On Sun, 2013-07-21 at 22:07 +0400, Pavel Fedin wrote: > Hello, Ben. > > 21 июля 2013 г., 21:56:24, you wrote: > > > > This might be relevant: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2013/07/msg00008.html > > Unlikely. > Looks like the kernel simply does not boot up. It does not say > anything. Nor it switches video mode. I just enter boot command and > see random flashing rectangles like on old good ZX Spectrum :) > I have one suggestion about it. Looks like this kernel has rather big > initrd attached. If so, technically it might occasionally overwrite > firmware's code in RAM and kill itself even before the actual startup.
If you run the installer in expert mode you can choose to create a 'targeted' initramfs which should be much smaller. > I have another machine with a serial port here, i'll try to redirect > the output to serial port and see what happens. > Also i'm currently downloading i386 version in order to install on my > AspireOne. Using it i will be able to cross-build PPC version of the > kernel, and try to run it. This will also help me to either prove or > reject my guess about initrd. > However actually this guess comes from two facts: > 1. Installed vmlinuz takes rather long time to load. > 2. CD installer kernel takes much shorter time to load, and works > fine. I would expect the installer initramfs to be bigger than a normal generic initramfs, but maybe I'm wrong. Ben. > I don't believe there are many differences between CD version and > working version. At least not in early startup code. > -- Ben Hutchings The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere. - Anne Morrow Lindberg
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