Bug#339104: PowerPC business card d-i won't boot kernel on original iMac

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

On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 09:43:44AM +1100, David Creelman wrote:
> Comments/Problems:
> Did a fresh download of the business card iso to ensure I had the correct image.
> Image date on yaboot screen is 20051111.
> from yaboot, typed 'install', screen went white, some text appeared at the top which was blanked too quickly for me
> to read.
> Screen flicks back to a more standard (i386 install) looking white text on black background.
> There is what looks like boot text with 'Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.12-1-powerpc', then
> some dump statistics.
> If this screen is left for a few minutes, the iMac reboots back to the yaboot screen.
> Entering 'expert' produces the same crash and dump.
> Entering 'install video=ofonly' produces the same crash and dump.
> Would you like more information ?
> Are there other kernel parameters that need to be entered for original iMacs ?

This is probably a kernel issue, not a d-i one.

Could you : 

  1) get the info in the dump statistics to us, if nothing else, by taking a
  digicam pic of it and posting it somewhere ? 

  2) try the sarge installer (which use kernel 2.6.8), and see if the problem
  is also present there. If not, please post the lspci output or /proc/pci
  content here.

Friendly,

Sven Luther