On Mon, Sep 05, 2005 at 02:30:17PM -0300, Eduardo Trápani wrote: > Hi, > > Well, I downloaded > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc64/netboot64/ > and put it in an tftp server and set up dhcp. > > After a while I figured out that I needed to do: boot > enet:a.b.c.d,yaboot (and not simply boot enet:0 that does not work). > > Yaboot started alright, but the kernel loading failed. The problem? > The buffer size that yaboot uses for tftp downloading is only 4M. So, I > downloaded the source package yaboot, changed the parameter and compiled > it again, and then ... it booted! Thanks Sven!
Well, the debian yaboot should have a 6M buffer. > > I left the machine running, at the downloading packages stage, but it > got stuck at 69%. I don't know why. I will try the whole process again > tonight (the machine is somewhere else), but so far it looks good! Ah, you installed debian/etch ? so you probably got stuck by the missing ipchain ? What message was there at 69 % ? Could you switch to console 2/3/4 and investigate a bit more about the error messages there ? Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
