Bug#156710: BOOT error on new install to Mac Performa 6360 PowerPC
On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 07:51:21AM +1000, Herbert Xu wrote:
> reassign 156710 boot-floppies
> quit
>
> On Wed, Aug 14, 2002 at 01:25:22PM -0700, Al Smith wrote:
> > Package: kernel
> > Version: 3.0 woody
> > Severity: critical
> >
> > The exact and complete text of any error messages
> > printed or logged:
> > CLAIM failed
> >
> > Exactly what you typed or did to demonstrate the
> > problem.
> > boot<enter>
> >
> > A description of the incorrect behavior:
> > Expected a booted system
> > Got an error and "ok> " prompt
The OpenFirmware implementation on oldworld Macs is pretty weak.
Sometimes you have to patch it, or work around its problems.
Since it sounds like you can see what's happening in OF, what
is the output of
dev / ls
devalias
(and)
printenv
Of particular interest is the boot-device, and whether it seems
to correspond to a real device in your device tree. You can use
one of the aliases to simplify the path, and set it using something
like
setenv boot-device scsi/sd@5:0
Notes on all this stuff are at www.netbsd.org/Ports/macppc/faq.html
> > Suggested Fix - I've been to all the PPC sites for
> > Linux (non of them talk to debian releases!) There are
> > suggestions to remove some checking code and
> > recompiling the kernel, something to do with a 'strip'
> > command, and one for building a smaller kernel. Since
> > I used this distribution *because* it claimed 6360's
> > were supported, I expected it would work.
> >
> > If it requires a separate development system to
> > build/rebuild/compile kernels, that needs to be
> > addressed with claims of compatability: "You need
> > a development server and experience compiling new
> > kernels to make this work with ..."
No, I don't think this will be necessary. Also, try searching
the list archives here for Performa, there may be some specific
hints you can use.
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