clone 248055 -1 reassign -1 yaboot-installer retitle -1 yaboot-installer: cope with /target/proc being mounted already thanks
On Sat, May 08, 2004 at 03:52:58PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote: > (1) The installer went OK until I reached the stage "Install yaboot loader". > There it said "Looking for root partition", then popped up a message box: > Failed to mount /target/proc > Mounting the /proc filesystem on /target/proc failed > Please check the system log or the output on the third console (tty3). > Warning: Your system may be unbootable! > > It took me several tries to switch to tty3 (because the PowerBook has > a fucked up keyboard without an obviously working Alt key and obviously > working Function keys). (Various of my attempts resulted in the screen > changing, with further popups.) By the time I got to tty3, I could see > nothing resembling an error message. > > I switched to the tty2 shell and determined that /target/proc was > already mounted. I unmounted it from the shell. Hm, we can make yaboot-installer more tolerant here. I've cloned off a bug for this. > (2) Upon reboot, the first-stage boot came up, I let it default to Linux, > yaboot came up, and I let it default. However it couldn't find the kernel: > > boot: linux > Please wait, loading kernel... > /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]:12,/vmlinux: No such file > or directory > > I rebooted the CD and got to a shell. Fsck'd and mounted the root > partition (fsck found no errors). In / is vmlinuz (with a z), not > vmlinux (with an x). > > Yaboot can't boot a vmlinuz, but debian-installer is installing one. > Yaboot would like to boot a vmlinux, but there is none there. Sounds like it's installed the apus kernel by mistake. This is a combination of the CD you're using lacking the correct kernel (I assume; could you look for kernel-image-2.4.25-powerpc?) and known design problems in base-installer that mean it can end up falling back to unusable kernels if it can't find the one it wanted. Thanks for your report, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
