On Sat, Jan 15, 2005 at 05:51:19PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Initial boot worked: [O] > Configure network HW: [O] > Config network: [O] > Detect CD: [O] > Load installer modules: [O] > Detect hard drives: [O] > Partition hard drives: [O] <-- LVM does not work
Known problem. > Create file systems: [O] > Mount partitions: [O] > Install base system: [O] > Install boot loader: [O] > Reboot: [E] <-- wrong kernel by default! > > Comments/Problems: > > G5 PowerMac7,3 (970FX CPU) needs the power4 kernel to boot. > > However, when using the default install (install-power4 at the yaboot > prompt) and where the system is getting ready to reboot after > installing the base system it actually installs the > kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc kernel, even though I chose -power4 for my > initial boot from CD! As a result the reboot (and so the install) > fails! Strange. Do we need to fix base-installer, which may recognize the powermac as a pmac, and thus chose a powerpc kernel ? I don't think so, i suppose Colin Watson did the right thing about this. > When using expert-power4 to install I get to pick my kernel so I can > choose kernel-image-2.6.8-power4 and the reboot is fine (since the > latest version in Sarge now supports the 970FX processor). > > In expert mode I would say d-i works nearly perfectly. The only issue > is the RAID and LVM menu options don't actually work (discussed > recently on debian-boot and debian-powerpc, I will file a bug Yep. Friendly, Sven Luther
