Hello PowerPC folks,
I am having a problem installing the
debian-40r6-powerpc-netinst.iso on a IBM JS21 Blade.
we are using the expert64 kernel during the install - it seems the 32bit stuff
doesn't boot up properly.
The install process goes well - but after rebooting we see the machine go
Hmm... looks like /dev/sda does not exist, yet. But somewhere under
the /dev tree there are probably the right entries. Perhaps /dev/scsi
or /dev/bus or /dev/disk something.
You could just try to let the installation process continue a bit
further. When it's about to start the partitioning, the
I would look through things in /var/log:
dmesg
syslog
kernel.log
debug
you can access them from the installer.
Or alternatively, there's a so-called single mode, you can access it
by adding the word single to the command line of your boot manager.
In this mode much fewer drivers are loaded, and
Hello.
Status report
I booted the machine with the rescue64 kernel and edited the /etc/inttab
default boot to 1 (single user).
The debian LPAR will now boot and the the JS21 / IVM console can
communicate with the debian partition - over the IVM Serial console.
Notes:
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2009 at 10:06:48AM -0500, dave oswald wrote:
snip
Starting periodic command scheduler: crond.
Its worth noting that the console to this system is frozen - and putty can
not connect remotely.
Your thoughts and input are greatly appreciated.
IIRC this means that
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