Package: installation-reports Debian-installer-version: sarge sparc netinst 20040315 uname -a: N/A Date: 20040327 Method: Netinstall NATed but non proxied
Machine: Sun SparcStation 5 Processor: Fujitsu TurboSparc MB86907 Memory: 192 MB Root Device: 2GB SCSI disk Root Size/partition table: N/A Output of lspci: N/A Base System Installation Checklist: Initial boot worked: [E] Configure network HW: [ ] Config network: [ ] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [ ] Detect hard drives: [ ] Partition hard drives: [ ] Create file systems: [ ] Mount partitions: [ ] Install base system: [ ] Install boot loader: [ ] Reboot: [ ] [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Comments/Problems: I tried to boot off the CD to make a clean Debian Sarge install on a sparcstation with an openbsd install on it. SILO boot ok, kernel started to boot then I got the following kernel panic : VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) Mounted devfs on /dev VFS: cannot open root device "" or 00:00 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel Panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 00:00 I wasn't able to go any further.
