Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2001 09:41:22 +0200 From: Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk@suse.de> Message-ID: <20010908094122.A28858@suse.de> Subject: Re: FW: [suse-sparc] SuSE Linux 7.3-beta1/SPARC
On Fri, Sep 07, Adam Skaffloth wrote:
> I tried the new beta version and ran into trouble.
>
> Tried to boot it on a Sparc Center 2000E (14x SM81-2),
> got Data Access Violation after Unpacking...
> Tried it on a Sparc Server 1000E (2x SM81), same.
> The 7.1 Version install boots fine on these machines.
> When I tried to install 7.1 on the 2000E I had first to
> degrade the memory under 4GB to get it to install (It has 5GB).
> Install works fine, after reboot it will just freeze when it should start
> the kernel.
> I guess it doesn't like to get into SMP Mode.
> Haven't tested it on the 1000E yet.
Sorry, I don't have access to any SPARC Center, so I cannot help you very
much with this ...
I have problems on some SPARCs to boot, but the tftp boot image works fine
on them. Please, could you try to boot over network and not from CD ?
> I tried the 7.3 on a SparcStation 20 (2x180Mhz HyperSparc) with the SX
> Graphics (24bit).
> It will fail to start the Yast2 Install, it hangs after I while,
> I do get a black screen with the Mouse X and that moves around.
Hm, I have a SS20 with 1x125Mhz and SX Graphics and it works fine.
How many memory do you have ?
If you switch to the other text consoles, are there error messages ?
What stands in /var/log/y2log ?
Thorsten
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