Bug#260154: PowerMac G3 (beige) sarge d-i Installation Report

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Jul 19, 2004 at 05:10:15PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
> On (19/07/04 17:39), Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Sun, Jul 18, 2004 at 10:53:00PM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
> > > Package: installation-reports
> > > 
> > > Debian-installer-version: sarge powerpc tcl.1 9 June 2004
> > > uname -a: Linux Homer 2.4.25-powerpc #1 mer avr 14 15:38:38 CEST 2004
> > > ppc GNU/Linux
> > 
> > Could you have the 2.6 debian-installer a try also ?
> Hi Sven
> 
> As I reported, when I tried to boot the installer from initrd.gz and
> vmlinux from the 2.6 folder, I got a kernel panic - sorry I didn't note
> the exact error but it related to USB and my beige G3 doesn't have USB.

Notice that USB is modular, and should not be loaded or even attempted. Could
you try to install and boot a 2.6 kernel in your already installed system, and
debug it that way ? And fill a bug report against kerne-image-2.6.7-powerpc.

> I'd be happy to acquire a USB/PCI card but that will take a little
> while.  Or is there another image you'd like me to try?

I don't think that is needed, see above.

> If you want me to try booting the 2.6 kernel again and record the error
> message, let me know.

Yes, please a full log output would be nice, i suppose that since 2.6.7-3, you
should be able to get a serial log on your old world box. This would be the
most perfect solution. But again, a bug report should go against the
kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc package.

Friendly,

Sven Luther