Frederik, > -- Original Message -- > From: Frederik Dannemare <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Joel Soete" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 02:20:21 +0200 > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: d-i dated 2004 07 13 failled to boot on a sparc sunblade 100 > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi Joel > > On Wednesday 14 July 2004 16:10, Joel Soete wrote: > > Hello Frederik, > > > > [...] > > > > > > Finaly I download the last sarges-netinstall.iso dated of this > > > > 2004 07 13 where the kernel (the 2.4.26) panic also because: > > > > [...] > > > > RAMDISK:Couldn't find valid RAM Disk image starting at 0. > > > > ... > > > > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs. > > > > > > > > Any idea (boot net?)? > > > > > > You probably tried the sarge_d-i branch: > > > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/20040713/sa > > >rge-sparc-netinst.iso > > > > There was in fact in: > > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/sparc/ tree > > :) > > I believe they are the same. > > > > Try instead the sid_d-i branch: > > > http://gluck.debian.org/cdimage/testing/sid_d-i/sparc/20040713/sarg > > >e-sparc-netinst.iso > > > > > > Let us know if it works. > > > > And just launch it but still failled at the same place with same > > message (Kernel > > panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs.) > > > > umm as said, i am not familiar with d-i (that is a long time that I > > installed my woody pc and pre-woody hppa boxes, so I don't remember > > all details :( ), but I don't understand this message: just after > > "ENTER" to start the install a ramdisk is well found and loaded, then > > during the load of the kernel, > > this one tries again to load (i suppose another) ramdisk which this > > time it doesn't find? > > > > The questions are: > > a) does it need this second ramdisk? > > b) if yes where is it supposed to look for on the cd, in the first > > ramdisk? > > I'm no expert on d-i. I just assumed that you would have more luck using > > sid_d-i, since there have been made some recent progress to these > images that allowed me and other to get past a kernel panic that looks
> similar to yours > (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=254808 and other > similar reports). > > I think the best think you can do is to provide a complete dump of the > entire boot process (e.g. using a serial console, if you have a serial > cable for this purpose). This should reveal every little detail that > may help the d-i developers on this mailinglist (maybe debian-sparc > will be interested as well). > Wel okl, I am not a Sun expert but on hppa box, it's enough to unplug mouse/kbd to force the pdc (the pc-bios equivalent) to switch it's console to the serial port 1. Is it the same for a sunblade or do I have to change something in the openboot config? Thanks again, Joel --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiscali ADSL LIGHT, 19,95 EUR/mois pendant 6 mois, c'est le moment de faire le pas! http://reg.tiscali.be/default.asp?lg=fr
