Bug#340980: Replacing testing's yaboot by sid's yaboot allows the installation of a bootable system...
Dear d-i team,
I finally managed to install debian with a much simpler protocol :
- Download the latest ppc64 debian-installer[1];
- boot, enter 'install';
- proceed until it complains that yaboot can not be installed;
- Alt-F2 to open a console, chroot /target
- edit /etc/apt/sources-list, and change 'testing' to 'sid'
- apt-get update && apt-get install yaboot
- alt-F1, install bootloader, and proceed.
[1] http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/ppc64/2005-12-09/powerpc64/netboot64/mini.iso
The resulting system can be booted, and needs the option 'video=ofonly'
to avoid a frustrating black screen.
However, it is as unstable as the system obtained by dist-upgrading to
sid. It eventually freezes, with sometime a character chain being
printed contunuously on the screen, so it is not a keyboard bug.
I have strictly no idea of what to do to solve this one... What puzzles
me is that the installer itself is stable... Is there a fundamental
difference between the installer and the installed kernels?
--
Charles
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