On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 03:56:19PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 04:26:06PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote:
> > Hello Debian Install System Team,
> >
> > My first netboot from Open Firmware on an ibook2 failed.
> >
> > Getting into OF went fine.
> > The TFTP of yaboot and yaboot also.
> > What I see from the tcpdump log, it also fetches vmlinux
> >
> > <screenshot>
> > Debian GNU/Linux Network boot
> > Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.6
> > Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
> > boot: linux
> > Please wait, loading kernel...
>
> Are you sure that 'linux' is the right name? What does your yaboot.conf
stappers@fr36:~
$ cat /var/lib/tftpboot/yaboot.conf.should
device=enet:
partition=0
timeout=50
init-message="Debian GNU/Linux Network boot"
default=linux
image=vmlinux
initrd=initrd.gz
label=linux
initrd-size=8192
append="init=/linuxrc"
read-only
stappers@fr36:~
$
> look like? If you're booting 2.6, you'll need to set up a yaboot.conf,
> since yaboot can't boot an initrd kernel otherwise; if you're booting
> 2.4, try 'enet:0,/vmlinux' (I think that's right, it's been a while).
AFAIK current default d-i kernel for PowerPC, that is what I use, is 2.4
'boot enet:0,vmlinux' results in 'LOAD-SIZE is too small'
(I think the vmlinux is missing the correct header,
yaboot has a header that OF accepts and yaboot will load initrd.gz )
>
> --
> Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
Cheers
Geert Stappers
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