Hello Jon, do you or someone reading this know how to change tabs in the installer on sparc64 in order to get to the logfile?
I am using a serial connection over screen to the machine, but sending ctrl+a + 1-4 will not change the tabs? Regards, Connor On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 6:46 PM Stan Johnson <user...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > On 7/12/22 8:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote: > > Hello again, > > > > i had mixed results for now with the installation on a T1000 using the > > dd'ed netinstall iso. > > > > All went seemingly well until suddenly some files on the debian > > mirrors could not be found and i had to ignore it and went with a base > > system. > > The message was "Downloading a file failed" during the step "Configure > > the package manager". > > I'm not sure how to fix that. As I recall, the default location for the > mirrors worked the last time I installed Debian SID. > > I'm using this now for my /etc/apt/sources.list: > > # binary default > deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unstable main > deb http://incoming.ports.debian.org/buildd/ unstable main > deb http://ftp.ports.debian.org/debian-ports/ unreleased main > > # contrib and non-free arch:all packages (i.e. firmware) > deb [arch=all] http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable contrib non-free > > # source > deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable main > deb-src http://incoming.debian.org/debian-buildd/ buildd-unstable main > > > > > Then at the end it could not install grub to the target hdd. Message > > was "The 'grub-ieee1275' package failed to install into /target/. > > > > How can i find the cause of it and manually correct it and install > > grub from the rescue system? > > I use SILO, so I'm not able to help. I did test a default installation a > few months ago that included GRUB, and that worked on my Ultra-30. > > Adrian usually asks which installation CD you are using and for a copy > of the installation log. > > > (also does anyone know the key combination to switch console tabs in > > the installer when the serial connection runs over the screen > > utility?) > > > > Regards, > > Connor > > > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 5:43 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6p...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > >> > >> Sorry..obvious error in my last post, resulting from a cut-paste-mix > >> of a grub2 iso-boot tutorial... > >> "casper" should be "install"...or wherever the kernel and initrd > >> reside in the iso. > >> > >> linux (loop)/install/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash > >> initrd (loop)/install/casper/initrd.gz > >> > >> Regards, > >> Connor > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 6, 2022 at 4:42 PM Connor McLaughlan <cont6p...@gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> Thank you Stan, this looks promising and easy enough. > >>> > >>> Another method i found working, but not as convenient as the above, is > >>> to install grub2 on another system with a working cdrom and then to > >>> add an iso residing on an existing partition as menuenty in grub. > >>> The only difference compared to x86/64 are the needed modules and the > >>> adressing of the drive, like: > >>> > >>> menuentry "Debian ISO" { > >>> set isofile="/path/to/file/name-of-iso-file-.iso" > >>> insmod gzio > >>> insmod part_sun > >>> insmod <yourfilesystem_needed e.g. ext2/xfs> > >>> > >>> loopback loop (ieee1275/disk, sun1)$isofile > >>> echo "Starting $isofile..." > >>> linux (loop)/casper/vmlinux iso-scan/filename=${isofile} quiet splash > >>> initrd (loop)/casper/initrd.gz > >>> } > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Connor > >>> > >>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2022 at 11:46 PM Stan Johnson <user...@yahoo.com> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> On 7/5/22 9:15 AM, Connor McLaughlan wrote: > >>>>> Hello, > >>>>> > >>>>> is there a sparc64 debian installer image available somewhere that i > >>>>> could write with dd to a hdd/ssd and boot from it? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Regards, > >>>>> Connor > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Hi Connor, > >>>> > >>>> As I recall, the last time I tried to install Debian SID from the Debian > >>>> installer CD, it did not recognize my CD drive (despite having just > >>>> booted the CD from that drive). So I copied the entire installation CD > >>>> to a spare 1 GB disk (something like "dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/dev/sdb > >>>> bs=64k"). I was then able to boot from that disk and proceeded to a full > >>>> installation. My existing installation was Debian 7.8, which was able to > >>>> recognize the CD drive. > >>>> > >>>> -Stan > >