Hi,

2019-05-09 works now well on my hppa C8000 [on boot, usage of IPL must be NO, else the installer crashes on hardware detection]
IPL no: installation successful, system boots (with and without IPL)

thanks a lot!!!

cheers,
Marco



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On Thursday, May 9, 2019 6:23 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

Hello!

I just uploaded updated installation images 2019-05-09 for the
following Debian Ports architectures:

- alpha
- hppa
- ia64
- m68k
- powerpc
- ppc64
- sh4
- sparc64

I uploaded both CD images [1] as well as netboot images [2].

Please test those images and report back over the mailing list for
the corresponding architecture.

Known issues:

- alpha
- There have been reports about missing firmware for storage devices.
The firmware required for these devices is located in the
"firmware-linux" and "firmware-linux-nonfree" packages but currently
don't have a floppy driver in debian-installer to load additional
firmware. I will figure out how to build CD images including firmware
similar to the images available for i386 and amd64.

- The images now includes the pata-modules package so users previously
missing PATA drivers should be able to install their machines now.

- hppa
- No known issues and changes.
- ia64
- The kernel might be unstable during install
(try passing "hardened_usercopy=off" at the boot prompt,
e.g. "install hardened_usercopy=off").

- If the machine locks up during boot with a radeon GPU,
try passing "modprobe_blacklist=radeon nomodeset".

- The installer has been switched to boot using GRUB now,
ELILO is no longer available.

- m68k
- The drivers for IDE hardware may have to be loaded manually, e.g.:
- modprobe pata_gayle
- modprobe pata_falcon
- There is no automatic installation of the bootloader yet,
users have to boot the kernel and initrd manually after
installation.

- powerpc/ppc64
- The bootloader installation still defaults to Yaboot and
is being switched to GRUB for IBM POWER and PowerMacs,
please report any issues you find.

- Unfortunately, upgrading the GRUB package will currently
render PowerMacs unbootable. See this thread for more:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2019/04/msg00165.html

- On some machines, the fans might produce a lot of noise,
this can be addressed by manually the windfarm kernel
modules:
- modprobe windfarm_core
- The installer has been switched to boot using GRUB now,
Yaboot is still in the archives but will be removed

- sh4
- There is no CD image, installation has to be performed
using the debian-installer images.

- Currently supported targets are Renesas SH-7785LCR and
SH-7751R, the latter should be identical to qemu-sh4.

- debian-installer for sh4 is completely untested, please
test with QEMU and report back.

- The filenames for kernel and initrd still contain an
old 2.6.32.5 kernel version. This can be ignored.

- sparc64
- Installation over a serial console is currently broken
on sparc64 due to a bug in the rootskel package
(can also be considered a kernel bug), see: #926539.
Use any image before 2019-04-06 as workaround.

- The installer has been switched to boot using GRUB now,
SILO is no longer available.

Important:

When reporting issues or bugs, please include the syslog
from your installation in the bug report/mail. The log
file can be access when switching to another console using
<Alt>+<Cursor> for normal installations or <Ctrl>+<a>+<n>

when installing over a serial console. I also need to know
what hardware was used, which installation steps (normal
vs. expert) and which image was used.

I am currently collecting bug reports but cannot push the fixes
immediately as the imminent Debian Buster release means that
debian-installer and components are effectively frozen.

Thanks,
Adrian

[1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-05-09/
[2] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-installer/

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Hi Adrian,

I just sucessfully installed a hppa B180L workstation.

Installation happened via serial console, since it seems the kernel has
a bug which hangs the machine when started via graphic console (STIcon and stifb).
I dropped the 2019-05-09 NETINST ISO image via "dd" to a second hard disc and installed from there, which worked.

Good work!

Helge


On 12.05.19 14:42, LX wrote:

2019-05-09 works now well on my hppa C8000 [on boot, usage of IPL must be NO, else the installer crashes on hardware detection]
IPL no: installation successful, system boots (with and without IPL)

‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
On Thursday, May 9, 2019 6:23 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

Hello!

I just uploaded updated installation images 2019-05-09 for the
following Debian Ports architectures:

- alpha
- hppa
- ia64
- m68k
- powerpc
- ppc64
- sh4
- sparc64

I uploaded both CD images [1] as well as netboot images [2].

Please test those images and report back over the mailing list for
the corresponding architecture.

Known issues:

..

- hppa
- No known issues and changes.

...

when installing over a serial console. I also need to know
what hardware was used, which installation steps (normal
vs. expert) and which image was used.

I am currently collecting bug reports but cannot push the fixes
immediately as the imminent Debian Buster release means that
debian-installer and components are effectively frozen.

Thanks,
Adrian

[1] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/2019-05-09/
[2] https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/debian-installer/

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Hi!

On 5/27/19 3:56 PM, Helge Deller wrote:

I just sucessfully installed a hppa B180L workstation.

Installation happened via serial console, since it seems the kernel has
a bug which hangs the machine when started via graphic console (STIcon and stifb).
I dropped the 2019-05-09 NETINST ISO image via "dd" to a second hard disc and installed from there, which worked.

Good to know it works! I will create a new howto at some point which explains how
to create installation images so that anyone can do that on their own when they want to test fixes for d-i or debian-cd.

I still haven't figured out yet how to include the missing firmware in debian-cd,
setting FORCE_FIRMWARE in debian-cd isn't enough as the Debian Ports mirror doesn't
include anything from the non-free section.

Adrian

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On 5/29/19 6:34 AM, Mike Hosken wrote:

The way I’ve got firmware on to my cds is via adding them to the local repo that the Debian-CD uses to build the installation media. It adds them to the CD if you force firmware and contrib. I took all the firmware-all.deb files from non-free and

contrib and added non-free and contrib to the local repo.

I don't have that possibility as I am building the images on Debian's official CD builder
machine, so I cannot use any custom hacks, it has to work with the official sources and
setup.

This means I have to add the functionality to debian-cd to pull the firmware from a
different mirror than the packages for the target architecture.

Adrian

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Hi Adrian,

The way I’ve got firmware on to my cds is via adding them to the local repo that the Debian-CD uses to build the installation media. It adds them to the CD if you force firmware and contrib. I took all the firmware-all.deb files from non-free and
contrib and added non-free and contrib to the local repo.

I have for found your CD works fine on my RP3440 but not on my c8000 due to firmware with the CD-ROM.

Sent from my iPhone

Mike

On 29/05/2019, at 15:22, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

Hi!

On 5/27/19 3:56 PM, Helge Deller wrote:
I just sucessfully installed a hppa B180L workstation.

Installation happened via serial console, since it seems the kernel has
a bug which hangs the machine when started via graphic console (STIcon and stifb).
I dropped the 2019-05-09 NETINST ISO image via "dd" to a second hard disc and
installed from there, which worked.

Good to know it works! I will create a new howto at some point which explains how
to create installation images so that anyone can do that on their own when they
want to test fixes for d-i or debian-cd.

I still haven't figured out yet how to include the missing firmware in debian-cd,
setting FORCE_FIRMWARE in debian-cd isn't enough as the Debian Ports mirror doesn't
include anything from the non-free section.

Adrian

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: :' : Debian Developer - glaubitz@debian.org
`. `' Freie Universitaet Berlin - glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de
`- GPG: 62FF 8A75 84E0 2956 9546 0006 7426 3B37 F5B5 F913

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