Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 11:25 AM, Rick Leir wrote: > > On 2017-03-21 03:38 AM, Frans van Berckel wrote: > Maybe I should hook up a SCSI disk, but what I really want is an SSD. This > old post suggests you can use a SATA->SCSI bridge: > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2011-October/008055.html I'm not sure about will it work or not, but looking at solaris 10 HCL [1], it does list support SunBlade 2000 , and then looking at "Disk controller" supported devices, it could probably boot from supported pci disk controller device. So, quickly looking through "disk controller" pci device list [2] , shows for example Adaptec ASH-1233 [3] which works with linux [4] and around $15 at ebay. As well there's a bunch of pata(ide) ssds at ebay. This is just my suggestion, as I said, i'm not sure will it actually work (be able to boot) or not, but doing such a test , budget will be less $100 ($15 for controller and some $30-$50 for pata ssd). 1. http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/data/sol/index.html 2. http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/data/sol/components/views/disk_controller_all_results.page1.html 3. http://www.oracle.com/webfolder/technetwork/hcl/data/components/details/adaptec/sol_10_03_05/999.html 4. https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-August/msg03275.html
Re: non-free firmware
Thank you, Adrian. These are not stupid questions at all :) I have booted the right kernel, updated the initrd, the firmware was there, etc. Patch was applied with the usual "patch -p1 < patch" method. Two chunks patched. Looked ok. I will contact Meelis Roos and will keep you all posted here. It would be great if we could get this working. Kind Regards, -Kevin On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:34 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz < glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:02:56AM +0100, Frans van Berckel wrote: > > And yes, because Debian sparc64 runs very well with a 3.16 kernel- > > image. The sparc backported one to be clear. I extracted the package > > and copied it manually into the new rootfs. And updated the silo.conf. > > Are you talking about the driver or the firmware? > > > But maybe we just have to build a sparc64 package for it :-) > > No, we have to fix the actual bug. Jamming an old, unsupported kernel > into a sparc64 package is a workaround, not a fix. > > > > I also saw your report in the mailing list archives. > > > > And a real bug post, so being able tracking it ... > > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110081 > > You should add some SPARC kernel people to the CC of this bug report > and also post this to the sparclinux kernel mailing list so you get > some attention. > > > > I applied the following patch to a vanilla 4.9.0 kernel, and it > > > didn't work either. > > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6533041/ > > This very much looks like the root of the cause. Are you sure you > properly applied and booted the right kernel? Sorry for asking stupid > questions, but I have made similar mistakes in the past myself, so > sometimes this cannot be ruled out :). > > > > If anyone has any ideas, i would greatly appreciate their input, as > > > it would be nice to use the controller given that i just got a batch > > > of disks to use with the built in backplane. > > > > I am open for new ideas as well. > > I would talk Meelis Roos who wrote the above patch. He probably has > some insight. > > Adrian > > -- > .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz > : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org > `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de > `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913 >
Re: non-free firmware
Hi Rick, On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 07:35 -0400, Rick Leir wrote: > Hi Frans > (OT) A small SSD is $120 here and is the difference between an almost > usable machine and a museum piece. How much would that bridge be on > ebay (assuming I could locate one)? About pricing, Amazon does $249 for the bridge (for one, excluding shipping) and beware you still need the Qlogic FC kernel driver. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00PSVSCVA As alternative you need a solution supported by OBP, otherwise you won't be able to boot off, as talked about in the freebsd topic. Thanks, Frans van Berckel
Re: non-free firmware
On March 21, 2017 5:24:31 AM EDT, Frans van Berckel > >> Maybe I should hook up a SCSI disk, but what I really want is an SSD. > >Talking about hardware dated 2002. It's all about pci controllers and >kernels drivers in this case, i think :-) > >> This old post suggests you can use a SATA->SCSI bridge: >> https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2011- >> October/008055.html > >Not even thinking about this solution. It's very expensive. Looking >into storage, booting by network and NFS is more realistic. Hi Frans (OT) A small SSD is $120 here and is the difference between an almost usable machine and a museum piece. How much would that bridge be on ebay (assuming I could locate one)? Cheers Rick -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Re: non-free firmware
On 03/21/2017 10:59 AM, Frans van Berckel wrote: >> Are you talking about the driver or the firmware? > > The driver (including the sparc kernel, true). Ok. Then it's a bug that will need some git-bisecting. >> No, we have to fix the actual bug. Jamming an old, unsupported kernel >> into a sparc64 package is a workaround, not a fix. > > True, but nobody is listing. So being happy with a workaround :-) It happens. People are busy with work and there is sometimes lots of traffic on the lists. I also didn't learn about this issue until today and I'm on both the debian-sparc and the sparclinux mailing lists. >> You should add some SPARC kernel people to the CC of this bug report >> and also post this to the sparclinux kernel mailing list so you get >> some attention. > > Sorry, but I did at least five sparclinux mailing list posts on this > topic, as well. With one of them pointing to the open bug report. Yes, then you need to keep pinging. Sometimes these things can take a bit longer. I made the same experiences often enough. As I said, you have the guy who worked on the endianness issue and it's probably not a bad idea to ping him directly. Don't give up :). Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 10:34 +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:02:56AM +0100, Frans van Berckel wrote: > > And yes, because Debian sparc64 runs very well with a 3.16 kernel- > > image. The sparc backported one to be clear. > > I extracted the package and copied it manually into the new rootfs. > > And updated the silo.conf. > > Are you talking about the driver or the firmware? The driver (including the sparc kernel, true). > > But maybe we just have to build a sparc64 package for it :-) > > No, we have to fix the actual bug. Jamming an old, unsupported kernel > into a sparc64 package is a workaround, not a fix. True, but nobody is listing. So being happy with a workaround :-) > > > I also saw your report in the mailing list archives. > > > > And a real bug post, so being able tracking it ... > > > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110081 > > You should add some SPARC kernel people to the CC of this bug report > and also post this to the sparclinux kernel mailing list so you get > some attention. Sorry, but I did at least five sparclinux mailing list posts on this topic, as well. With one of them pointing to the open bug report. Thanks, Frans van Berckel
Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 10:02:56AM +0100, Frans van Berckel wrote: > And yes, because Debian sparc64 runs very well with a 3.16 kernel- > image. The sparc backported one to be clear. I extracted the package > and copied it manually into the new rootfs. And updated the silo.conf. Are you talking about the driver or the firmware? > But maybe we just have to build a sparc64 package for it :-) No, we have to fix the actual bug. Jamming an old, unsupported kernel into a sparc64 package is a workaround, not a fix. > > I also saw your report in the mailing list archives. > > And a real bug post, so being able tracking it ... > > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110081 You should add some SPARC kernel people to the CC of this bug report and also post this to the sparclinux kernel mailing list so you get some attention. > > I applied the following patch to a vanilla 4.9.0 kernel, and it > > didn't work either. > > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6533041/ This very much looks like the root of the cause. Are you sure you properly applied and booted the right kernel? Sorry for asking stupid questions, but I have made similar mistakes in the past myself, so sometimes this cannot be ruled out :). > > If anyone has any ideas, i would greatly appreciate their input, as > > it would be nice to use the controller given that i just got a batch > > of disks to use with the built in backplane. > > I am open for new ideas as well. I would talk Meelis Roos who wrote the above patch. He probably has some insight. Adrian -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 04:25 -0400, Rick Leir wrote: > Hi Frans > Thanks for the firmware info. > I tried ctrl+f2 on a Sun keyboard but got nothing, so I tried a few > other things. L1-A might be sending breaks, because I see @@@ and > the machine locks up, not even in OpenProm. Next time I will use a PC > keyboard. I am very happy with the Sun keyboard's. If you are booting the OpenProm it will let you know it detects the keyboard well. Getting @@@ looks strange. If you are in graphics mode does ctrl+alt+f2 do the job? Or this but f1, f3, f4 does any changes? > Maybe I should hook up a SCSI disk, but what I really want is an SSD. Talking about hardware dated 2002. It's all about pci controllers and kernels drivers in this case, i think :-) > This old post suggests you can use a SATA->SCSI bridge: > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2011- > October/008055.html Not even thinking about this solution. It's very expensive. Looking into storage, booting by network and NFS is more realistic. Thanks, Frans van Berckel
Re: non-free firmware
Hi Kevin, On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 08:51 +0100, Kevin Stabel wrote: > Hello Frans, > > Did you get the qlogic FC controller working in the end? No and yes. No for the 4.9 kernel. It's all about the later qlogic kernel driver. And yes, because Debian sparc64 runs very well with a 3.16 kernel- image. The sparc backported one to be clear. I extracted the package and copied it manually into the new rootfs. And updated the silo.conf. http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/l/linux-latest/linux-image-sp arc64-smp_3.16+63~bpo70+1_sparc.deb But maybe we just have to build a sparc64 package for it :-) > I am facing the same issue now actually. It's still broken in the > latest kernel in the repo. Why isn't this surprising me :-) > I also saw your report in the mailing list archives. And a real bug post, so being able tracking it ... https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=110081 > I've been able to find some information on it. > It seems to have to do with endianness, and the way the configuration > of the nvram on the card is read. > Do you also get a message about inconsistent nvram configuration? Both, it echo's this message with 4.9 and 3.16 kernels. And the 3.16 is running well. So is that the problem? > I applied the following patch to a vanilla 4.9.0 kernel, and it > didn't work either. > https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6533041/ I didn't check it out, yet. I have sold all my 1000's and 2000's. But still have some Sun Blade 280R's laying around getting into dust, now. > If anyone has any ideas, i would greatly appreciate their input, as > it would be nice to use the controller given that i just got a batch > of disks to use with the built in backplane. I am open for new ideas as well. Thanks, Frans van Berckel
Re: non-free firmware
On 2017-03-21 03:19 AM, Joost van Baal-Ilić wrote: On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 03:06:09AM -0400, Rick Leir wrote: Hi all, I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!). (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM, booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard, choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there. OK, now I understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I must have chosen that. Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name on the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK, ignoring it for now. After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was hoping to set the timezone. Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. What can I use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? I think you'd have to create yourself a USB stick with http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/unstable/current/ on it. (Assuming your hardware knows how to read from usb) HTH, Bye, Joost Hi Joost Thanks for the info. (OT) Looking at your email address, you must have an interesting MTA and MUA to make spam blocking work better. cheers -- Rick
