Weird. If I dd the current iso's onto a stick I can't boot from them. I don't like wasting CD-R's. I did it a dozen times, so I know that it normally works. The images I download now all suffer from the same problem. I get an error when trying to boot:
boot usb0/d...@1:2,\\yaboot bad nodePtr can't OPEN usb0/d...@1:2,\ \yaboot Regards, Jeroen On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 03:11 -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote: > Fixing bug #572869: ofpath doesn't work in the absence of /proc/scsi/scsi > > > I will need volunteer help to collect more information about SAS, SATA > and SCSI hardware configurations on Power machines. > > Please use recent beta or daily Debian powerpc install CD to boot your > machine. > > On a POWER or 64bit PowerPC machine type: > > boot: install64 video=ofonly > > On a headless machine type: > > boot: install64 console=ttyS0,9600n8 > > on a G3/G4 machine type: > > boot: install video=ofonly > > Choose your language, location and keyboard. Let the installer load > additional installer components. On next screen choose <Go Back>. You > may need to repeat <Go Back> until 'Debian installer main menu' shows up. > > On 'Debian installer main menu' scroll down and choose "Execute a shell." > > When you get the shell prompt type: > > mkdir /info > > uname -a > /info/uname > > cat /proc/cpuinfo > /info/cpuinfo > > lspci -v > /info/lspci > > tar cf /info/device-tree.tar /proc/device-tree > > find /sys -name host\* -o -name ide\* > /info/hosts > > find /sys -name proc_name -o -name devspec > /info/specs > > cat `cat /info/specs` > /info/paths > > ls -l /sys/class/block > /info/blocks > > tar cf /info.tar /info > > Mount a thumb drive, floppy disk, or a hard drive and save the > "info.tar" file while renaming it to reflect retail name of the machine. > > Examples: > > mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt > cp /info.tar /mnt/Power520.info.tar > umount /mnt > > or > > mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /mnt > cp /info.tar /mnt/YDLPowerStation.info.tar > umount /mnt > > Then type: > > eject > halt > > > Finally, email the file back. > > > Thank you for your time and efforts, > > Milan > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-powerpc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1288205572.3128.3.ca...@jeroen-mint
