Bug#422836: installing Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 on a Workgroup Server 8550/200 renders the machine unbootable
Package: installation-reports
Boot method: BootX + CDROM
Image version: [Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 r0 _Etch_ - Official powerpc CD Binary-1 20070407-14:58]
Date of instllation: May 7h 2007
Machine: Apple Macintosh Workrgroup Server 8550/200
Processor: PowerPC 640e at 200 MHz
Installed memory: 160 MB
Partitions:
[root@workgroupserver8550] /root>mac-fdisk -l
/dev/sda
# type name length base ( size ) system
/dev/sda1 Apple_partition_map Apple 63 @ 1 ( 31.5k) Partition map
/dev/sda2 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 54 @ 64 ( 27.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/sda3 Apple_Driver43 Macintosh 74 @ 118 (
37.0k) Driver 4.3
/dev/sda4 Apple_FWDriver Macintosh 200 @ 192 (100.0k) Unknown
/dev/sda5 Apple_Driver_IOKit Macintosh 512 @ 392 (256.0k) Unknown
/dev/sda6 Apple_Patches Patch Partition 512 @ 904 (
256.0k) Unknown
/dev/sda7 Apple_HFS Disque Systeme 716800 @ 1416 (350.0M) HFS
/dev/sda8 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap 781251 @ 718216 (381.5M) Linux swap
/dev/sda9 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 debian_var_log 488282 @ 1499467 (
238.4M) Linux native
/dev/sda10 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 debian_root 2206309 @ 1987749 ( 1.1G) Linux native
Block size=512, Number of Blocks=4194058
DeviceType=0x0, DeviceId=0x0
Drivers-
1: @ 64 for 19, type=0x1
2: @ 118 for 36, type=0xffff
Output of lspci -v:
[root@workgroupserver8550] /root>lspci -v
0000:00:0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Bandit PowerPC host bridge (rev 03)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
0000:00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Grand Central I/O (rev 02)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32
Memory at f3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
0001:01:0b.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Apple Computer Inc. Control Video
Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 26
Memory at 90000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
Memory at 94000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64M]
0001:01:0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. PlanB Video-In (rev 01)
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 28
Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1K]
Output of lspci -vv:
[root@workgroupserver8550] /root>lspci -vv
0000:00:
0b.0 Host bridge: Apple Computer Inc. Bandit PowerPC host bridge (rev 03)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort+ >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
0000:00:10.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. Grand Central I/O (rev 02)
Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR+
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Region 0: Memory at f3000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
0001:01:0b.0 Non-VGA unclassified device: Apple Computer Inc. Control Video
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 26
Region 1: Memory at 90000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64K]
Region 2: Memory at 94000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=64M]
0001:01:
0d.0 Class ff00: Apple Computer Inc. PlanB Video-In (rev 01)
Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
Latency: 32, Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
Interrupt: pin ? routed to IRQ 28
Region 0: Memory at f1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1K]
Selected information from dmesg:
Using PowerMac machine description
Total memory = 160MB; using 512kB for hash table (at c9f80000)
Linux version 2.6.18-4-powerpc (Debian 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.2 20061115 (prerelease) (Debian
4.1.1-21)) #1 Mon Mar 26 09:11:14 CEST 2007
Found initrd at 0xc0375000:0xc1011800
Found a Grand Central mac-io controller, rev: 2, mapped at 0xfdf00000
PowerMac motherboard: PowerMac 7500
Cache coherency enabled for bandit/PSX
Found Bandit PCI host bridge at 0x00000000f2000000. Firmware bus number: 0->0
Found Chaos PCI host bridge at 0x00000000f0000000. Firmware bus number: 1->1
time_init: processor frequency = 200.000000 MHz
Console: colour dummy device 80x25
fb0: Open Firmware frame buffer device on /chaos/control
Generic RTC Driver v1.07
Macintosh non-volatile memory driver v1.1
Detected ADB keyboard, type ISO, swapping keys.
input: ADB keyboard as /class/input/input1
ADB mouse at 3, handler set to 4
input: ADB mouse as /class/input/input2
adb: finished probe task...
SCSI subsystem initialized
scsi0 : 53C94
mesh: configured for synchronous 5 MB/s
Vendor: SONY Model: SDT-7000 Rev: N300
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Vendor: MATSHITA Model: CD-ROM CR-506 Rev: 8S05
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
eth0: MACE at 00:05:02:ec:bd:05, chip revision 25.64
mesh: performing initial bus reset...
scsi1 : MESH
mesh: rejecting message from target 0: 1 1 3
mesh: bs0=2f in msg_out
mesh: rejecting message from target 0: 1 1 32
mesh: bs0=2f in msg_out
mesh: rejecting message from target 0: f
Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST32550N Rev: 3705
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
SCSI device sda: 4194058 512-byte hdwr sectors (2147 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 96 00 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back w/ FUA
SCSI device sda: 4194058 512-byte hdwr sectors (2147 MB)
sda: Write Protect is off
sda: Mode Sense: 96 00 10 08
SCSI device sda: drive cache: write back w/ FUA
sda: [mac] sda1 sda2 sda3 sda4 sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 sda9 sda10
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi disk sda
Attempting manual resume
kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
ts: Compaq touchscreen protocol output
sr0: scsi-1 drive
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 0:0:6:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
st: Version 20050830, fixed bufsize 32768, s/g segs 256
st 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi tape st0
st0: try direct i/o: yes (alignment 512 B)
st 0:0:2:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 1
sr 0:0:6:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 5
sd 1:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
Hi there,
This is to confirm a weird issue.
The machine is a Workgroup Server 8550/200 running MacOS 9.0.4.
I installed 9.0.4 myself from an original CD.
I am using BootX as bootloader.
Basically, when I install Debian GNU/Linux
4.0 on this Workgroup Server 8550/200,
- all of the installation goes well
- but after the reboot, the only thing I see on the screen is the floppy disk with a flashing "?" in it
I first thought Open Firmware was "messed up". I tried Command-Option-P-R until I heard two startboings. Did not solve the problem.
Then I thought this was due to quik "messing up" the partition table and/or blessed partition. So I re-installed Debian GNU/Linux
4.0, with the option "priority=low", and I told debian-installer *not* to install quik
.. anyway, even if I do not attempt to install quik, the machine still becomes unbootable
Here is the output of mac-fdisk:
(see above)
Of course, I did not mess with all the non-Linux partitions
The only way I know to fix this is:
Boot on a bootable System 7.x or MacOS 8.x floppy
Double-click "Apple HD SC Setup 7.3.5"
Choose "Update"
Reboot the machine
Greetings,
--
Pierre Bauduin
Linux enthusiast since 1996
Linux registered user #64711
Debian GNU/Linux user
website: http://pierre.baudu.in/
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