upgrade? how? i am using netinst.iso to do the install, and what is installed does not boot!
will try 2) when i have access. travelling/work keeps me away atm. -------- Original message -------- From: Gasha <ga...@pie-dabas.net> Date: 19/03/2013 15:23 (GMT+01:00) To: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Installation - boot after installation fails Hi, in short: 1) upgrade yaboot pkg from wheezy (at least 1.3.16) 2) /vdevice will not work, use device=/dev/sda G On 03/19/2013 03:23 PM, Frank Fegert wrote: > Hello, > > i had several issues in the past with Debian on IBM Power, please see > the list archives if you have an archeological interest ;-) Some of > those issues were firmware/microcode related, some were related to VIOS > mapped disks and i also had a similar issue to the one your experiencing > due to the rather old v1.3.13 yaboot used in Debian v6.0.x. I also could > imagine, that you're missing the appropriate iSCSI driver in the initrd > image. To rule out the mentioned yaboot issue, could you please try an > install with a current snapshot of the Debian v7.x [1] installer image? > This contains a known working yaboot v1.3.16. > > Best regards, > > Frank > > > [1] > http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/weekly-builds/powerpc/iso-cd/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso > > > On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:57:52PM +0100, Michael Felt wrote: > >> p.s. disk types tried: logical volume from a vgClient volume group, iSCSI >> LUN (virtual "physical" disk). >> >> sizes: 10G and 12G (I regularly install AIX on 4 and 6G "disks"). >> >> On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:56 PM, Michael Felt<mamf...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >>> 4 to 5 years ago I was only able to get Linux to boot, (Redhat, Novell, >>> Debian) unless it was a physical disk. I have not tried that yet because I >>> do not have an empty disk to supply. And if that worked I would just >>> uninstall it as that is "too expensive" in terms of resources. >>> >>> I have tried the "install64/export64" options Guided LVM (and I choose as >>> many partitions as possible) and the Guided "one partition" - recommended >>> for new users option. >>> >>> The partitions are created, the install runs fine, but on reboot - nada. >>> >>> IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM IBM >>> IBM >>> | >>> Elapsed time since release of system processors: 28 mins 41 secs >>> >>> Config file read, 4096 bytes >>> >>> Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13 >>> Enter "help" to get some basic usage information >>> boot: Linux >>> >>> Please wait, loading kernel... >>> Can't open device</vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:0> >>> /vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:2,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to open file, Invalid >>> device >>> boot: help >>> >>> Press the tab key for a list of defined images. >>> The label marked with a "*" is is the default image, press<return> to >>> boot it. >>> >>> To boot any other label simply type its name and press<return>. >>> >>> To boot a kernel image which is not defined in the yaboot configuration >>> file, enter the kernel image name as [[device:][partno],]/path, where >>> "device:" is the OpenFirmware device path to the disk the image >>> resides on, and "partno" is the partition number the image resides on. >>> Note that the comma (,) is only required if you specify an OpenFirmware >>> device, if you only specify a filename you should not start it with a "," >>> >>> >>> If you omit "device:" and "partno" yaboot will use the values of >>> "device=" and "partition=" in yaboot.conf, right now those are set to: >>> device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1 >>> partition=2 >>> >>> boot: >>> >>> >>> That is all I get. I am willing to spend some time on this - but I do not >>> know the "Linux" way these days. >>> Clear instructions, clear requests for info (e.g., if you can jump out of >>> the install and look at something, manual divvy if you prefer, etc..) >>> >>> just might be a few hours to days between responses as I also have regular >>> work to attend to. >>> > > -- 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/514874d3.4030...@pie-dabas.net
