On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 11:55:54AM +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Hello, > > In http://bugs.debian.org/589891 Axel Beckert reports that the latest > SILO in sid (1.4.14+git20100228-1) does not work on his Ultrasparc 10 > box. Can anyone with the same hardware confirm this? It works fine on > my machine and so far I haven't seen any failure reports like this.
Hello I saw a similar message at startup after a dist-upgrade. The boot sequence terminates before SILO starts with an MMU error. > If you are willing to test, simply upgrade to the latest sid and > report whether your machine still boots. A report of a fresh install > on Ultrasparc 10 would also be an interesting data point (note that > due to a partitioner bug all partitions are currently created in size > multiple of 16G - see http://bugs.debian.org/579948 for details). I did resurrect the machine with an installation CD. I did see that the original /etc/silo.conf had been replaced, though /boot/silo.conf appeared as before the upgrade. Steps I took to rescue were... 1. Boot from installation CD and enter rescue mode. 2. Set language and keyboard. 3. Use previous swap partition and mount previous linux partition. 4. Execute a shell. 5. cp /target/boot/silo.conf /target/etc/silo.conf 6. type "silo --help" 7. Then "silo -r /target -f" # note from memory - caveat user! 8. reboot > Best regards. > -- > Jurij Smakov [email protected] Bob -- "If you propose to speak, always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?" -- Buddha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
