Re: Yikes G4/400Mhz freezes at init
in the interest of documenting this further, i should mention that i was
already using yaboot 0.6, and simply added the line
append="hda=noautotune"
to the yaboot.conf in the bootstrap partition. NOTE: adding this to
/etc/yaboot.conf and then running ybin/mkofboot does not seem to update this
line on the bootstrap partition! i had to mount the bootstrap partition and
edit it by hand.
josh
>
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Josh Davison wrote:
>> that indeed solved the init freeze problem.
>>
>> this should be in the docs!!! it would have saved me 12 hours of
>> reboot/reinstall problems.
>>
>> thanks
>> josh
>>
>> on 8/24/00 11:37 AM, Charles Stevenson at csteven@terraplex.com wrote:
>>
>>> You might try append="hda=noautotune", or get yaboot 0.6... or both ;)
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Charles
>>>
>>> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Josh Davison wrote:
>>>> hello,
>>>>
>>>> i have been attempting to install Potato on a yikes G4/400Mhz power
>>>> macintosh and experiencing freezes and other errors when init starts. i
>>>> have followed the installation manual's instructions and partitioned the
>>>> system as follows:
>>>>
>>>> dev/hda1-4 -- apple partition map/driver/patches
>>>> dev/hda5 -- 1MB bootstrap partition for yaboot
>>>> dev/had6 -- 200MB / partition
>>>> dev/hda7 -- 2GB /usr partition
>>>> dev/hda8 -- 5GB /home partition
>>>> dev/hda9 -- 128MB swap partition
>>>> dev/hda10 -- 2GB MacOS HFS partition
>>>>
>>>> i have run the installer from a pre2_2 install CD, as well as over a tftp
>>>> net-boot with the same results ... the install goes fine, i do the yaboot
>>>> configuration as described in section 7.15.1 of the install manual
>>>> (substituting '-m /target/etc/ofboot.b' for '-m /etc/ofboot.b' since /etc
>>>> is
>>>> actually on the ramdisk not the root filesystem).
>>>>
>>>> when i reboot the system following installation/configuration, yaboot works
>>>> fine, the kernel loads, but when init is supposed to start one of several
>>>> things happens:
>>>>
>>>> 1) various shared library errors appear. several times libc.6.so has been
>>>> reported to contain various garbage characters, other libraries have also
>>>> reported difficulties, usually this ends with a complete system freeze
>>>>
>>>> 2) init won't start at all, the system just hangs and i can page-up/down
>>>> through the kernel messages but init never starts
>>>>
>>>> 3) init does start, tries to run fsck on the root filesystem and drops me
>>>> into single user mode, but if i try to run fsck it either gives me more
>>>> shared library errors, or runs and then any other command that i try to
>>>> execute segfaults.
>>>>
>>>> one time i was actually able to get into dselect and install the basic
>>>> system but never was prompted to enter a root password or add a new user
>>>> and
>>>> was unable to log in. repeated attempts to boot in rescue mode from the
>>>> install cd to change root password failed and i never got that far again.
>>>>
>>>> i have now re-installed no less than six times and am ready to switch back
>>>> to LinuxPPC 2000 which ran fine for many months on the same machine with
>>>> only minor installation problems.
>>>>
>>>> if anyone has had similar problems or can offer a solution, i would be very
>>>> grateful. i really would like to get Debian working on this box.
>>>>
>>>> thank you.
>>>> Josh Davison
>>>> onShore, Inc.
>>>> josh@onshore.com
>>>>
>>>>
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