Re: Problems booting into Debian installer on PowerMac G5
Just a quick note. I have replyed to this post on a different thread.
"Installing Debian on a PowerMac G5"
Thanks for all your help!
On 4/5/05, Gaudenz Steinlin <gaudenz@debian.org> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 04:21:38AM +0100, Noah Slater wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > Eventually I got to the partitioning screen. After opting to erase the
> > whole disk and then being asked what type of setup I would like the
> > installer presented me with the following information of it's intended
> > partitioning:
> >
> > #1 32.8 KB Apple
> > #2 1.0 MB boot untitled
> > #3 244.8 GB ext3 untitled /
> > #4 6.2GB ext3 swap swap
>
> This looks OK.
>
> >
> > ---------------------------
> > First Stage GNU/Linux Bootstrap
> >
> > Press l for GNU/Linux,
> > c for CDROM
> >
> > Stage 1 boot: l
> >
> > Loading second stage bootstrap...
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > At this point, the same flashing question mark/folder icon came up.
> > Nothing happened for a minute or so and then the screen reset it's
> > self - presenting me with the same initial option.
>
> This means that the first stage yaboot (the ofboot.b OpenFirmare script) is unable
> to load the second stage. The root cause of this is probably that the
> ofpath utility does not correctly identify the OpenFirmware path to your
> Bootstrap partition (where the yaboot second stage is installed).
>
> I think we already solved a similiar problem once on the debian-powerpc
> list. You can find my description on how to find the correct OF path in
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2005/02/msg00049.html
>
> Probably it is the best approach to first try to get the into OF and to
> try to boot the second stage yaboot directly from there. Like this you
> can find out the correct OF path and then later fix your yaboot.conf. I
> guess that the real bug lies in the ofpath utility. If you can confirm
> this please report a bug on the yaboot package or add your information
> to #294081 if you think that it is the same issue.
>
> Gaudenz
>
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