On Sunday 02 March 2008, Ulrich Enslin wrote: > I installed debian 40r3 on a IBM Power 620 (7025-f0). The install was > successful, but the system did not boot from the scsi disc, with the > output shown below. > > Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13 > Enter "help" to get some basic usage information > boot: > Linux old > boot: Linux > Please wait, loading kernel... > Elf32 kernel loaded... > Loading ramdisk... > ramdisk loaded at 02200000, size: 5264 Kbytes > OF stdout device is: /pci@fff7f09000/isa@10/serial@i3f8 > command line: root=/dev/sda4 ro console=ttyS0 > memory layout at init: > alloc_bottom : 02724000 > alloc_top : 00000000 > alloc_top_hi : 00000000 > rmo_top : 00000000 > ram_top : 00000000 > Looking for displays > alloc_down() called with mem not initialized > EXIT called ok > 0 > So the installation went OK, but the reboot failed. This looks like a kernel issue to me, although it could also be something related to the bootloader or the initrd. Unfortunately there is very little powerpc knowledge inside the debian-installer team at the moment. One thing you could try is to boot the installer again in rescue mode and rebuild the initrd (using update-initramfs -u) from a chroot of the installed system. You should also check that the kernel that was installed is the correct one for your system. Maybe someone on the powerpc mailing list can help further. If that does not work, I'd suggest contacting the powerpc kernel developers. Please let us know if you find out anything. Cheers, FJP
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