Re: non-free firmware
On 2017-03-21 03:38 AM, Frans van Berckel wrote: Hi Rick, On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 03:06 -0400, Rick Leir wrote: Hi all, I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!). (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM, booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard, choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there. OK, now I understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I must have chosen that. Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name on the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK, ignoring it for now. After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was hoping to set the timezone. Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. What can I use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? I have done some SunBlade 2000 installs. If i am well the Debian installer ask for the firmware while installing. What I did just copy the firmware to a USB stick. It automatily detects the bin and I was able to detect the disks. But just after that, on early version my kernel crashes several times, because it's not handling the FibreChannel controller well. Did report this issue upstream a year ago, so maybe its solved now. I downloaded this firmware-qlogic package. Extracted it manually and copied my bin to the root of the USB stick. If in your case the installer does not ask for the firmware, you can manually copy it to /lib/firmware of the installer. With ctrl + f2 you will get a prompt. https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-qlogic Thanks, Frans van Berckel Hi Frans Thanks for the firmware info. I tried ctrl+f2 on a Sun keyboard but got nothing, so I tried a few other things. L1-A might be sending breaks, because I see @@@ and the machine locks up, not even in OpenProm. Next time I will use a PC keyboard. Maybe I should hook up a SCSI disk, but what I really want is an SSD. This old post suggests you can use a SATA->SCSI bridge: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-sparc64/2011-October/008055.html Thanks -- Rick
Re: non-free firmware
On 2017-03-21 03:17 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: Hi Rick! On 03/21/2017 08:06 AM, Rick Leir wrote: (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM, booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard, choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there. OK, now I understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I must have chosen that. If you are installing over a serial console, you are most likely running into this bug [1]. Hi Adrian Actually, I am using a real console, it might be "ATI Rage XL". Maybe I should use the serial console, so I can scroll back up as you suggest below. Thanks -- Rick Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name on the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK, ignoring it for now. Yeah, that's the firmware for a QLogic FibreChannel controller. If you don't need it for the installation - assuming you don't install on a FibreChannel block device - just skip it. After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was hoping to set the timezone. Again, this is most likely the issue as described in [1]. Try selecting items using individual characters on the keyboard (e.g. "a", "b", "c") which correspond to the initial letters of the item in the list. Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. What can I use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? What kind of controller/disk setup are you trying to install on? You can scroll up and check what's in the kernel log in your serial terminal. Adrian [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854588
Re: non-free firmware
Hello Frans, Did you get the qlogic FC controller working in the end? I am facing the same issue now actually. It's still broken in the latest kernel in the repo. I also saw your report in the mailing list archives. I've been able to find some information on it. It seems to have to do with endianness, and the way the configuration of the nvram on the card is read. Do you also get a message about inconsistent nvram configuration? I applied the following patch to a vanilla 4.9.0 kernel, and it didn't work either. https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/6533041/ If anyone has any ideas, i would greatly appreciate their input, as it would be nice to use the controller given that i just got a batch of disks to use with the built in backplane. Kind Regards, -Kevin On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Frans van Berckel wrote: > Hi Rick, > > On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 03:06 -0400, Rick Leir wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!). > > > > (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M > > RAM, booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, > > choose keyboard, choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without > > me being finished there. OK, now I understand: the fourth item is > > 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I must have chosen that. > > > > Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename > > ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does > > this firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by > > that name on the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the > > FibreChannel interface. OK, ignoring it for now. > > > > After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to > > 'Configure the clock'. It returns from that immediately without > > doing anything. I was hoping to set the timezone. > > > > Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, > > maybe a few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and > > gives me a list of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx > > ... long pause, then I am back to the list of drivers screen. Try > > 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! I think the disk hardware is OK > > because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. What can I use for a disk > > driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? > > I have done some SunBlade 2000 installs. If i am well the Debian > installer ask for the firmware while installing. > > What I did just copy the firmware to a USB stick. It automatily detects > the bin and I was able to detect the disks. > > But just after that, on early version my kernel crashes several times, > because it's not handling the FibreChannel controller well. Did report > this issue upstream a year ago, so maybe its solved now. > > I downloaded this firmware-qlogic package. Extracted it manually and > copied my bin to the root of the USB stick. If in your case the > installer does not ask for the firmware, you can manually copy it to > /lib/firmware of the installer. With ctrl + f2 you will get a prompt. > > https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-qlogic > > Thanks, > > > Frans van Berckel > >
