Re: IBM RS6k 43P-140 d-i boot failure
On Tue, May 3, 2005 9:58 pm, Matthias Petz said:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eduard Bloch" <edi@gmx.de>
> To: <debian-boot@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 3:26 PM
> Subject: IBM RS6k 43P-140 d-i boot failure
>
>> I try to install Sarge with d-i on a IBM RS600 machine (prep class,
>> from 1997). Unfortunately, the install system dies with the messages
>> below. The boot CD is a regular CD1 for PPC, weekly snapshot,
>> assembled with jigdo last week wednesday (IIRC). Unfortnately I
>> cannot see the problem. I assume I need to specify a different boot
>> image but I don't see where. With the video card built-in, I get the
>> SMS console where I can open a boot console with F8.
>> There I have also tried to specify boot
>> cdrom:\install\powerpc\...\vmlinux-prep.initrd, I got an "ok" but
>> nothing happened. And with the serial console only, I get the
>> attached thing.
>
> I have had the opportunity to install the woody branch on my 7043p-140
> a year or two ago. AFAIK there is need for a kernel patch to get a
> loader prompt to setup the needed kernel parameters (in this case
> root=<something>)because some PReP machines have some problems
> passing the parameters to the kernel. I have been able to get it
> installed with help from http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/ . You
> can also get bootdisks there. To get it running with sarge isos
> someone has to add a boot system to a not recently used PPC cdimage.
>
>> loaded at: 00600400 00A98FF4
>> relocated to: 00800000 00C98BF4
>> zimage at: 0080A94C 0093E5DA
>> initrd at: 0093F000 00C8E607
>> avail ram: 00400000 00800000
>> __kbdreset failed: 00000009
>>
>> Linux/PPC load: console=ttyS0,9600 console=tty0
[...]
I think just appending "root=/dev/ram0" onto the end of the line
should get it working.
[...]
>
> I think Leigh Brown, Maintainer of solinno.co.uk, can help us in this
> one. He has got his 140 running with sarge since january 2005.
Yes, apart from a couple of caveats its working really well. The
root=/dev/ram0 argument should get things going. For a hilarious
(or not :-) ) video of me installing sarge on my 140 (a couple of
months ago), check out:
http://www.solinno.co.uk/7043-140/walkthrough/sargeinst/index.html
I haven't added a soundtrack yet :-) BTW Don't remove the
console=tty0 from the command line (as shown in the video) unless
you are using a serial console.
Cheers,
Leigh.
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