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| -rw-r--r-- | build/entities/urls.ent | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/boot-installer/sparc.xml | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml | 100 |
6 files changed, 34 insertions, 106 deletions
diff --git a/build/entities/urls.ent b/build/entities/urls.ent index af60fffcf..90d5123e2 100644 --- a/build/entities/urls.ent +++ b/build/entities/urls.ent @@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ <!ENTITY url-sun-faqs "http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/sun-info/sun-faq/FAQs/"> -<!ENTITY url-openboot "http://docs.sun.com/?p=/coll/216.2"> +<!ENTITY url-openboot "http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-4436"> <!ENTITY url-sun-nvram-faq "http://www.squirrel.com/sun-nvram-hostid.faq.html"> diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 1d7150171..d1330219b 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * Update all arches to kernel version 2.6.18. * Minor corrections and some rewrites based on suggestions from Clytie Siddall. Closes: #367861, #380588. - * Document common installation issues for Sparc. Thanks to Jurij Smakov for - his overview of issues. + * Update Sparc specific information and document common installation issues + for Sparc. Many thanks to Jurij Smakov for reviewing the Sparc manual and + for his overview of issues. * bookinfo: - Add note for m68k that it is not a release architecture for Etch. * hardware: @@ -111,6 +112,8 @@ installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low - Remove sun4cd (sparc32) from and add sun4v (sparc64) in hardware table. - Rewrite of NIC support, document wireless support (for selected arches) and explain issues surrounding drivers that require firmware. + * preparing: + - Clean out ancient hardware issues. * boot-installer/parameters: - Document anna/choose_modules and mirror/protocol boot parameters. - Use a clearer way to list the short form of parameters. @@ -147,7 +150,7 @@ installation-guide (2006xxxx) UNRELEASED; urgency=low * appendix/chroot-install: - Changes suggested in review by Wiktor Wandachowicz. Closes: #394929. - -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:42:47 +0100 + -- Frans Pop <fjp@debian.org> Sun, 31 Dec 2006 02:58:37 +0100 installation-guide (20060726) unstable; urgency=low diff --git a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml index 22295dac4..5ab4ea5d8 100644 --- a/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml +++ b/en/boot-installer/sparc.xml @@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ machine which is being installed (see Use the command <userinput>boot net</userinput> to boot from a TFTP and RARP server, or try <userinput>boot net:bootp</userinput> or <userinput>boot net:dhcp</userinput> to boot from a TFTP and BOOTP -or DHCP server. Some older OpenBoot revisions require using -the device name, such as <userinput>boot le()</userinput>; these -probably don't support BOOTP nor DHCP. +or DHCP server. </para> </sect2> @@ -29,10 +27,7 @@ probably don't support BOOTP nor DHCP. Most OpenBoot versions support the <userinput>boot cdrom</userinput> command which is simply an alias to boot from the SCSI device on ID 6 -(or the secondary master for IDE based systems). You may have to use -the actual device name for older OpenBoot versions that don't support -this special command. Note that some problems have been reported on Sun4m -(e.g., Sparc 10s and Sparc 20s) systems booting from CD-ROM. +(or the secondary master for IDE based systems). </para> </sect2> @@ -42,6 +37,15 @@ this special command. Note that some problems have been reported on Sun4m <title>Booting from Floppies</title> <para> +Floppy images are currently only avaible for sparc32, but, for techinical +reasons, not for official releases. (The reason is that they can only be +built as root, which is not supported by our build deamons.) +Look under <quote>daily built images</quote> on +<ulink url="&url-d-i;">Debian Installer project website</ulink> for links +to floppy images for sparc32. + +</para><para> + To boot from floppy on a Sparc, use <informalexample><screen> @@ -51,8 +55,6 @@ Stop-A -> OpenBoot: "boot floppy" Be warned that the newer Sun4u (ultra) architecture does not support floppy booting. A typical error message is <computeroutput>Bad magic number in disk label - Can't open disk label package</computeroutput>. -Furthermore, a number of Sun4c models (such as the IPX) do not support -the compressed images found on the disks, so also are not supported. </para><para> diff --git a/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml b/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml index edb8f69d3..88681b3c0 100644 --- a/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml +++ b/en/hardware/supported-peripherals.xml @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ devices are not required while installing the system. USB hardware generally works fine, only some USB keyboards may require additional configuration -(see <xref linkend="usb-keyboard-config"/>). +(see <xref linkend="hardware-issues"/>). </para><para arch="x86"> diff --git a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml index 6376874e4..5cd1606d3 100644 --- a/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml +++ b/en/install-methods/install-tftp.xml @@ -296,6 +296,13 @@ uppercase and if necessary append the subarchitecture name. </para><para> +If you've done all this