RE: iMac boot problem
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, Damon Garn wrote: > I have had exactly the same problem. iMac 266 with a 40GB drive. I've got > OSX on the first 7.5 GB then attempted a Mandrake 8.2PPC install on the > next partition. However, my install was CD-based. I too get to the > bootloader and then pick Linux and receive the Unknown or corrupt filesystem > error. I've also verified my OpenFirmware settings with the same line. > Booting into OSX is still successful. I've tried this several times > (reboots, not reinstalls). > > Any thoughts on this? > Thanks! > Damon Garn > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:cooker-ppc-owner@;linux-mandrake.com]On Behalf Of Curtis Kline > Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 1:50 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: iMac boot problem > > > I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot > and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed > to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start Mandrake, I did so. > I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot comes up, > and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: > > "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" > > I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: > > "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" > > Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. > > > Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely > appreciated. > > It's possible both of you made the mistake of configuring bootstrap as /boot. The one above of hd:5 seems odd for a couple of reasons. One, a machine with MacOS usually consumes 3 or 4 partitions for "drivers". Secondly, since the syntax doesn't specify hd:5,/boot/vmlinuz., it appears you are using a seperate /boot. This is fine, but it should not be the same partition as the bootstrap. The bootstrap partition is only to boot the machine and should not be part of Linux's (or MacOS's) mounted filesystem. A lot of people fall into this trap, I guess because one of the distributions did treat bootstrap as /boot, but that is not how we configure things. It's only possible to make this happen, afaik, by manually selecting the bootstrap and mounting it as /boot. The default configuration is only 1MB, so it doesn't leave much room for 1 kernel and initrd, let alone multiple kernels and yaboot, etc. Also, since the bootstrap is normally an hfs partition, you lose any permissions, etc. that a normal Linux filesystem maintains. The people I've helped in the past on IRC were able to recover from this setup by booting into rescue, mounting "/" and examining /boot to verify their kernel etc. were there and then editing yaboot.conf to point to the correct partition, with the /boot prefix for all the kernel and initrd entries. It's also possible you guys are hitting the hardware issue on the old iMacs of needing the kernel fairly low in the partition table. I keep a seperate /boot on my machine for this very reason. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
RE: iMac boot problem
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Curtis Kline wrote: > Update: > > The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac > was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and > selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our > ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I > didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. > Maybe that was my problem... > > So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was > installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user > and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went > through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, > the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I > cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly > appreciated. > A couple of workarounds, one or the other should work: 1) Add Option "composite_sync" "off" To /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Above: BusID "PCI:0:17:0" Would be a good place. (17 is my machine - yours may vary) 2) Disable X's i2c driver mv /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a.bad > Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as > long as X isn't running. > Sure it works in MacOS, Apple owns the hardware and OS :) Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
RE: iMac boot problem
Quite nicely solved my problem. Thanks Ben (And Stew). I tried the second solution first, and that didn't solve it. As soon as I edited the XF86Config-4 file and restarted X, everything was fine. I love the easy fixes! Thanks again, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Ben McGruer [mailto:ben@;mcgruer.net] + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 4:53 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: Re: iMac boot problem + + + I had the same video problem, and I believe it's far from + unique, I fixed it + by following the info on this page: + http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&m=10336916 + 4309193&w=2 + + Hope that helps, + Ben + + > Update: + > + > The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM + in this iMac + > was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on + that iMac and + > selected another one with the same specs (we have them + coming out our + > ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do + something I + > didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off + a MacOS CD. + > Maybe that was my problem... + > + > So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. + After all was + > installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an + unprivileged user + > and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, + and I went + > through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: + While in KDE, + > the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I + > cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would + be greatly + > appreciated. + > + > Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in + Mandrake as + > long as X isn't running. + > + > I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation + on my desk, + > and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of + > options. + > + > + > Thanks, + > Curtis + > + > + > + -Original Message- + > + From: Curtis Kline + > + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + > + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + > + Subject: iMac boot problem + > + + > + + > + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I + did a netboot + > + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install + process seemed + > + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + > + Mandrake, I did so. + > + I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot + > + comes up, + > + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + > + + > + "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" + > + + > + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + > + + > + "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" + > + + > + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + > + + > + + > + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + > + appreciated. + > + + > + + > + Thanks, + > + Curtis + > + + > + + > + __ + > + Curtis Kline + > + Residential Network Coordinator + > + University of California Santa Barbara + > + 805.893.4016 Voice + > + 805.893.4766 FAX + > + + > + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + > + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + > + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + > + + > + + > + + > + > + + +
Re: iMac boot problem
I had the same video problem, and I believe it's far from unique, I fixed it by following the info on this page: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&m=103369164309193&w=2 Hope that helps, Ben > Update: > > The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac > was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and > selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our > ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I > didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. > Maybe that was my problem... > > So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was > installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user > and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went > through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, > the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I > cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly > appreciated. > > Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as > long as X isn't running. > > I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation on my desk, > and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of > options. > > > Thanks, > Curtis > > > + -----Original Message- > + From: Curtis Kline > + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM > + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > + Subject: iMac boot problem > + > + > + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot > + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed > + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start > + Mandrake, I did so. > + I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot > + comes up, > + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: > + > + "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" > + > + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: > + > + "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" > + > + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. > + > + > + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely > + appreciated. > + > + > + Thanks, > + Curtis > + > + > + __ > + Curtis Kline > + Residential Network Coordinator > + University of California Santa Barbara > + 805.893.4016 Voice > + 805.893.4766 FAX > + > + GnuPG Key Fingerprint > + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE > + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt > + > + > + > >
RE: iMac boot problem
Update: The reason I went with a network install was that the CDROM in this iMac was fried. Since I couldn't get it to boot, I gave up on that iMac and selected another one with the same specs (we have them coming out our ears). This one has a working CDROM, so I was able to do something I didn't do before: Initialize the hard drive by booting off a MacOS CD. Maybe that was my problem... So this time I did a CD install, and it went flawlessly. After all was installed, it rebooted just fine. I logged in as an unprivileged user and typed "startx". The Mandrake first timer stuff came up, and I went through that. Now I have a new showstopper of a problem: While in KDE, the screen blanks out for about a second every 10 seconds or so. I cannot even imagine what could cause this! Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Remember, this iMac worked fine in MacOS, and works fine in Mandrake as long as X isn't running. I really want to have a Mandrake PPC graphical workstation on my desk, and I can't just keep switching iMacs.. I will eventually run out of options. Thanks, Curtis + -Original Message- + From: Curtis Kline + Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2002 12:50 PM + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] + Subject: iMac boot problem + + + I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot + and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed + to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start + Mandrake, I did so. + I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot + comes up, + and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: + + "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" + + I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: + + "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" + + Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. + + + Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely + appreciated. + + + Thanks, + Curtis + + + __ + Curtis Kline + Residential Network Coordinator + University of California Santa Barbara + 805.893.4016 Voice + 805.893.4766 FAX + + GnuPG Key Fingerprint + 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE + Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt + + +
iMac boot problem
I have an iMac 333Mhz with a 6 Gig drive and 96MB RAM. I did a netboot and an FTP install of Mandrake PPC 8.2, and the install process seemed to go well. When it said I needed to reboot to start Mandrake, I did so. I get a bootloader menu and choose "l" for linux. Then Yaboot comes up, and soon it attempts to load the kernel. It then fails: "hd:5,/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6.1mdk: Unknown or corrupt filesystem" I tried going into OpenFirmware and entering: "setenv boot-device hd:5,\\:tbxi" Rebooting after this produces exactly the same results. Any ideas on how to get my iMac to boot Mandrake would be hugely appreciated. Thanks, Curtis __ Curtis Kline Residential Network Coordinator University of California Santa Barbara 805.893.4016 Voice 805.893.4766 FAX GnuPG Key Fingerprint 0E9B 4BAB B64D 9CB9 022C AB36 0CF6 E1D4 CCA5 F3AE Public key here: http://gollum.resnet.ucsb.edu/ckkey.txt
