Re: New sparc64 installation images - 2016-02-24
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 7:11 PM, waz0wski <list@mass-distortion.net> wrote:
>> There have been issues reported with missing sunvdc/sunvnet modules.
>
> I tested in an LDOM via Solaris 11.3 on a T5220 and had this issue.
>
> The sunvdc/sunvnet modules are not probed/loaded from the installer, nor in the installed system.
> workaround: load modules from installer shell, post-install chroot into the installed system, add modules to /etc/initramfs-tools/modules and run update-initramfs -uv
> The Debian wiki mentions adding custom modules to the installer is possible[1], and it seems that the modules used to be there[2]
>
>
> No other issues with the installer, auto-partitioning (EXT4), etc were encountered
> Post-install, I see few other issues
>
> - no login presented on ldom console -- I see init messages[3], but no login prompt. workaround: install openssh-server from chroot before reboot
enable and start console-getty.service via systemctl
> - device initialization / fdisk logic issue[4] (line 13)
> - n2_crypto failures[5] (possibly due to my LDOM config, debugging)
the only part I touched kernel is n2rng module, and looking at [5] it
is successfully works. I've no idea about n2cp, but we could probably
try to debug...
> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Modify/CustomKernel
> [2] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=504702
> [3] http://paste.debian.net/403612
> [4] http://paste.debian.net/403282
> [5] http://paste.debian.net/403616
>
>> On Feb 25, 2016, at 1:39 AM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:
>> On 02/24/2016 08:37 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
>>> I just created fresh sparc64 installation images [1].
>>
>> There have been issues reported with missing sunvdc/sunvnet modules.
>>
>> However, I need more detailed feedback in order to investigate into
>> this. Thus, it would be great that anyone who has actually tested
>> the images could provide some detailed feedback on this thread.
>>
>> The more information I have, the easier it becomes to address
>> these issues.
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