Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
Hello, I have a problem when trying to install Debian on an IBM RS6000 P43-140 I set up a dhcp/tftp Server (Debian stable, x86) and downloaded the file http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd saved this file as /tftpboot/boot.img and booted the P43 from net. The box started downloading the boot image, but stopped after 2500 packets and displays F77 on the LEDs: RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok BOOTP S = 1 R = 1 FILE: /tftpboot/boot.img Load Addr=0x60 Max File Size=0x1000 Packet Count = 2500 Any hints, what can be wrong? jaybe signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:05, nicolas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 12:47, Juergen Braun wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem when trying to install Debian on an IBM RS6000 P43-140 > > > > I set up a dhcp/tftp Server (Debian stable, x86) and downloaded the file > > > > http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd > > > > saved this file as /tftpboot/boot.img and booted the P43 from net. The > > box started downloading the boot image, but stopped after 2500 packets > > and displays F77 on the LEDs: > > > > RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 > > RS/6000 > > > > memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok > > BOOTP S = 1 R = 1 > > FILE: /tftpboot/boot.img > > > > Load Addr=0x60 Max File Size=0x1000 > > Packet Count = 2500 > > > > Any hints, what can be wrong? > > > > jaybe > > Hi, > > the tftp transert can been aborted by an arp request (seen this on a FAS > on the net). The workaround is to add a static entry for your 7043-140 > > arp -s ip_7043-140 mac_7043-140 > > I use this and I can netboot my 7043-140. If this works for you, can you > tell me if the debian installer detects your scsi card and can install > the right module ? Thanks It looks that the scsi card isn't detected: Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 Uncompressing Linux...done. Now booting the kernel Total memory = 512MB; using 1024kB for hash table (at c030) Linux version 2.6.7-powerpc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-3)4 PReP architecture IBM planar ID: 00d5 MPIC at 0xfddc (0x3ddc), length 0x0004 mapped to 0xeffc On node 0 totalpages: 131072 DMA zone: 131072 pages, LIFO batch:16 Normal zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 OpenPIC Version 1.0 (4 CPUs and 16 IRQ sources) at effc PID hash table entries: 4096 (order 12: 32768 bytes) time_init: decrementer frequency = 16.622468 MHz Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Memory: 511424k available (1656k kernel code, 1088k data, 160k init, 0k highmem) Calibrating delay loop... 330.75 BogoMIPS Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd Freeing initrd memory: 4299k freed NET: Registered protocol family 16 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Setting PCI interrupts for a "IBM 43P-140 (Tiger1)" PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device :00:0b.0 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device :00:0c.0 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device :00:10.0 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device :00:12.0 Thermal assist unit not available audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) audit(948037132.670:0): initialized devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) devfs: boot_options: 0x0 Initializing Cryptographic API Generic RTC Driver v1.07 Macintosh non-volatile memory driver v1.1 Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing disabled ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pmac_zilog: 0.6 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize input: Macintosh mouse button emulation Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536) RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem) readonly. VFS: Cannot open root device "" or unknown-block(8,3) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from the initial ramdisk? Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > Nicolas > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
> What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from > the initial ramdisk? > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 Found it myself: Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 Will try now to install, but I guess, that it will fail , cause the scsi controller hasn't been detected. jaybe signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:02, nicolas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:30, Juergen Braun wrote: > > > What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from > > > the initial ramdisk? > > > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > Found it myself: > > Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > > > Will try now to install, but I guess, that it will fail , cause the scsi > > controller hasn't been detected. > > > > jaybe > > With debian installer, the hardware are discovered later, and the boot > messages like you/copy paste are not important for hardware support. > Just go through the install process to the detect hardware and partition > hard drive? You'll see if your card is detected or not When I choose "guided partitioning", I got this menu, but can't select any harddisk. So I guess, that the installer hasn't found my scsi controller. +ÄÄ+ [!!] Partition disks +ÄÄÄ+ | | | Disk space to partition:| | | | Manually edit partition table | | | || | | +Ä+ BTW, what Debian package do I have to install to get an linux8x8 font for konsole? jaybe signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 15:37, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Juergen Braun writes: > > > It looks that the scsi card isn't detected: > > Support for SCSI hardware is built as modules and will be loaded later > in the installation process. Make sure you use a *very* recent d-i > build, because Bug#263156 has only been fixed a few days ago. I tried this one: http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-05/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd After selecting German as language, the console (serial console) stays blank, LEDs are off, nothing more happens > > Regards, Jens. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problem, installing Debian on RS6000 P43-140
