On Thu, Mar 06, 2008 at 04:22:46AM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Sunday 02 March 2008, Ulrich Enslin wrote: > > I installed debian 40r3 on a IBM Power 620 (7025-f0). The install was > > successful, but the system did not boot from the scsi disc, with the > > output shown below.
Hi Ulrich, ... Please forward the below to the debian-powerpc and debian-boot mailign list, since i am censored and banned from posting on those lists. > > Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13 > > Enter "help" to get some basic usage information > > boot: > > Linux old > > boot: Linux > > Please wait, loading kernel... > > Elf32 kernel loaded... > > Loading ramdisk... > > ramdisk loaded at 02200000, size: 5264 Kbytes > > OF stdout device is: /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > command lineo: root=/dev/sda4 ro console=ttyS0 console=ttyS0 looks wrong, you should either have /dev/hvsi0 or /dev/hvc0 (or something such), depending if you are installing in an LPAR or on the bare metal. To verify this, please check the /proc/cmdline in the d-i rescue system. > > memory layout at init: > > alloc_bottom : 02724000 > > alloc_top : 00000000 > > alloc_top_hi : 00000000 > > rmo_top : 00000000 > > ram_top : 00000000 > > Looking for displays > > alloc_down() called with mem not initialized > > EXIT called ok > > 0 > > > So the installation went OK, but the reboot failed. > > This looks like a kernel issue to me, although it could also be something > related to the bootloader or the initrd. Unfortunately there is very little > powerpc knowledge inside the debian-installer team at the moment. Thanks very much, Frans and the rest of the d-i team, if you could be made to forget your old grudges, i am more than willing to help out with things like this, altough i have little time at this moment. I wanted to speak with you at FOSDEM, but you where not interested it seems. If the above doesn't solve it, you should check what kernel you have installed, boot into d-i rescue mode, and check in the target system /boot what kernel you have and compare it with the uname -a output. Also, please look at the lsmod output in rescue mode, and send it here. > One thing you could try is to boot the installer again in rescue mode and > rebuild the initrd (using update-initramfs -u) from a chroot of the > installed system. You should also check that the kernel that was installed > is the correct one for your system. I don't thinkg this is meaningful, since we are not yet at a point where the kernel loads the ramdisk, so my above diagnostic makes more sense. > Maybe someone on the powerpc mailing list can help further. > If that does not work, I'd suggest contacting the powerpc kernel developers. > > Please let us know if you find out anything. Alternatively, you could help lobby the d-i team and debian governane to stop their old grudges and welcome again the debian powerpc port leader. Sadly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
