On Fri, Nov 26, 2004 at 04:29:02PM +0100, Johannes Martin wrote: > Hi, > > On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Sven Luther wrote: > > Can you try the > > http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/minimal/2.4/vmlinuz-prep.initrd > > > > It should not work (the above is oldworld pmac specific), but we will know > > if > > the problem is with the initrd size. > It didn't work... but I found out what the problem was. I needed to > upgrade the firmware.
Ok, ... > Now I can boot the Debian installer image, if I enter > root=/dev/ram console=ttyS0,9600 > > Unfortunately, the pcnet32 driver doesn't work. It detects the network > card, but it dhclient doesn't get an answer and if I setup an IP manually, > I can't ping the workstation either. Please fill a bug report against kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc, and let's get this fixed. What is the self-built kernel that you did use ? > With that old 2.4.15 boot disk & debian installer root, the pcnet32 driver > does work (at least for pings). Ok. > I tried the 2.4 vmlinuz-prep.initrd, but it does not seem to support the > serial console. At least I can't see anything after the 'now booting the > kernel' message. Mmm, it should : CONFIG_SERIAL=y CONFIG_SERIAL_CONSOLE=y But if we can get the 2.6 pcnet32 driver fixed, it would be nicer, as i don't like doing lot of work with the 2.4 kernel, which will hopefully be dropped quickly after the sarge release. Friendly, Sven Luther
