Package: installation-reports Boot method: CD, netboot Image version: sarge, etch, and daily netboot and CD images Date: March 5-7, 2007
Machine: Sunfire v880 Processor: 4x ultrasparc Memory: 8 GB Partitions: nothing yet. Output of lspci -nn and lspci -vnn: Can't get the box to boot. Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [E ] Detect network card: [ ] Configure network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Clock/timezone setup: [ ] User/password setup: [ ] Install tasks: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Overall install: [ ] Comments/Problems: Sarge images give the following error: "error 256 stack underflow" etch and snapshots just display "booting linux..." then nothing more. adding the -p flag gives us: Error: Cheetah error trap taken afsr[ ] Error: TPC[ ] TNPC[ ] TSTATE[ ] Error: M_SYND(0), E_SYND(0), Privileged Error: Highest Priority Error() "Unmapped error from system" Then a bunch of D-cache, I-cache, and E-cache errors. And finally, Kernel Panic – not syncing: Irrecoverable deferred error trap For reference, the gentoo 2006.1 minimal CD (2.6.17 plus gentoo patches) seems to boot ok.