The fix is in 5.3.0-12.13 but trying current http://ports.ubuntu.com/ubuntu-ports/dists/eoan-proposed/main/installer-ppc64el/current/images/netboot/mini.iso (2019-09-21 81M, 3ed00b52f4335c589f4e1b070107c1af mini.iso) the kernel of the installer just panics without much details...
Preparing to boot Linux version 5.3.0-12-generic (buildd@bos02-ppc64el-011) (gcc version 9.2.1 20190909 (Ubuntu 9.2.1-8ubuntu1)) #13-Ubuntu SMP Tue Sep 17 12:34:04 UTC 2019 (Ubuntu 5.3.0-12.13-generic 5.3.0) Detected machine type: 0000000000000101command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/install/vmlinux tasks=standard pkgsel/language-pack-patterns= pkgsel/install-language-support=false --- quiet Max number of cores passed to firmware: 2048 (NR_CPUS = 2048) Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... donememory layout at init: memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) alloc_bottom : 0000000007080000 alloc_top : 0000000030000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000100000000 rmo_top : 0000000030000000 ram_top : 0000000100000000 instantiating rtas at 0x000000002fff0000... done prom_hold_cpus: skipped copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000007090000 -> 0x0000000007090a8d Device tree struct 0x00000000070a0000 -> 0x00000000070b0000 Quiescing Open Firmware ... Booting Linux via __start() @ 0x0000000002000000 ... Linux ppc64le #13-Ubuntu SMP T[ 0.914674] vio vio: uevent: failed to send synthetic uevent Failed to write 'add' to '/sys/devices/vio/uevent': No such device [ 0.917725] Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x00000100 [ 0.917815] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 5.3.0-12-generic #13-Ubuntu [ 0.917885] Call Trace: [ 0.917913] [c0000000fa4bfc00] [c000000000e72108] dump_stack+0xac/0xf4 (unreliable) [ 0.917996] [c0000000fa4bfc40] [c000000000126a2c] panic+0x16c/0x400 [ 0.918119] [c0000000fa4bfce0] [c00000000012eb70] do_exit+0xca0/0xd40 [ 0.918206] [c0000000fa4bfdc0] [c00000000012ece0] do_group_exit+0x60/0x120 [ 0.918308] [c0000000fa4bfe00] [c00000000012edc4] sys_exit_group+0x24/0x40 [ 0.918377] [c0000000fa4bfe20] [c00000000000b388] system_call+0x5c/0x70 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1837726 Title: Installation fails on eoan/PowerVM : missing /dev/nvram To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1837726/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
