Bug#458416: Installation report latest lenny on SPARC

reassign 458416 linux-2.6 2.6.22-6
retitle 458416 [sparc sun blade 100] oops during installation thanks

On Monday 31 December 2007, Iain Rae wrote:
> kobject_add failed for 0000:00:07.0 with -EEXIST, don't try to register
> things with the same name in the same directory.
[...]

Although I think this particular error could be ignored, the kernel oops a bit later is probably what kills the install.

As this is obviously a kernel issue rather than an installer issue, I'd suggest that you send this info to the upstream kernel developers (mail to sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, CC linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; or file a bug report at bugzilla.kernel.org). Just the dmesg output should be enough.

I'm also reassigning this report to the Debian kernel team, but your best bet to get this issue looked into and solved is to contact the upstream developers directly.
Note that they may ask you to try with a more recent kernel than 2.6.22.

One thing you could try before doing that is to try an installation using a netboot image. Sun blades have been notoriously problematic to install from CD.

Cheers,
FJP

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