Bug#330636: ppc64 openpower710

[Matthew Cocker <matt@cs.auckland.ac.nz>]

yaboot gets to the boot prompt but it can not find the device cd.

It first says

>cd:0,/install/boot/msg: unable to open file, Invalid device

then it comes up with the boot: prompt

>boot:


If I hit enter I get

>cd:0,/install/powerpc/vmlinux: unable to open file invalid device


I have just tried gentoo and they have the full OF path to the cd.

Is that the problem?


/ppc/bootinfo.txt

<chrp-boot>
<description>Debian/GNU Linux Installation on IBM CHRP 
hardware</description>
<os-name>Debian/GNU Linux for PowerPC</os-name>
<boot-script>boot &device;:\install\yaboot</boot-script>


/etc/yaboot.conf

## This yaboot.conf is for CD booting only, do not use as reference.
## Debian GNU/Linux PowerPC (etch)

# It is important not to have a comma after cd:
device=cd:
default=install

# FIXME: will this be the correct path?
message=/install/boot.msg

# Powerpc subarch
image=/install/powerpc/vmlinux
   label=install-powerpc
   alias=install
   initrd=/install/powerpc/initrd.gz
   append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=10240
   read-only

image=/install/powerpc/vmlinux
   label=expert-powerpc
   alias=expert
   initrd=/install/powerpc/initrd.gz
   append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=10240
   read-only

# Power3 subarch
image=/install/power3/vmlinux
   label=install-power3
   initrd=/install/power3/initrd.gz
   append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=10240
   read-only

image=/install/power3/vmlinux
   label=expert-power3
   initrd=/install/power3/initrd.gz
   append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=10240
   read-only

# Power 4 subarch
image=/install/power4/vmlinux
   label=install-power4
   initrd=/install/power4/initrd.gz
   append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=10240
   read-only

image=/install/power4/vmlinux
   label=expert-power4
   initrd=/install/power4/initrd.gz
   append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=10240
   read-only

# ... and now massive clone-and-hack for 2.4 ...

# Powerpc subarch
image=/install/powerpc/2.4/vmlinux
   label=install-powerpc-2.4
   alias=install-2.4
   initrd=/install/powerpc/2.4/initrd.gz
   append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=8192
   read-only

image=/install/powerpc/2.4/vmlinux
   label=expert-powerpc-2.4
   alias=expert-2.4
   initrd=/install/powerpc/2.4/initrd.gz
   append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=8192
   read-only

# Power3 subarch
image=/install/power3/2.4/vmlinux
   label=install-power3-2.4
   initrd=/install/power3/2.4/initrd.gz
   append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=8192
   read-only

image=/install/power3/2.4/vmlinux
   label=expert-power3-2.4
   initrd=/install/power3/2.4/initrd.gz
   append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=8192
   read-only

# Power 4 subarch
image=/install/power4/2.4/vmlinux
   label=install-power4-2.4
   initrd=/install/power4/2.4/initrd.gz
   append="devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=8192
   read-only

image=/install/power4/2.4/vmlinux
   label=expert-power4-2.4
   initrd=/install/power4/2.4/initrd.gz
   append="DEBCONF_PRIORITY=low devfs=mount,dall init=/linuxrc --"
   initrd-size=8192
   read-only

> > Oh, ok, it boots then, but then fails to launch yaboot or something. Can you
> > tell me exactly what is going on here, and paste me the content of
> > /ppc/bootinfo.txt or whatever that file was ? 
> >
> > Or is this already yaboot ? do you get a yaboot prompt ? Can you capture the
> > full console output ?
> >
> > Friendly,
> >
> > Sven Luther