On Mon, 2004-09-06 at 09:25, Sven Luther wrote: > On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 03:19:51PM +0200, Juergen Braun wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:02, nicolas wrote: > > > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:30, Juergen Braun wrote: > > > > > What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting > > > > > from > > > > > the initial ramdisk? > > > > > Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > > > Found it myself: > > > > Linux/PPC load: root=/dev/ram load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > > > > > > > Will try now to install, but I guess, that it will fail , cause the scsi > > > > controller hasn't been detected. > > > > > > > > jaybe > > > > > > With debian installer, the hardware are discovered later, and the boot > > > messages like you/copy paste are not important for hardware support. > > > Just go through the install process to the detect hardware and partition > > > hard drive? You'll see if your card is detected or not > > When I choose "guided partitioning", I got this menu, but can't select > > any harddisk. So I guess, that the installer hasn't found my scsi > > controller. > > > > > > +ÄÄ+ [!!] Partition disks +ÄÄÄ+ > > | | > > | Disk space to partition:| > > | | > > | Manually edit partition table | > > | | > > || > > | | > > +Ä+ > > > > BTW, what Debian package do I have to install to get an linux8x8 font > > for konsole? > > This is a known bug in parted, which i am fixing now. Try tomorrows daily > built, or try out the one from friday/saturday. I tried http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-07/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd and http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-03/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd but no success. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Installing Debian on P43-140
On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 07:23, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Juergen Braun writes: > > > The stock debian kernel didn't work, > > Which one was that? Could you try the new 2.6 based debian-installer, > available for example from > > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/netboot/> > > and report your success or failure to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm trying the new installer but with no success so far (already maild to the debian-powerpc mailing list) But I installed debian with the boot floppy from http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/files/2.4.19/zImage.prep-2.4.19 and the root-floppy from http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/prep/images-1.44/root.bin and this started a debian stable installation. I also booted the installation with the zImage.prep-2.4.19 floppy and installed a new kernel kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc But can't get the machine to boot from disk I have the following partitioning: Disk Drive: /dev/sda Size: 9100369920 bytes Heads: 64 Sectors per Track: 32 Cylinders: 8678 NameFlags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) -- sda1BootPrimary PPC PReP Boot2.10 sda2Primary Linux swap 511.71 sda3Primary Linux ext3 4095.74 Pri/Log Free Space 4490.01 And tried to install the bootloader with yabootconfig -r /dev/sda3 -b /dev/sda1 p43:~# yabootconfig -r /dev/sda3 -b /dev/sda1 yaboot is the Linux Loader for PowerPC. yabootconfig sets up your system to boy from your hard disk, without the need for a boot CD, floppy or a network boot. Install yaboot bootstrap on /dev/sda1 to boot Linux from /dev/sda3? [Yes] Creating a simple /etc/yaboot.conf... Running mkofboot to make the disk bootable... mkofboot: Warning: Incompatible version of `nvsetenv', nvram will not be updated Done p43:~# What's the problem with this error message? Why isn't the system bootgin from disk? The following boot order is configured: floppy cdrom disk network Thanks jaybe signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [rplu] Re: Installing Debian on P43-140
On Wed, 2004-09-08 at 06:40, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Hi, > > Juergen Braun writes: > > > debian stable installation [...] kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc > > The kernel image in this package is an uncompressed ELF file (called > vmlinux), while you need a compressed kernel image file with PReP boot > code glued onto it. Those are typically called vmlinuz or > zImage.prep. The one from the boot floppy should do fine; after all, > it managed to boot your machine for installation. > > > And tried to install the bootloader with > > yabootconfig -r /dev/sda3 -b /dev/sda1 > [...] > > > What's the problem with this error message? > > > Why isn't the system booting from disk? > > Because you have a PReP machine, and PReP is for real men who don't > bother with flimsy bootloaders and other fancy stuff. > > In order to get a kernel onto the PReP boot partition, just write it > there. The exact command is > > dd if=/where/you/keep/your/zImage.prep of=/dev/sda1 Works perfect. I used the image I already booted in the installation mode http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/files/2.4.19/zImage.prep-2.4.19 and dumped this to /dev/sda1 Now it boots directly from disk! Thanks Will continue to test the new debian installer and will create a kernel directly on my RS6000 box. > > Regards, Jens. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
