Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
* Giuseppe Sacco giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org [2009-01-24 23:43]: Il giorno sab, 24/01/2009 alle 20.57 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto: [...] However, just for the record: adding pci(0) in all cases is a bad idea since it will break the Indy. So if adding pci(0) is needed (and from what you say this may not be true), we should only do it on IP32. I confirm it is not compulsory since I am booting the O2 every day without the pci(0) part. So can this bug report be closed? -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Il giorno sab, 07/03/2009 alle 22.22 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto: * Giuseppe Sacco giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org [2009-01-24 23:43]: Il giorno sab, 24/01/2009 alle 20.57 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto: [...] However, just for the record: adding pci(0) in all cases is a bad idea since it will break the Indy. So if adding pci(0) is needed (and from what you say this may not be true), we should only do it on IP32. I confirm it is not compulsory since I am booting the O2 every day without the pci(0) part. So can this bug report be closed? I think so, since the other reported problem is now on a different report #510130. Bye, Giuseppe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
* Giuseppe Sacco giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org [2009-01-14 12:11]: Later on, I halted the system, plugged in the pci card again, booted and looked at those values. They were still without the pci(0) part and the system booted correctly. So, I think something changed these values, maybe because I had this pci board installed, but the variables value doesn't require the pci(0), at least until you boot using the internal controller :-) Pretty strange that it didn't fail to boot initially then. BTW, I looked at my local docs for IP32 and I in fact used the pci(0) parameter. However, since my IP32 is dead, I cannot do any further tests. However, just for the record: adding pci(0) in all cases is a bad idea since it will break the Indy. So if adding pci(0) is needed (and from what you say this may not be true), we should only do it on IP32. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Il giorno sab, 24/01/2009 alle 20.57 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto: [...] However, just for the record: adding pci(0) in all cases is a bad idea since it will break the Indy. So if adding pci(0) is needed (and from what you say this may not be true), we should only do it on IP32. I confirm it is not compulsory since I am booting the O2 every day without the pci(0) part. Bye, Giuseppe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Il giorno mer, 31/12/2008 alle 16.54 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto: * Giuseppe Sacco giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org [2008-12-29 01:36]: ... installation goes to the end and print this message about PROM: xsetenv SystemPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8) a x xsetenv OSLoadPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0) a x xsetenv OSLoader arcboota x xsetenv OSLoadFilename Linuxa x then rebooted the machine, but I found that first two variables are missing a pci(0) in front. Correct values seems to be: setenv SystemPartition pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8) setenv OSLoadPartition pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0) I'm pretty sure it worked without pci(0) for me. I guess you need the pci(0) because your O2 has some PCI cards in it whereas mine didn't. Thomas, do you think this is correct? And is the SCSI controller always pci(0)? If so, I can add this to the message. I just removed the PCI card and found the very same values. This is probably normal since these values where stored when then pci card was inserted. Then I changed both values removing the pci(0) part and the system booted correctly. Later on, I halted the system, plugged in the pci card again, booted and looked at those values. They were still without the pci(0) part and the system booted correctly. So, I think something changed these values, maybe because I had this pci board installed, but the variables value doesn't require the pci(0), at least until you boot using the internal controller :-) Bye, Giuseppe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
* Giuseppe Sacco giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org [2008-12-29 01:36]: ... installation goes to the end and print this message about PROM: xsetenv SystemPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8) a x xsetenv OSLoadPartition scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0) a x xsetenv OSLoader arcboota x xsetenv OSLoadFilename Linuxa x then rebooted the machine, but I found that first two variables are missing a pci(0) in front. Correct values seems to be: setenv SystemPartition pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(8) setenv OSLoadPartition pci(0)scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(0) I'm pretty sure it worked without pci(0) for me. I guess you need the pci(0) because your O2 has some PCI cards in it whereas mine didn't. Thomas, do you think this is correct? And is the SCSI controller always pci(0)? If so, I can add this to the message. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
On Monday 29 December 2008, Giuseppe Sacco wrote: Comments/Problems: 0) only the internal ethernet board is recognized. The network pci board is not found by the first kernel. It is found after reboot with a final kernel; Please try to find out why by comparing the output of lsmod and dmesg for the installer and installed system. My guess would be that maybe a module is missing in D-I. 1) fdisk give errors when creating a second partition (I found a workaround) 2) an unexistant partition 17 is displayed in partition list when selecting partition usage 4) information about PROM is slightly wrong These should probably be discussed on the debian-mips mailing list as it is a port-specific issue (IIRC mips is the only port that does not use partman). Please make sure that any results are either implemented by the porters directly or communicated clearly to the D-I team. 3) no LVM and device mapper available at installation time (no big problem, I think) If mips does not use partman I think lvmcfg can be loaded as an optional component. I'm not sure whether or not it should be loaded by default. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
* Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl [2008-12-29 09:26]: 0) only the internal ethernet board is recognized. The network pci board is not found by the first kernel. It is found after reboot with a final kernel; Please try to find out why by comparing the output of lsmod and dmesg for the installer and installed system. My guess would be that maybe a module is missing in D-I. We don't include any network modules, except for the one that's built-in on the O2. This could easily be changes post-lenny if there's sufficient interest. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Il giorno lun, 29/12/2008 alle 10.32 +0100, Martin Michlmayr ha scritto: * Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl [2008-12-29 09:26]: 0) only the internal ethernet board is recognized. The network pci board is not found by the first kernel. It is found after reboot with a final kernel; Please try to find out why by comparing the output of lsmod and dmesg for the installer and installed system. My guess would be that maybe a module is missing in D-I. We don't include any network modules, except for the one that's built-in on the O2. This could easily be changes post-lenny if there's sufficient interest. I am afraid, there will be no interest at all, since O2 are now rare and they have a built-in network card. The only problem I really care, related to this report, is the fdisk error. I am looking at its source code to check if I find the bug. Bye, Giuseppe -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Il giorno lun, 29/12/2008 alle 10.38 +0100, Giuseppe Sacco ha scritto: [...] The only problem I really care, related to this report, is the fdisk error. I am looking at its source code to check if I find the bug. I just found this problem and reported it against util-linux as bug #510130. I will try to understand the second important problem: why d-i is listing partition number 17. Whenever #510130 will be closed, I'll write a note here, so that d-i image could be regenerated with a corrected fdisk command Bye, Giuseppe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Package: installation-reports Boot method: network via tftp Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/mips/jigdo-dvd/debian-testing-mips-DVD-1.jigdo Date: 29 December 2008 Machine: Silicon Graphics O2 Processor: r5...@200mhz Memory: 384Mb Partitions: sgi:~# cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name 8 0 71819496 sda 8 13204967 sda1 8 2 803250 sda2 8 3 67802332 sda3 8 9 2048 sda9 811 71818582 sda11 816 17847430 sdb 817 17842176 sdb1 825 5120 sdb9 827 17847296 sdb11 Output of lspci -knn (or lspci -nn): ~ # lspci -knn 00:01.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AIC-7880U [9004:8078] Kernel driver in use: aic7xxx 00:02.0 SCSI storage controller [0100]: Adaptec AIC-7880U [9004:8078] Kernel driver in use: aic7xxx 00:03.0 PCI bridge [0604]: NetMos Technology Device [9710:9250] (rev 01) 01:08.0 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) 01:08.1 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB [1033:0035] (rev 43) 01:08.2 USB Controller [0c03]: NEC Corporation USB 2.0 [1033:00e0] (rev 04) 01:09.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Agere Systems FW323 [11c1:5811] (rev 61) 01:0a.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet [10ec:8169] (rev 10) Base System Installation Checklist: [O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it Initial boot: [O] Detect network card:[O] Configure network: [O] Detect CD: [ ] Load installer modules: [O] Detect hard drives: [O] Partition hard drives: [E] Install base system:[O] Clock/timezone setup: [O] User/password setup:[O] Install tasks: [O] Install boot loader:[O] Overall install:[O] Comments/Problems: summary: 0) only the internal ethernet board is recognized. The network pci board is not found by the first kernel. It is found after reboot with a final kernel; 1) fdisk give errors when creating a second partition (I found a workaround) 2) an unexistant partition 17 is displayed in partition list when selecting partition usage 3) no LVM and device mapper available at installation time (no big problem, I think) 4) information about PROM is slightly wrong installation details: booted with: bootp(): append=console=ttyS0,38400 debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated=true Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8941 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes - partitions - Pt#Device Info Start End Sectors Id System 1: /dev/sda1 boot 1 8940 143621100 83 Linux native 9: /dev/sda2 0 0 4096 0 SGI volhdr 11: /dev/sda3 0 8940 143637165 6 SGI volume - Bootinfo - Bootfile: /unix - Directory Entries - 0: arcbootsector4 size 72492 Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-16): 11 Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-16): 9 Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-16): 1 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8941 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes - partitions - Pt#Device Info Start End Sectors Id System - Bootinfo - Bootfile: /unix - Directory Entries - 0: arcbootsector4 size 72492 Command (m for help): n Partition number (1-16): 1 Attempting to generate entire disk entry automatically. First cylinder (1-8940, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder (1-8940, default 8940): 2000 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda (SGI disk label): 255 heads, 63 sectors, 8941 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes - partitions - Pt#Device Info Start End Sectors Id System 1: /dev/sda1 boot 1 2000 3213 83 Linux native 9: /dev/sda2 0 0 4096 0 SGI volhdr 11: /dev/sda3 0 8940 143637165 6 SGI volume - Bootinfo - Bootfile: /unix - Directory Entries - 0: arcbootsector4 size 72492 Command (m for help): n Partition number (1-16): 2 First cylinder (1-0): 1 Value out of range. First cylinder (1-0): 0 Value out of range. First cylinder (1-0): 2001
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Quoting Giuseppe Sacco (giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org): Package: installation-reports Boot method: network via tftp Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/mips/jigdo-dvd/debian-testing-mips-DVD-1.jigdo Have you tested with the daily builds ? signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#510060: installation report for lenny d-i rc1 on silicon graphics O2
Il giorno lun, 29/12/2008 alle 08.06 +0100, Christian Perrier ha scritto: Quoting Giuseppe Sacco (giuse...@eppesuigoccas.homedns.org): Package: installation-reports Boot method: network via tftp Image version: http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/lenny_di_rc1/mips/jigdo-dvd/debian-testing-mips-DVD-1.jigdo Have you tested with the daily builds ? not yet. I will test it tonight. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