Re: non-free firmware
Hi Rick, On Tue, 2017-03-21 at 03:06 -0400, Rick Leir wrote: > Hi all, > > I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!). > > (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M > RAM, booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, > choose keyboard, choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without > me being finished there. OK, now I understand: the fourth item is > 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I must have chosen that. > > Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename > ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does > this firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by > that name on the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the > FibreChannel interface. OK, ignoring it for now. > > After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to > 'Configure the clock'. It returns from that immediately without > doing anything. I was hoping to set the timezone. > > Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, > maybe a few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and > gives me a list of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx > ... long pause, then I am back to the list of drivers screen. Try > 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! I think the disk hardware is OK > because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. What can I use for a disk > driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? I have done some SunBlade 2000 installs. If i am well the Debian installer ask for the firmware while installing. What I did just copy the firmware to a USB stick. It automatily detects the bin and I was able to detect the disks. But just after that, on early version my kernel crashes several times, because it's not handling the FibreChannel controller well. Did report this issue upstream a year ago, so maybe its solved now. I downloaded this firmware-qlogic package. Extracted it manually and copied my bin to the root of the USB stick. If in your case the installer does not ask for the firmware, you can manually copy it to /lib/firmware of the installer. With ctrl + f2 you will get a prompt. https://packages.debian.org/sid/firmware-qlogic Thanks, Frans van Berckel
Re: non-free firmware
On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 03:06:09AM -0400, Rick Leir wrote: > Hi all, > > I am just trying out Adrian's latest iso (thanks Adrian!!). > > (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM, > booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard, > choose..' screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there. > OK, now I understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I > must have chosen that. > > Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename > ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this > firmware matter, and where can I get it? There is something by that name on > the qlogic.com site. I guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK, > ignoring it for now. > > After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure > the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was > hoping to set the timezone. > > Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a > few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list > of drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I > am back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! > I think the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. > What can I use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? I think you'd have to create yourself a USB stick with http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/firmware/unstable/current/ on it. (Assuming your hardware knows how to read from usb) HTH, Bye, Joost
Re: non-free firmware
Hi Rick! On 03/21/2017 08:06 AM, Rick Leir wrote: > (On a SunBlade 2000 (circa 2002) with two Cu processors and 1800M RAM, > booting from the CDROM): I tapped on the 'choose language, choose keyboard, > choose..' > screen a bit and it jumped ahead without me being finished there. OK, now I > understand: the fourth item is 'Detect and mount CD-ROM', and I must have > chosen that. If you are installing over a serial console, you are most likely running into this bug [1]. > Now it is telling me that I need some non-free firmware, filename > ql2200_fw.bin, and that I should load it from removable media. Does this > firmware matter, and > where can I get it? There is something by that name on the qlogic.com site. I > guess it could be for the FibreChannel interface. OK, ignoring it for now. Yeah, that's the firmware for a QLogic FibreChannel controller. If you don't need it for the installation - assuming you don't install on a FibreChannel block device - just skip it. > After doing 'set up users and passwords' correctly it goes on to 'Configure > the clock'. It returns from that immediately without doing anything. I was > hoping to > set the timezone. Again, this is most likely the issue as described in [1]. Try selecting items using individual characters on the keyboard (e.g. "a", "b", "c") which correspond to the initial letters of the item in the list. > Now it is doing 'Detecting disks'. Gee, it took a long time on that, maybe a > few minutes. Then it says 'No disk drive was detected' and gives me a list of > drivers to select from. I am guessing now: qla2xxx ... long pause, then I am > back to the list of drivers screen. Try 'qla1280' ... 'qla4xxx' .. help! I > think > the disk hardware is OK because OpenBSD is installed and can boot. What can I > use for a disk driver? How could I load the ql2200_fw.bin? What kind of controller/disk setup are you trying to install on? You can scroll up and check what's in the kernel log in your serial terminal. Adrian > [1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854588 -- .''`. John Paul Adrian Glaubitz : :' : Debian Developer - glaub...@debian.org `. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaub...@physik.fu-berlin.de `-GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913
