Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-24 Thread Bob Tracy
On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 09:07:09AM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:41:17PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > > Trying the 20181120 minimal installation CD fails due to the firmware > > for the Qlogic ISP1020 (1040.bin) SCSI adapter not being present, either > > as built-in to the

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-23 Thread Michael Cree
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:41:17PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: > Trying the 20181120 minimal installation CD fails due to the firmware > for the Qlogic ISP1020 (1040.bin) SCSI adapter not being present, either > as built-in to the kernel or as a standalone file. No firmware means no > hard disks

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-23 Thread Bob Tracy
Just a quick update, and hopefully there's a Gentoo advocate/developer reading this... Trying the 20181120 minimal installation CD fails due to the firmware for the Qlogic ISP1020 (1040.bin) SCSI adapter not being present, either as built-in to the kernel or as a standalone file. No firmware

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-22 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
On 11/22/18 8:58 AM, Helge Deller wrote: > This is, because that's the way the installer images are being built > on the original build servers with the unmodified scripts/tools. > If you want the build process to be able to work with caching proxies, > someone needs to do modifications and bring

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-21 Thread Helge Deller
Hi Michael, On 22.11.18 06:34, Michael Cree wrote: On Wed, Nov 21, 2018 at 02:53:30PM -0600, Bob Tracy wrote: On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 04:12:27PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: I can unfortunately not build updated installer images for Alpha since I don't have an Alpha porterbox

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-21 Thread Bob Tracy
On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 04:12:27PM +0100, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote: > I can unfortunately not build updated installer images for Alpha since I > don't have an Alpha porterbox available where I can build the debian-installer > package for Alpha. > > I do have two AlphaStation 233 sitting in

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-07 Thread John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Hello! On 11/6/18 1:36 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote: > I believe since then no newer installer image for Alpha was produced. I can unfortunately not build updated installer images for Alpha since I don't have an Alpha porterbox available where I can build the debian-installer package for Alpha. I do

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-07 Thread Bob Tracy
On Tue, Nov 06, 2018 at 01:36:45PM +0100, Frank Scheiner wrote: > sorry, looks like I missed your mails to the debian-alpha list until now. Not a problem. As a temporary workaround, I've got an "amd64" "testing" distro loaded on a spare i5-based system. We have time to explore options and

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-06 Thread Frank Scheiner
Dear Bob, sorry, looks like I missed your mails to the debian-alpha list until now. On 11/2/18 19:56, Bob Tracy wrote: Additional info... Frank Scheiner reported similar badness on his PWS back in March of 2017. See the "debian-alpha" archive link:

[alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-02 Thread Bob Tracy
Quick background info: I'm having to do a "from scratch" install on my PWS 433au (miata) due to a SCSI disk failure. The Debian 9.0 NETINST image (from "http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/9.0/alpha/iso-cd/;) seems to boot ok from SRM (>>> b dka[device_spec]) and takes me to the usual "aboot"

Re: [alpha] Debian 9.0 NETINST fails

2018-11-02 Thread Bob Tracy
(Dyslexia-related failure on original copy to Michael) On Fri, Nov 02, 2018 at 01:41:51PM -0500, Bob Tracy wrote: > Quick background info: I'm having to do a "from scratch" install on my > PWS 433au (miata) due to a SCSI disk failure. > > The Debian 9.0 NETINST image (from >