Re: Debian Sid installation successful on rx6600

Hi Adrian,

On 07.11.20 16:45, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 11/7/20 4:11 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
>> Yesterday I did a Debian installation on a rx6600 using the latest
>> installation image available ATM ([1]) and that went through w/o any
>> real problems using only the defaults in "normal" installation mode.
>>
>> Congratulations, Adrian! :-)
>
> I created fresh images today, maybe you want to try the latest ia64 image
> as well so we know that works, too [1].
 >
 >> [1]
https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/ports/snapshots/2020-11-07/debian-10.0.0-ia64-NETINST-1.iso

I tried the one from today on the rx2660 I have at home ATM. The rx6600
is at a remote location but offline.

Unfortunately the new image shows a problem during the initial
`debootstrap` run for "vim-tiny" and "vim-common". Looks like their
versions were different during creation of the image:

```
Nov  7 19:42:00 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing:

Nov  7 19:42:00 debootstrap:  vim-tiny

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap: dpkg: dependency problems prevent
configuration of
vim-tiny:

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap:  vim-tiny depends on vim-common (=
2:8.2.0716-3); h
owever:

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap:   Version of vim-common on system is
2:8.2.1913-1.
Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap:

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap: dpkg: error processing package vim-tiny
(--configur
e):

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap:  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap: Errors were encountered while processing:

Nov  7 19:42:01 debootstrap:  vim-tiny

Nov  7 19:42:02 debootstrap: dpkg: dependency problems prevent
configuration of vim-tiny:

Nov  7 19:42:02 debootstrap:  vim-tiny depends on vim-common (=
2:8.2.0716-3); h

        however:

Nov  7 19:42:02 debootstrap:   Version of vim-common on system is
2:8.2.1913-1.
```

As a side info: The installer proposes to load firmware for the built-in
`tg3` driven NICs of the rx2660. But this can be safely ignored on the
rx2660, the NICs work w/o loading (newer) firmware. Which is
interesting, as I seem to remember that on other architectures this is
not necessarily the case for `tg3` driven NICs.

Cheers,
Frank