current d-i cd won't boot on G3

Hi, i've tried today's daily build of the powerpc netinstaller cd. This is a G3 powerpc and i can't make it boot the cd by any means: - pressing 'c' upon boot - loading the OpenFirmware with the Systemdisk-Tool from the d-i install guide and from there going "boot cd:,\install\yaboot" or going "bo

Re: current d-i cd won't boot on G3

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Hi Clive, > > If it's a beige G3 you'll need to use BootX 1.2.2 Thanks! that did the trick. Maybe it should be added to the d-i manual how to tell what's "OldWorld" and what's "NewWorld" mac. I thought i had a NewWorld one for some reason (well, just wildly guessing actually). -- Best regards,

Re: Fwd: Re: current d-i cd won't boot on G3

Hi, > > If it's a beige G3 you'll need to use BootX 1.2.2 moreover, what's the reason, BootX can't be shipped on the CD? -- Best regards, Kilian signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil

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Hi Brad, thanks for the insight. In that case, why isn't that list shipped with the d-i docs? Or is it and i was just too blind to see it? Could there be a mini-tool or a script telling? Like you have a small prog on the CD which you start and that would read "Your mac is oldworld, use BootX".. -

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Hi again, ok, here's the next problem. Now i have managed to get past BootX, even past d-i, except that it failed at quix installation. So i thought, who cares, i'll go for BootX with my kernel and a proper root= setting.. Yet when i launch BootX with root=/dev/hda8 or root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/tar

Re: Fwd: Re: current d-i cd won't boot on G3

Hi Clive, > What you need to do to get BootX to boot your installed Linux system is > copy the initrd.gz and vmlinux from your installed system onto the Mac > partition and then replace the installer versions in "Linux Kernels" > with these installed versions. The problem I've had is that I can't

Re: Fwd: Re: current d-i cd won't boot on G3

Hi Clive, ok, so here's how it goes: use the BootX with the kernel from the installed system, supply the initrd of the booted system and put a root=... as commandline arg. That way i could boot the system just fine. Yet it seems there's no hfs support in the d-i kernel 2.6.7... At least i couldn'

Re: Fwd: Re: current d-i cd won't boot on G3

Hi Clive, > Does that mean that you used the 2.4 kernel? It would be good if you > filed an installation report as requested here: > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template nope, i have gone with the 2.6.7 and its initrd.img.. I'll file the installation report later.. but

Re: Fwd: Re: current d-i cd won't boot on G3

Hi Clive, > Does that mean that you used the 2.4 kernel? It would be good if you > filed an installation report as requested here: > http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template done. http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=258038 -- Best regards, Kilian signature.a