Bug#225370: debian-installer: cannot start init on powerpc
Package: debian-installer
Version: unavailable; reported 2003-12-29
Severity: normal
INSTALL REPORT
Debian-installer-version: from CVS -- 2003-dec-29
uname -a: <The result of running uname -a on a shell prompt>
Date: 2003-dec-29 06:30 CET
Method: sarge CD (from jigdo) + cdrom.iso from debian-installer
Machine: powerbook3.2, 30Gb disk ATA66
Processor: PowerPC g4 + altivec
Memory: 512Mb
Root Device: Internal IDE disk
Root Size/partition table:
Output of lspci:
00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 AGP
00:10.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 Lf [Radeon Mobility 9000 M9] (rev 01)
10:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 PCI
10:17.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo Mac I/O (rev 03)
10:18.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
10:19.0 USB Controller: Apple Computer Inc. KeyLargo USB
10:1a.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
24:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth 1.5 Internal PCI
24:0e.0 Class ffff: Lucent Microelectronics FW323 (rev ff)
24:0f.0 Class ffff: Apple Computer Inc. UniNorth GMAC (Sun GEM) (rev ff)
Base System Installation Checklist:
Initial boot worked: [O]
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Comments/Problems:
The 'make TYPE=cdrom cd_image' worked only when I changed these files:
config/arch/linux-powerpc: KERNEL_FLAVOUR=di
make/arch/linux-powerpc:
changed
> $(CD_IMAGE_TREE)/install/powermac
in
> $(CD_IMAGE_TREE)/install/powermac/boot.msg
then I burned the CD and booted the machine.
The yaboot prompt appeared and I typed 'install DEBCONF_PRIORITY=medium'
at the prompt, then pressed enter.
After the normal hardware recognition by the kernel the system did not
start correctly init, giving this error message:
Freeing unused kernel memory: 184k init 4k chrp 36k prep
Warning: unable to open an initial console.
Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init!
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux casa 2.4.23 #1 SMP gio dic 25 20:22:37 CET 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=it_IT, LC_CTYPE=it_IT (ignored: LC_ALL set)
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