Bug 2602

Summary:	Install fails using serial console (headless ss5)
Product:	[Retired] Red Hat Linux	Reporter:	chuck
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	David Lawrence <dkl>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	6.0	CC:	bneill, brian, edoutreleau, kirk, lars, marcm, pjones
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Hardware:	sparc
OS:	Linux
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Last Closed:	1999-06-02 09:47:30 UTC	Type:	---
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Description chuck 1999-05-06 15:50:26 UTC

tftp32.img fails to boot. Hangs at:
Writing inode tables: done Writing superblocks and
filesystem accounting information: done

boot command:

ok> boot net linux serial

Comment 1 bneill 1999-05-27 22:24:59 UTC

I get this problem on a SUN4U Sun Ultra 1 SBus (UltraSPARC 143MHz)
boot: linux serial
stops at
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
if I press CTRL-C, I get
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 00:00

Comment 2 Matt Wilson 1999-05-28 22:31:59 UTC

*** Bug 2993 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

I can't get a Sparc 5 to properly net boot from the
tftp32.img tftd image.

It starts to boot but fais with:

    RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block
0
    VFS: Mounted root
(romfsfilesystem).
    Warning: unable to open an initial console.

And it just hangs.

Booting off the 5.2 tftp boot image work fine.

------- Additional Comments From dlt  05/24/99 11:44 -------
I can't duplicate this one on sparc 10 and sparc 20.

------- Additional Comments From lars  05/24/99 17:40 -------
This looks like a duplicate of bug #2602.  I'll bet the user was
performing a headless install.

------- Additional Comments From marcm  05/25/99 00:25 -------
Yep, headless install on a SS%

Comment 3 David Miller 1999-06-02 09:47:59 UTC

Fixed in sparc install image errata.