Package: installation-reports INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: 3-21-04 Sparc netboot snapshot. (http://people.debian.org/~jbailey/d-i/sparc/2004-03-21/sparc32/netboot/boot.img) uname -a: Linux superbob 2.4.24-sparc32 #1 Fri Jan 30 16:04:55 EST 2004 sparc GNU/Linux Date: Mar 21, 2004 Method: Netboot, rarp/tftp from my x86/sid workstation, squid cache Machine: SparcStation 20 Processor: SuperSparc-II Memory: 256M Root Device: 9G SCA SCSI /dev/sda1 Root Size/partition table: 1G /, 512M swap, rest LVM Output of lspci: pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci lspci: Cannot find any working access method. Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot worked: [O] Configure network HW: [O] Config network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [O] Create file systems: [O] Mount partitions: [O] Install base system: [O] Install boot loader: [O] Reboot: [O] Comments/Problems: * Very nice. There were a few questions of questionable value (Keyboard layout on a serial console), but excusable. * Backing out of a "Finish partitioning" takes you back to the main menu instead of back to the partitioner, losing your changes. * The disk I used had an MSDOS partition table on it, which the partitioner happilly used until I manually created a sun label with parted from a shell. I don't know if an MSDOS partition table would have been bootable so I just made the Sun label. It couldn't hurt to check for a valid partition table for the subarch your installing onto, if it doesn't allready. * After install baseconfig came up and did it's thing, though init was complaining about the gettys for the local console respawning because I don't have a local console on this box. * After base-config was done I didn't get login. No getty on the serial port. I was able to ssh in and write this email, so all is well. - Nick Lopez [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Randomly selected signature -- "The thing is: trying to be too generic is EVIL. It's stupid, it results in slower code, and it results in more bugs." -- Linus Torvalds -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
