Now I'm very confused .... on my next reboot ... the network wouldn't work. After much trial and error, I got the current unstable d-i image to work. It did it all right up to the reboot (where is warns you that it doesn't have a boot loader installed).
Now what! I have an installed system, but I can't figure out how to boot it! I have /boot/vmlinux on /dev/sdb1 and a root on /dev/sdb1. How do I write a boot sector or tell OpenFirmware to boot from this file? I tried to netboot and set root=/dev/sdb1 - but without the scsi modules loaded it fails to read the drives and panics. I think I neet to create a type 41 PReP boot partition and get the kernel onto it. I've found this thread: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-parted/2002-09/msg00016.html and this: http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/champion_server/rs6k.shtml I tried booting up with the installer, going to a shell after the scsi was active and the installed system was mounted. I used sfdisk from /target/sbin to create a 10 Meg type 41 partition on the first HD (/dev/sdb0 eventually). I used dd to copy /target/boot/vmlinux to this partition. But it still won't boot. I'm very close. If I can get the system to boot (really it needs to boot itself - not netboot) I'd call this a success. Thanks! MikeM On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 20:15:13 -0500, Mike Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I can boot with this image: > http://debian.yorku.ca/debian/dists/testing/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd > > And things seems to go very well. Network configures, hard drives > partition, it dies at "Install the base system" with "The debootstrap > program exited with an error (return value 255)." It instructs me to > check /var/log/messages which now contains: "execv: No such file or > directory" > > The previous step, partitioning, added: > "No matching physical volumes found > No volume groups found > Reading all physical volumes. This may take a while..." > > Anyone? > > MikeMartin > > On Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:57:58 +0100, Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 01, 2005 at 05:30:25PM +0100, Ulrich Teichert wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > [del] > > > >I would prefer that we fix the debian kernels for them to work correctly > > > >though. More on this on monday. > > > > > > I failed to configure a stock 2.4.28 kernel to detect the SCSI controler. > > > I think some of Leigh patches for this must be applied, but I haven't > > > gone any further. > > > > I had some report on a power3 box, that only the SMP sym53c8xx driver > > worked. > > When configuring in UP mode, > > > > > [del] > > > >Do the debian 2.4.27 kernel work on it ? I was unable to boot the 2.4.27 > > > >d-i > > > >kernel on my powerstack, but this is a different machine, so the issues > > > >may be > > > >a bit different. > > > > > > I've only tried the Woody PREP kernel, which failed in a way which I can't > > > remember, but I'll give it a try. > > > > Yes, please, i would greatly appreciate it, preferably the 2.6.8 kernel too. > > Let' try to get this fixed before the sarge release, which is not so far off > > now. > > > > Friendly, > > > > Sven Luther > > > > >
