Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 08:39:50 -0800 (PST) From: Bob Van Cleef <vancleef@microunity.com> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0112060836030.4956-100000@arwin.microunity.com> Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] modprobe error on installation
Hmmm.... Looks like I'll stick with Debian - Not a single response to
either of these messages.... Based on the one previous message about
errors on the secondary console screens, I suspect my lack of diagnostics
is related to the use of the serial console.
On Tue, 4 Dec 2001, Bob Van Cleef wrote:
>
> 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
> >
>
>
-- ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> ><> Bob Van Cleef, Systems Administrator (408) 734-8100 MicroUnity, Inc. FAX (408) 734-8136 376 Martin Ave., Santa Clara, CA 95050 vancleef@microunity.com-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-sparc-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-sparc-help@suse.com
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.0 : Thu Dec 06 2001 - 08:38:14 PST