[Qemu-devel] sparc-softmmu debian netinst fails

[Qemu-devel] sparc-softmmu debian netinst fails

[Lonnie Mendez]

   Hi.  A few months ago I was able to successfully install from a
debian sparc netinst iso.  This doesn't seem to be possible now as the
install hangs right after the Detecting Hardware dialogue (after asking
for hostname and domain).  The screen will change from the usual blue
background/light grey foreground to completely black display.  The iso
is linked below.

   I used `qemu-system-sparc -hda deb-sparc.img -cdrom
debian-31r5-sparc-netinst.iso -localtime -nographic -boot d` to try the
install again on the same linux x86 host.

http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/3.1_r5/sparc/iso-cd/debian-31r5-sparc-netinst.iso

Re: [Qemu-devel] sparc-softmmu debian netinst fails

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Sat, Mar 24, 2007 at 03:37:32PM -0500, Lonnie Mendez wrote:
>    Hi.  A few months ago I was able to successfully install from a
> debian sparc netinst iso.  This doesn't seem to be possible now as the
> install hangs right after the Detecting Hardware dialogue (after asking
> for hostname and domain).  The screen will change from the usual blue
> background/light grey foreground to completely black display.  The iso
> is linked below.
> 

Which version of qemu do you use?

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Re: [Qemu-devel] sparc-softmmu debian netinst fails

[Lonnie Mendez]

   Going back and testing previous netinst isos:

debian-31r1a-sparc-netinst - OK
debian-31r2-sparc-netinst - OK
debian-31r3-sparc-netinst - OK (sunlance load failed - forced to choose
no network card to continue)
debian-31r4-sparc-netinst - X (sunlance load failed)
debian-31r5-sparc-netinst - X (sunlance load failed)

It is possible I used one of the first the installers and this is a
problem with the recent debian installers.  In which case sorry for the
noise.

Re: [Qemu-devel] sparc-softmmu debian netinst fails

[Aurelien Jarno]

Lonnie Mendez a écrit :
>    Going back and testing previous netinst isos:
> 
> debian-31r1a-sparc-netinst - OK
> debian-31r2-sparc-netinst - OK
> debian-31r3-sparc-netinst - OK (sunlance load failed - forced to choose
> no network card to continue)
> debian-31r4-sparc-netinst - X (sunlance load failed)
> debian-31r5-sparc-netinst - X (sunlance load failed)
> 
> It is possible I used one of the first the installers and this is a
> problem with the recent debian installers.  In which case sorry for the
> noise.
> 

Starting with Debian 3.1r3, the kernel has been updated. The problem may
comes from here.

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