some ramdisk questions
I tried to use several versions of rescue and boot disks to install Debian from disks for a Sparc 1+ (8MB RAM). 1. When the installation process tries to load the rescue disk, the following is reported: 16 RAM disks of 4096k size Is 16 correct? If not, how can I change this. (I checked ramdisk.txt, but couldn't find any options for this.) 2. At the SUN prompt, I type b fd(0). Is this correct? 3. At the SILO prompt, I type linux or linux root=/dev/fd0. Is this correct? Ciao Sven
Re: Partitioning SparcStation
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On my IPX, there are some options in the PROM environment that have to do with the boot process. Key in `printenv' at the PROM console prompt (ok) and go from there. I'm afraid I can't step through my machine right now. Thanks to everyone that responded. It turned out to be a combination of several suggestions people gave me. The solution was to enter setenv boot-device disk1:1 Now it reboots with no manual intervention. Even though this is an older SparcStation, I am *very* happy with the machine and how Debian runs on it! Thank you everyone. Fraser P.S. Perhaps this should be added to the Debian-SPARC install manual?
Audio?
Hey everyone... I *finally* got audio working on my Ultra10 here at school. The 2.2.14 kernel seems to have done the trick. However, I am unable to do anymore then play basic audio via sox/play. When I try to use freeamp or xmms the audio is all static. Anyone have any ideas? chris -- ^^ chris mckillop - [EMAIL PROTECTED]The faster I go, the behinder I get. Debian GNU/Linux -- Lewis Carroll http://www.debian.org/ Waterloo Aerial Robotics Group - http://ece.uwaterloo.ca/~warg/ pgpLJGsowSt6w.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: New set of sparc boot disks
Quoting Ben Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The new set of disks are at: ftp://marcus.debian.net/pub/debian/disks-sparc/current I have a sparc 1+ and I wasn't able to boot it using the image for sparc4cdm. It hangs after loading the kernel after displaying the message Booting Linux I think it is a kernel problem because I installed the kernel binary package for 2.2.14 and it gave me the same error when booting from the HD. I then downloaded the kernel source, configured and compiled it, and installed in the HD, and it booted just fine. I decided then to write the new kernel on top of the the kernel in the boot disk, and now I can boot from it without any problems. I couldn't use the config file in /boot that came with 2.2.14.deb, though. There is a compilation error in ip_fw.c, something about undefined data member in struct skbuf. This didn't show up when I did my own configuration, most likely because I uncommented something. Since the process of runnning make dep make takes quite some time, I've given up recompiling the kernel without some hints first to avoid this particular error. Do I have to apply a patch to the stock kernel in order to compile it? Anyway, my guess is that the kernel was compiled with some option which is halting the boot process in my sparc 1+ (and a few others as I've seen in this list). I also tried the tftpboot.img but it was of no help. It hang with Data Access Exception error after loading the file. The disks set from sparc4c went a little further but after loading the root FS it hang with a message /etc/init.d/rcS: Cannot create /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe: directory non existent I checked using the second virtual console and the file in fact did not exist. Well, that's what I tried. If there is something else I could try and missed it, please let me know. Cheers, -- Hermano Cabral
New set of sparc boot disks
I am new to Linux for Sparc. I have 5 Sparc's sitting idle, two SparcStation LX's and 3 SparcStation 1s. Using Potato Boot Disks 2.2.14 of 6 Jan 2000 build I was finally able to get Linux working on both types, but only by using the rescue floppies, root and then burning a CD with BASE2_2.tgz with the required file structure. Today I tried the 15 Jan build on the LX. I have it running, but with many problems! The LX I tried has a floppy, SUN+ external CDROM (Sony CDU-561), ROM Rev 2.9 +32Mb RAM. 850Mb Quantum HD Things I observed or had to play with to get running with the sun4c Rescue disk, and an all floppy install. --The Unhidden S option was sure nice to see plus the way it partitioned the hard drive was great. --The autoconfigure hard drive settings were way off, not one setting correct. --With the first rescue disk Floppy 0: Warning-disk change called early. Seems to happen all the time if I remember back. --Large Font Looks Great ,but pages loaded like an old 150-300 baud modem. Plus when moving down menus the text overlaps, the margins tear and jump from Left, Right and Back to center all at the same time. --In Install Kernel Modules menu, BLOCK cursor is one line high so you end up with the wrong selection. This was not a problem once I caught on, but this one line out problem changes from menu to menu throughout the install. --At Install Kernel and Modules it asks for the Rescue Disk, I assumed sun4c since that was the disk I started with but received Message sun4c Rescue not correct. Wanted sun4cdm rescue disk. Instructions not specific enough. --message /target/sun4cdm/drivers.tgz no such file or directory. Used vt2 and created required directory and install continued. --Installing modules, BLOCK cursor now on correct line. When at loading modules menu should have an arrow or more or something to indicated the menu has more items out of site below. --Install Network menu, cursor one line high --At Make Boot Floppy shows Formatting Floppy -- then Problem-- Creation of Boot floppy failed--tried many times end up always going back to create boot floppy. Even selecting Reboot option on menu sends me to Create Boot Floppy! Use vt2; mount showed only /dev/sda1 and /proc on/ proc type (rw). All attempts to mount the floppy failed. --could not escape, used STOP-A to get out of setup. --Using sun4cdm Rescue and linux root=/dev/sda1 system rebooted. --Task Installer V0.1 was just a blank screen- no options listed; with enter was put in dselect program. --Still could not mount floppy; mount fd0 gives can't find etc/fstab or /etc/mtap Same two devices as mentioned above mounted. Did not try to install programs yet. Will try sun4cdm rescue first on the LX and try both on SS1's. Will also burn CD with base2_2.tgz to try. Hope this helps. Peter Myers
Re: New set of sparc boot disks
--Large Font Looks Great ,but pages loaded like an old 150-300 baud modem. Plus when moving down menus the text overlaps, the margins tear and jump from Left, Right and Back to center all at the same time. Odd, what framebuffer is this? --At Install Kernel and Modules it asks for the Rescue Disk, I assumed sun4c since that was the disk I started with but received Message sun4c Rescue not correct. Wanted sun4cdm rescue disk. Instructions not specific enough. This is specific in the README. --message /target/sun4cdm/drivers.tgz no such file or directory. Used vt2 and created required directory and install continued. Others have reported the same problem, I'll have this fixed on the next run. --could not escape, used STOP-A to get out of setup. Also a know problem, looking into this aswell --Task Installer V0.1 was just a blank screen- no options listed; with enter was put in dselect program. This is because it downloads stable package listings, which do not contain any of the task- metapackages. I'm not sure how to get around this right now since potato is currently frozen. You could probably modify etc/apt/sources.list in base2_2.tgz manually. --Still could not mount floppy; mount fd0 gives can't find etc/fstab or /etc/mtap Same two devices as mentioned above mounted. use the -n option for mount, see how that works. Thanks for the comments. -- ---===-=-==-=---==-=-- / Ben Collins -- ...on that fantastic voyage... -- Debian GNU/Linux \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=--===-=-=-=-===-==---=--=---'
