Install: kernel version too old to chroot?

onesimus · n00b Joined: 05 Dec 2002 Posts: 4

I have a SPARCstation 20 w/ dual processors that I'm trying to install 1.4rc2 on. I've tried netbooting from a Debian image as well as booting from a SuSE Linux 7.3 CD to do the install. When I expand the stage3 tree and try to chroot this is what I get:

chroot /mnt/gentoo /bin/sh
FATAL: kernel too old

From what I can tell libc6 has some backward-compatibility issues with the Linux 2.2.20 kernel, but I'm not sure.

What can I boot off of to make this initial install?
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drteeth · n00b Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 9

i'm having the same problem exactly.

Dual SS20 SuperSparc II
netbooting from Debian 3.0
1.4rc2 stage3

... searching through the forum a bit.
seems we need a 2.4 kernel to netboot from.

/me is off to find one.

tank · Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2003 5:48 am Post subject:

Anyone find a solution to this problem? I am booting from the 1.1a cdrom and I get this error.

Blademan · Developer Joined: 05 Oct 2002 Posts: 116

My suggestion would be to avoid the 1.1a iso.

A 1.4 test iso is available from: http://cvs.gentoo.org/~manson/iso/gentoo-1.4-s32-s64-test.iso.
Boot using "rescue" since "ramdisk" doesn't work.
Then use "insmod" to load your hardware modules, such as "insmod sunhme" to load the ethernet for Ultra machines.
"dhcpcd eth0", verify with a ping of www.yahoo.com, and then pick up with the x86 install doc.
It's much less painful than the 1.1a iso.
Use "emerge sparc-sources".
When the x86 doc starts talking about the bootloader and grub, come back to the sparc doc.

Sorry about the workaround, but new docs will be posted soon.
Of course, you are welcome to join us on IRC in #gentoo-sparc for live assistance.

tank · Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2003 12:59 pm Post subject:

I did test that test CD.

The rescue boot does not work for my Sparc 20. It gets to loading local, and just hangs.

I tried ramdisk, and that loaded. Could get the network up, however I am not sure where to base the chroot command, since it does not have a root-sparc directory.

torradan · Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject:

The 1.1a and 1.4_rcX boot images, as well as the debian boot iso don't work at all...its using a 2.2 kernel, and we need a 2.4 kernel.

I had success booting my sparcstation20 from the test iso listed above, using the rescue side of it. It found all of my hardware and didn't need to muck with modules (which are ultra-only), but it has had problems when doing the initial emerge world and hanging on compiling grep.

Remember that this is a test iso.... we're still working on getting all the kinks and bugs out.

If you come up with bugs, PLEASE report them to the sparc and/or sparc-dev mailing lists to help us work these out.

Todd
Gentoo/Sparc Developer

Lviz · n00b Joined: 24 Apr 2003 Posts: 8

use the aurora 1 sparc distro for boot it has a 2.4 kernel
regards
lviz

http://auroralinux.org/

teamgoodwrench · n00b Joined: 06 May 2003 Posts: 3

where did that 1.4 sparc test ISO go ???

The link above doesn't work now.

Thanks!

Jeff.

Weeve · Retired Dev Joined: 30 Oct 2002 Posts: 641

Try http://cvs.gentoo.org/~weeve/iso/gentoo-1.4-s32-s64-test3.iso instead