Bug#365730: installation report (try 2)
On Tue, 2 May 2006, Frans Pop wrote:
> reassign 365730 linux-2.6
> retitle 365730 [powerpc] [d-i] Oops when booting from usb flash drive
> thanks
>
> On Tuesday 02 May 2006 14:07, Toni L. Harbaugh-Blackford [Contr] wrote:
> > Comments/Problems:
> > Installer crashes with an oops, 'Unable to handle kernel paging
> > request'. Crash at same place in boot with two different usb sticks,
> > but different tasks and locations listed in the stack trace, which is
> > strange.
>
> Reassigning to the kernel team as they know more about oopses than us
> simple installer folk.
> The installation report contains loads of detailed info.
>
> This may be user error though as I would expect booting from usb stick to
> require a hd-media image (like for i386), though I'm not sure of that.
I would do this but the hd-media for ppc is only the 32bit one. Does it
matter?
I have booted other cd images from the usb stick on ppc. It seems to work
as long as the 'cd' driver gets mapped ok.
>
> Toni: You may also want to try with a new daily build of the installer
> which uses a 2.6.16 kernel. Note that the powerpc cd builds have been
> broken for a while, but we expect to get (finally) new ones in tonight's
> run, so check the date before you download.
>
Will they have the zilog serial issue fixed?
Thanks,
Toni
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Toni Harbaugh-Blackford harbaugh@abcc.ncifcrf.gov
System Administrator
Advanced Biomedical Computing Center (ABCC)
National Cancer Institute
Contractor - SAIC/Frederick
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