from your wisdom.
>> The IDE limitation is 120GB (ish) - however, this does not mean it
>> wouldn't be a useful backup box - stick a USB card in, very cheap
>> these days, and attach an external drive.
>
> This is not fast ...
I never said it would be fast, I was attempting to provide an alternative
to the 120GB limit with the internal IDE. I personally use an internal
SCSI card with 72GB, 15k drives for storage - quick, not the cheapest but
works "out of the box".
>> Or pick up a cheap SCSI card - about £20 from eBay and one of the 7
>> or 12 slot external enclosures and have yourself a nice RAID backup :-)
>>
> This is not cheap ... (unless You have already some old SCSI drives, but
> those are also not fast )
The old SCSI drives are probably going to be faster than the internal IDE
- the U5's IDE subsystem is terribly slow.
>> The Ultra 5's (and 10's) still make remarkable good workhorses in
>> these days of multi-core, multi-gigahertz machines they make
>> wonderful development boxes too...
>
> To my knowledge, the fastest and cheapest solution for an U5 is:
> By a cheap SATA card ~30 EUR with two slots, the SATA drives have
> usually similar prices to PATA for sizes up to ~200 Gig. Above SATA is
> even cheaper than PATA (as far as I've seen). There are also SATA cards
> for more than two HDD's, but those are more expensive too - don't know
> the prices ...
> I use it primarily as a server for home video files ('few hundred gigs')
> from my satellite and cable receiver.
That would probably be cheaper, and fairly quick - does OBP recognise the
SATA controllers as bootable devices?
I haven't played with SATA so have limited knowledge in that area - SCSI
is my "thing". :-)
It all depends on what the OP wants to use the box for - I believe that's
the question he was askingas a developer I see some good potential in
the little U5's, and 10's - a [333/440]/1GB U5/10 still makes a bloody
good development workstationquick enough for most tasks.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Re: Debian on a Sun Ultra 5
I was using it as simply a second workstation while my main workstation was down, and one that my girlfriend could use while I had my laptop and tablet with me. However, I wouldn't mind putting it to more well-deserved uses, like an LDAP server, backup server, db server, etc. So, I was wondering what all the sparc experts out there think an Ultra 5 would be well suited for :) I was using one as a management box until recently - installed Sarge and nagios - it was plenty fast enough for the job. I have also used one as a slave DNS/Mail server. In the case of a backup server, I have a connor raid box I was considering connecting, but I think the hardware limitation on this particular box is 12GB, so it might not be worthwhile (I do some dv editing on my main machine, so I have several hundred GB's of data). The IDE limitation is 120GB (ish) - however, this does not mean it wouldn't be a useful backup box - stick a USB card in, very cheap these days, and attach an external drive. Or pick up a cheap SCSI card - about £20 from eBay and one of the 7 or 12 slot external enclosures and have yourself a nice RAID backup :-) The Ultra 5's (and 10's) still make remarkable good workhorses in these days of multi-core, multi-gigahertz machines they make wonderful development boxes too... HTH. Cheers, Pete.
Re: Ultra 10 processor support
don't get the 440. we had about 100 of them, 90+% of which failed within 18 months. I have had no problems with the 5 or so I have running here.luck of the draw I guess - which applies to pretty much every component part. the 333's, on the other hand, are still going strong. I must admit the 333 I have feels just as quick as the 440's - all have 1GB ram which helps enormously. in general though, they're a pretty slow machine. the IDE controller doesn't help either. I would concur with the idea of getting a SCSI card - all my Sun boxes have SCSI cards - only about £30 from eBay for a reasonable one - makes all the difference - the U10 with 440/1GB/72GB SCSI doesn't feel much slower than my U60 Dual 450/2GB/72GB SCSI on desktop tasks...certainly faster than it should given it's age :-) Cheer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ultra 10 processor support
#I have a 333 Ultra 10. I was just wondering whether it is possible to add #more processors. I think the max speed processor I can get is 440, but 2 #processors (or more) would be good. This is not necessarily the place to ask this, a quick Google would answer this particular question ... but never mind.. The Ultra 10 is a uniprocessor machine, the 440 is the fastest CPU the board will take. The Ultra 1, 5, 10 (the 5 and 10 share the same motherboard) and 30 were all uniprocessor. The Ultra 2 and Ultra 60 were both dual processor machines around at (roughly) the same time. So, the answer would be no - you can't add any extra CPU's to the U10 - it only has one processor socket. Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ultra 5 Issues
Hi all, I have a Sun Ultra 5 which has some "issues" - I want to install Sarge on it (I have another 2 U10's with Sarge so I am conversant with the proceedure) However, wen booting, the console port appears inactive - when I attach a console cable and no kb/mse I get nothing. I did attach a kb and monitor and changed the input-device and output-device to ttya (foolishly) and now I get nothing either way. What can I do to reset these values? Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: NFS mount failing
Hi all, I actually solved it by stop-starting the NFS server. It appears that, when I re-installed "oracle" it stopped recognising it. One /etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server restart later and it all works fine. I didn't think to stop-start before as the server appeared to be working fine... Thanks to everyone for the help, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NFS mount failing
Hi there, When I try to mount an NFS share from a Debian Linux server to a Sun Netra T1 running Solaris 9, I get the following error: bash-2.05# mount -F nfs adelaide:/export/backup/server/oracle /mnt/backup nfs mount: adelaide:/export/backup/server/oracle: Permission denied The server's syslog contains: Jul 13 08:01:27 adelaide rpc.mountd: refused mount request from oracle.wimbledon for /export/backup/server/oracle (/): no export entry The exports file looks like: adelaide:/var/log# cat /etc/exports # /etc/exports: the access control list for filesystems which may be exported # to NFS clients. See exports(5,async). /export/backup/common 192.168.0.0/24(ro,no_root_squash,sync) /export/backup/server/adelaide adelaide.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/alderney alderney.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/bungo bungo.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/cholet cholet.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/oracle oracle.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/orinoco orinoco.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/pvr-1 pvr-1.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) /export/backup/server/tobermory tobermory.wimbledon(rw,no_root_squash,async) Other machines can mount no problem, it's just the Solaris box that has trouble... Any ideas? Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Sarge on Netra T1
#I believe a version of parted had this as a bug, but can't remember which one. I re-partitioned the disc using Solaris, then installed preserving slice 3 (whole disc)..this appears to have worked a treat! I am now happily installing Sarge on the Netra.. Cheers, Pete. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
