On Thu, Apr 14, 2005 at 09:12:34AM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > > Gaudenz was right in this respect and a confirmation to bug #294081 > should be filed. Can someone please help me with this as I am unsure > of the correct procedure. The bug can be seen at > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=294081 To add information to this bug just send mail to 294081@bugs.debian.org. I think the output of the following commands would be helpful: ofpath /dev/sda ofpath /dev/sdb and the correct OpenFirmware paths to the first and second hard disk. If you don't know these you can also tar /proc/device-tree and add this as an attachment: tar -czf device-tree.tar.gz /proc/device-tree Gaudenz > > As an aside, to side-step this problem I simply installed Debian on my > primary disk - and everything worked like a charm. Everything but X, > that's for another list! ;) > > Particular thanks goes to Sven for his help with my problems off-list. > > Thanks guys! > > Noah > > > On 4/3/05, Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 10:10:17AM +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > > > Hi Sven, > > > > > > The d-i worked and rebooted for me. Yaboot displays the standard > > > option screen with a choice of either "c" for CDROM or "l" for > > > GNU/Linux > > > > > > Selecting "l" yaboot just hangs for a while while a flashing question > > > mark/folder icon is displayed before simply reseting it's self. > > > > > > Does this mean a kenel problem? > > > > > > As per your request, hear are some of my system stats: > > > > > > Machine Model: Power Mac G5 > > > CPU Type: PowerPC 970 (2.2) > > > Number Of CPUs: 2 > > > CPU Speed: 1.8 GHz > > > L2 Cache (per CPU): 512 KB > > > Memory: 2 GB > > > Bus Speed: 900 MHz > > > Boot ROM Version: 5.1.5f0 > > > > > > Thanks for all the help! > > > > No, probably a bad yaboot configuration, you can look at the d-i yaboot.conf > > and the one generated after the install. > > > > Friendly, > > > > Sven Luther > > > > > -- Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. ~ Samuel Beckett ~
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