Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:36:34 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Van Cleef <vancleef@microunity.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112041107240.3235-100000@arwin.microunity.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] modprobe error on installation
Hmm... I haven't seen any responses to this... Are Sparc5 and Sparc10
systems still considered to be supported? Or is the problem the fact
that I am trying to install using the serial console?
Here is the error from the Sparc10... which, by the way, is currently
running debian/testing without any problems.
[begin extract of log]
PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2
Linux version 2.2.20 (root@SPARC.suse.de) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
19990314/Li1
ARCH: SUN4M
TYPE: Sun4m SparcStation10/20
[... snip ...]
Partition check:
sda: sda1 sda2 sda3
sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3
md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4104
RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
Uncompressing.............................................done.
autodetecting RAID arrays
autorun ...
... autorun DONE.
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
Movikmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k shm, errno = 2
ng into tmpkmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k char-major-4, errno = 2
fs...>>> SuSE installation program v1.2 (c) 1996-2001 SuSE GmbH <<<
Starting hardware detection...
[end extract of log]
Bob
On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Bob Van Cleef wrote:
>
> Two new installations using Serial console of SuSE 7.3 from a CD set on
> both a Sparc10 and a Sparc5. Both cases failed with the very informative
> error message, "An error occurred during the installation!" YaST seems to
> run and allows me to set various options and to restart the installation,
> but the installation on both systems always fails.
>
> One poosible clue is the following modprobe error that appears during the
> boot cycle on both systems.
>
> [begin extract of log]
> PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2
> Linux version 2.2.20 (root@SPARC.suse.de) (gcc version egcs-2.91.66
> 19990314/Li1
> ARCH: SUN4M
> TYPE: SPARCstation 5
>
> [... snip ...]
>
> RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
> Uncompressing.............................................done.
> autodetecting RAID arrays
> autorun ...
> ... autorun DONE.
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> Movikmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k shm, errno = 2
> ng into tmpfs...>>> SuSE kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k
> char-major-42
> installation program v1.2 (c) 1996-2001 SuSE GmbH <<<
> Starting hardware detection...
> [end extract of log]
>
> Bob
>
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