On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 2:50 PM, yu <kkn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi，
>
> As far as I know, there should be a step to find and download the
> yaboot.conf after download the yaboot binary. the finding rule is:
>
> First with the name of the MAC address
> then the hex of ip address
> then minus half Byte of the ip address
> half byte ...
> last /etc/yaboot.conf
>
> you haven't mention the step, is there something in the log of tftp?
>
I did not see the steps from dnsmasq's output. The only tftp request I can
see is for yaboot. (Not sure if dnsmasq would print messages when
requesting for non-existing files.) The Debian's install guide does not say
yaboot.conf must be in the /etc dir but I can try it.
-clark
>
> 2015-05-27 13:51 GMT+08:00 Clark Wang <dearv...@gmail.com>:
> > I'm trying to install Debian 8 on my iBook G4. As suggested in another
> > thread I chose the netboot installation method.
> >
> > I donwloaded and compiled dnsmasq (2.72) and configured both DHCP and
> TFTP
> > with it. The dnsmasq.conf file looks like this:
> >
> > # for easy trouble-shooting
> > no-daemon
> > keep-in-foreground
> >
> > # disable DNS
> > port=0
> >
> > dhcp-range=192.168.0.201,192.168.0.210
> > # 192.168.0.1 is my wifi router. I've turned off DHCP on it.
> > dhcp-option=option:router,192.168.0.1
> > dhcp-option=option:dns-server,192.168.0.1
> > # 192.168.0.10 is my macbook where dnsmasq is running
> > dhcp-boot=yaboot,macbook,192.168.0.10
> > dhcp-leasefile=/Users/clarkw/utils/dnsmasq/dhcp-leases
> >
> > enable-tftp
> > tftp-root=/Users/clarkw/utils/dnsmasq/tftp
> >
> > I've downloaded the Debian 8 netboot images from here and put them under
> the
> > tftp root dir:
> >
> > initrd.gz
> > vmlinux
> > yaboot
> > yaboot.conf
> >
> > From the iBook's Open Firmware prompt ("0 >") I inputed
> >
> > boot enet:0,yaboot
> >
> > From the dnsmasq's output I can see that the iBook has requested an IP
> > address and downloaded the yaboot file but did not download the vmlinux
> and
> > initrd.gz files. Then the system panics. The final panic message is like
> > this:
> >
> > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> > unknown-block(0,0)
> >
> > (The screenshot can be found here.)
> >
> > So what may be wrong with my configuration? Do I need to update the
> > downloaded yaboot.conf file?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > -clark
>
>
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