correctly, giving the command <userinput>boot +net</userinput> from the OpenPROM should load the image. If the image +cannot be found, try checking the logs on your tftp server to see which +image name is being requested. + +</para><para> + You can also force some sparc systems to look for a specific file name by adding it to the end of the OpenPROM boot command, such as <userinput>boot net my-sparc.image</userinput>. This must still reside diff --git a/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml b/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml index 025220a96..2e80da6b1 100644 --- a/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml +++ b/en/preparing/pre-install-bios-setup.xml @@ -21,28 +21,10 @@ hardware; it is most critically invoked during the bootstrap process &bios-setup-sparc.xml; &bios-setup-s390.xml; - <sect2><title>Hardware Issues to Watch Out For</title> -<para arch="not-s390"> + <sect2 arch="m68k;x86;powerpc" id="hardware-issues"> + <title>Hardware Issues to Watch Out For</title> -Many people have tried operating their 90 MHz CPU at 100 MHz, etc. It -sometimes works, but is sensitive to temperature and other factors and -can actually damage your system. One of the authors of this document -over-clocked his own system for a year, and then the system started -aborting the <command>gcc</command> program with an unexpected signal -while it was compiling the operating system kernel. Turning the CPU -speed back down to its rated value solved the problem. - -</para><para arch="not-s390"> - -The <command>gcc</command> compiler is often the first thing to die -from bad memory modules (or other hardware problems that change data -unpredictably) because it builds huge data structures that it -traverses repeatedly. An error in these data structures will cause it -to execute an illegal instruction or access a non-existent -address. The symptom of this will be <command>gcc</command> dying from -an unexpected signal. - -</para><para arch="m68k"> +<para arch="m68k"> Atari TT RAM boards are notorious for RAM problems under Linux; if you encounter any strange problems, try running at least the kernel in @@ -54,66 +36,9 @@ FIXME: more description of this needed. </emphasis></phrase> -</para><para arch="x86"> - -If you do have true-parity RAM and your motherboard can handle it, be -sure to enable any BIOS settings that cause the motherboard to -interrupt on memory parity errors. - -</para> - - <sect3 arch="x86"><title>The Turbo Switch</title> -<para> - -Many systems have a <emphasis>turbo</emphasis> switch that controls -the speed of the CPU. Select the high-speed setting. If your BIOS -allows you to disable software control of the turbo switch (or -software control of CPU speed), do so and lock the system in -high-speed mode. We have one report that on a particular system, while -Linux is auto-probing (looking for hardware devices) it can -accidentally touch the software control for the turbo switch. - </para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="x86"><title>Cyrix CPUs and Floppy Disk Errors</title> -<para> -Many users of Cyrix CPUs have had to disable the cache in their -systems during installation, because the floppy disk has errors if -they do not. If you have to do this, be sure to re-enable your cache -when you are finished with installation, as the system runs -<emphasis>much</emphasis> slower with the cache disabled. - -</para><para> - -We don't think this is necessarily the fault of the Cyrix CPU. It may -be something that Linux can work around. We'll continue to look into -the problem. For the technically curious, we suspect a problem with -the cache being invalid after a switch from 16-bit to 32-bit code. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="x86"><title>Peripheral Hardware Settings</title> -<para> - -You may have to change some settings or jumpers on your computer's -peripheral cards. Some cards have setup menus, while others rely on -jumpers. This document cannot hope to provide complete information on -every hardware device; what it hopes to provide is useful tips. - -</para><para> - -If any cards provide <quote>mapped memory</quote>, the memory should be -mapped somewhere between 0xA0000 and 0xFFFFF (from 640K to just below 1 -megabyte) or at an address at least 1 megabyte greater than the total -amount of RAM in your system. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="x86" id="usb-keyboard-config"> + <formalpara arch="x86"> <title>USB BIOS support and keyboards</title> <para> @@ -126,21 +51,12 @@ Consult your main board manual and look in the BIOS for <quote>Legacy keyboard emulation</quote> or <quote>USB keyboard support</quote> options. </para> - </sect3> + </formalpara> - <sect3><title>More than 64 MB RAM</title> -<para> - -The Linux Kernel cannot always detect what amount of RAM you have. If -this is the case please look at <xref linkend="boot-parms"/>. - -</para> - </sect3> - - <sect3 arch="powerpc"> + <formalpara arch="powerpc"> <title>Display-visibility on OldWorld Powermacs</title> -<para> +<para> Some OldWorld Powermacs, most notably those with the <quote>control</quote> display driver, may not reliably produce a colormap under Linux when the display is configured for more than 256 colors. If you are experiencing such @@ -151,6 +67,6 @@ interface, try changing your display settings under MacOS to use 256 colors instead of <quote>thousands</quote> or <quote>millions</quote>. </para> - </sect3> + </formalpara> </sect2> </sect1> |