Bug#370418: failed Installation report for etch beta2 on oldworld PowerPC Mac (beige g3)

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

On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 07:00:54AM +0200, Frans Pop wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 June 2006 05:58, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > They are "vmlinux--2.6.15-1-powerpc" and "initrd.img-2.6.15-1-powerpc".
> 
> I've checked the initrd (it's a gzipped cpio archive) and there's nothing 
> in there referring to 2.6.8 either. In the initrd:
> $ ls lib/modules/
> 2.6.15-1-powerpc
> 
> So there's no
> /lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc/kernel/drivers/input/serio/i8042.ko
> to be inserted that could cause the error message you see.
> 
> So I'm still voting for an error on your side and you're somehow booting 
> your old 2.6.8 kernel or initrd. You really need to try and find some 
> kind of explanation for the reference to 2.6.8 when you reboot.
> 
> The puzzling thing is though that the other messages you copied initially 
> show that it _is_ an initramfs initrd you're booting and d-i does not 
> normally create an initramfs initrd for 2.6.8.
> 
> Can you try booting with 'break=init'. This should give you a debug shell 
> so you can check what kernel version is running and list the contents of 
> the initrd that is being used.

Err, Rick just said that there was no 2.6.8 string at all, and that he just
typoed while re-typing it by hand.

Friendly,

Sven Luther