On Fri, Apr 16, 2004 at 02:44:23PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > But then I downloaded the netinstall for sarge from: > ftp://ftp.du.se/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot > Something went wrong here, I managed to get yaboot loaded as usual, > but when the kernel was being transfered it just hanged. I tried > 3 times and it always hanged at the same packet. That's when I sat > down to write this mail about how I got netbooting working, and > failed to transfer the kernel sarge uses for netinstall.
I believe that the problem is that the kernel and/or initrd is too big for netbooting via yaboot. Not idea how you do that. Not sure what your exact problem is, as i don't use netbooting on pmac hardware. It works fine on my chrp based pegasos box though. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
