Re: cd boot fails: kernel can't find root fs

[Christophorus Laube]

Hi,

thanks for answering. AFAIK is a SS20 a 32Bit-processor, but the 
image=/boot/sparc32.gz with all the other options doesn't work. Also 
with the 
initrd=/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-sparc/current/images-1.44/root.bin 
option. so I don't think that this is the point. Do you have any other 
ideas?

TIA, Christophorus

Re: cd boot fails: kernel can't find root fs

[Christophorus Laube]

I have the same problem with my SS20 and I have no floppy attached. I 
tried all the hints listed here, for example the "image=/boot/sparc64 
initrd=/debian/dists/stable/main/current/images-1.44/root.bin" option 
but it always fails the install process with "..can't mount root fs...".

Any clues?
TIA, Christophorus

SCSI-Tape

[Christophorus Laube]

Hi there,

I am trying to get an external dds-scsi-tape running on my ss20. I have 
been trying that for a long time an there is no way to do anything with it.
I have a properly installed woody with scsi-tape support enabled. The 
tape is terminated correctly and the mt-tools are also installed 
successfully. But everytime I even try an "mt status", there is the message:


   # st0: Error 2b (sugg. bt 0x0, driver bt 0x0, host bt0x0)

It is all the same with the /dev/nst0. But when doing a scsiinfo -l the 
drive is shown correctly.

Any clues?

tia, Christophorus

hint to installing non-debian-images

[Christophorus Laube]

Oh, I forgot: Of course, there are debian-packages but they are not on a 
debian mirror!

Christophorus

install non-debian packages

[Christophorus Laube]

Hi there,

I got a big Problem: I want to install Packages that are not on a 
debian-mirror onto a machine that is not connected to the internet. It 
is not that easy with downloading the packages and burning them on a CD. 
Do I have to import the directory structure of a debain mirror onto the 
CD or do I need a kind of contents-file? Anyone got a clue? TIA, 
Christophorus

newer version lic6

[Christophorus Laube]

Hi there,

I got a big problem. I just apt-get updated and upgraded my woody system
and it wanted to update 4 packages. While doing that the process broke
with dpkg-error-code(1)
while extracting libc6-sparc64.
Now I cannot install anyting new because of "unmet dependencies" It
always advises me to do a apt-get -f install without arguments, but it
always stops witz error code (1).
I got a SS20. AFAIK these are no 64Bit-Processors. So I am wondering why
it needs libc6-sparc64 and -dev- version of libc6-sparc64.
Anyone got an idea?
Thanks in advance, Christophorus

ar

[laube]

Hi,

does enyone know where I can get the ar-command? I am trying to find it since 
days, but I do not succeed. If possible, does anyone know where to get the 
sources?
Thanks in advance.
Christophorus

kernel panic druing cd boot

[laube]

I just downloaded debian woody isos and tried to install it to a Sparcstation 
20. It is no problem to boot from the CD, but all the time it wants to mount 
the root fs, it tries to mount it via NFS, but that does not work. So it says: 
trying to mount root fs via floppy. But there is no floppy drive attached.
Isn't there any possibility to mount an install system from the cd?
It is the first time that I install a debian and it is also the first time that 
I install a sparc. Please, watch me as a newbie and answer in easy 
understandable sentences. 
Thanks in advance.
Chris