IDE disk(s) are not detected on SB100 [was: Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images...]

2005-02-17 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matt Fischer wrote: Thanks for responding. Here is what happens. I netboot the image (have tried various images). I manually setup my networking and choose my mirror. Debian then begins to download the components. After downloading the components, it scans my hardware and

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Joey Hess
Peter Dey wrote: > Hi Jurij, > > >Bugger :-/. What image did you use? > > I used the 20050217 build; > from the listing: > sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso 18-Feb-2005 00:45 30.6M That narrows it down to two images, one of which has the new kernel on it, and one of which do

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Matt Fischer
Jurij Smakov wrote: Hi again, On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matt Fischer wrote: 5) Tried various netboots, all seemed to lack the ide-generic driver, so my hard drive (and cdrom) were not found. I still don't have a clear picture. When you boot a d-i netboot image, it is not supposed to detect all your h

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Jurij Smakov
Hi again, On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matt Fischer wrote: 5) Tried various netboots, all seemed to lack the ide-generic driver, so my hard drive (and cdrom) were not found. I still don't have a clear picture. When you boot a d-i netboot image, it is not supposed to detect all your hardware immediately.

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Peter Dey
Hi Jurij, Bugger :-/. What image did you use? I used the 20050217 build; from the listing: sarge-sparc-businesscard.iso 18-Feb-2005 00:45 30.6M I figured if that one booted, I'd give the netinst cd a shot. I'm guessing the business card CD is just a boot floppy chucked on a CD? Anyh

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Matt Fischer
Jurij Smakov wrote: On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matthew Fischer wrote: I am still seeing the same problems as usual on my Sunblade 100. linux -p ... Warning: unable to open initial console. Unimplemented SPARC system call 188. Unimplemented SPARC system call 188. Kernel panic:

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Jurij Smakov
Hi Peter, Thanks a lot for testing. On Fri, 18 Feb 2005, Peter Dey wrote: I too am still experiencing the same problem on my Ultra 10: Freeing initrd memory: 2905k freed cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00 Press L1-A to return to the boot prom Bugger :-/. What im

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Matthew Fischer wrote: I am still seeing the same problems as usual on my Sunblade 100. linux -p ... Warning: unable to open initial console. Unimplemented SPARC system call 188. Unimplemented SPARC system call 188. Kernel pan

Re: SILO parameter proble

2005-02-17 Thread Steve Pacenka
On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 20:40 +0100, Howard Applesdale wrote: > Hi there, > > i've got a problem with my SS20 wich has stable-release fresh > installed: > after booting SILO complains about not found kernel-image. at SILO's > prompt i have the chance to fire my system with the following line up: > /

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Peter Dey
I too am still experiencing the same problem on my Ultra 10: Freeing initrd memory: 2905k freed cramfs: wrong magic Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00 Press L1-A to return to the boot prom Cheers, Peter At 03:29 AM 2/18/2005, Matthew Fischer wrote: I am still seein

Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-17 Thread Antonino A. Daplas
On Thursday 17 February 2005 22:16, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 17 February 2005 00:24, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > > Try this patch and let me know. > > > > > > video=atyfb:comp_sync:,vert_sync:,hor_sync: > > > > > > n = 0 (low), 1 (high) > > I've tested with the following combinations: > - a

Re: SILO parameter proble

2005-02-17 Thread Hendrik Sattler
Am Donnerstag, 17. Februar 2005 20:40 schrieb Howard Applesdale: > i've got a problem with my SS20 wich has stable-release fresh > installed: > after booting SILO complains about not found kernel-image. at SILO's > prompt i have the chance to fire my system with the following line up: > /iommu/sbus

missing ide-generic?

2005-02-17 Thread Matthew Fischer
I have tried about 10 different flavors of debian in an attempt to install my SPARC box. My issue is that none seem to come with ide-generic, and so the install doesnt find my IDE drive. Is this a known issue, and what is the suggested resolution? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

SILO parameter proble

2005-02-17 Thread Howard Applesdale
Hi there, i've got a problem with my SS20 wich has stable-release fresh installed: after booting SILO complains about not found kernel-image. at SILO's prompt i have the chance to fire my system with the following line up: /iommu/sbus/[EMAIL PROTECTED],40/[EMAIL PROTECTED],80/[EMAIL PROTE

OS on RAID

2005-02-17 Thread Arshavir Grigorian
Hi, I wondering whether it is possible to boot Debian off of a RAID5 partition. And if so, is it possible to set up such a system from the installer. It's a e450 machine with 20 hard drives and it would ideal to run everything on top RAID (vs having a system disk + data on RAID). This machine is

Re: New 2.4.27-2 kernel and d-i images available for sparc - testers wanted

2005-02-17 Thread Matthew Fischer
I am still seeing the same problems as usual on my Sunblade 100. linux -p ... Warning: unable to open initial console. Unimplemented SPARC system call 188. Unimplemented SPARC system call 188. Kernel panic: attempted to kill init.

Re: [atyfb] No display on Sparc Ultra 10 with kernel 2.6.10-rc2 or later

2005-02-17 Thread Frans Pop
On Thursday 17 February 2005 00:24, Antonino A. Daplas wrote: > > Try this patch and let me know. > > > > video=atyfb:comp_sync:,vert_sync:,hor_sync: > > > > n = 0 (low), 1 (high) I've tested with the following combinations: - append="video=atyfb:comp_sync:1,[EMAIL PROTECTED]" Works perfectly: c