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  • Updated installation images for Debian Ports 2019-05-09

    From Darren Goossens@21:1/5 to glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de on Mon May 13 02:00:01 2019
    On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 2:23 AM John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> wrote:

    Hello!

    *snip*

    * 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.

    Hi, just summarising my experience with latest (10 May) media. I have
    an AlphaServer 1200 with a couple of SCSI HDD and a couple of IDE HDD
    running off a PCI card. It also has a SCSI CDROM and an IDE CD/DVD,
    the latter running off the same PCI card.

    I burned 2 copies of the CD image and put one in each CD drive. The
    SRM console can only boot the SCSI drives, and I could successfully
    boot the CD. When it got to the point of scanning for hardware, the
    installer found the disc in the IDE CDROM (but not the SCSI drive) and
    was able to continue the installation by using the second disc. It
    found the Ethernet (tulip) as well.

    When it came to disk partitioning, the installer could see the IDE
    HDDs but not the SCSI ones. I was able to install onto the IDE drives
    but since SRM cannot boot them that's not a full solution.

    As previously, the installer asked me to install firmware from
    removable media, in this case qlogic/1040.bin, and at some point I was
    some output mentioning missing qla1280. So these SCSI firmware seem to
    be the only real issue at the moment, assuming the required kernel
    modules are also available.

    Sorry for not posting logs. I could I guess post them by booting the
    Debian 5.0 disk and mounting the one I am trying to install Deb 10 to.
    If you think that would be any use, tell me. I don't want to fill up
    the list with redundant material.

    Thanks again for all the effort going into keeping Alphas alive!

    Darren

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  • From John Paul Adrian Glaubitz@21:1/5 to Darren Goossens on Mon May 13 08:20:01 2019
    Hello!

    On 5/13/19 1:53 AM, Darren Goossens wrote:
    I burned 2 copies of the CD image and put one in each CD drive. The
    SRM console can only boot the SCSI drives, and I could successfully
    boot the CD. When it got to the point of scanning for hardware, the
    installer found the disc in the IDE CDROM (but not the SCSI drive) and
    was able to continue the installation by using the second disc. It
    found the Ethernet (tulip) as well.

    Not sure what you mean by second disc? The installer image is a NETINST
    ISO, it only comes on one disc.

    When it came to disk partitioning, the installer could see the IDE
    HDDs but not the SCSI ones. I was able to install onto the IDE drives
    but since SRM cannot boot them that's not a full solution.

    Yes, that's because of missing firmware. As I said, I am working on that.

    As previously, the installer asked me to install firmware from
    removable media, in this case qlogic/1040.bin, and at some point I was
    some output mentioning missing qla1280. So these SCSI firmware seem to
    be the only real issue at the moment, assuming the required kernel
    modules are also available.

    No, there is also an issue with vim not being installable because it
    didn't build on the buildds and had to build it manually. I have done
    that and that issue will be fixed, too. I noticed that issue when
    installing on my XP-1000.

    Adrian

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