Bug#339104: marked as done (PowerPC business card d-i won't boot kernel on original iMac)
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has caused the Debian Bug report #339104,
regarding PowerPC business card d-i won't boot kernel on original iMac
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Package: installation-reports
Debian-installer-version: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/etch_d-i/powerpc/beta1/debian-testing-powerpc-businesscard.iso
uname -a: not able to install
Date: 15/11/2005 9:30
Method: CD
Machine: original iMac
Processor: PowerPC 2.4
Memory: ???
Root Device: IDE
Root Size/partition table: could not install
Output of lspci and lspci -n: could not install
Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it
Initial boot worked: [E] yaboot worked, but kernel would not boot
Configure network HW: [ ]
Config network: [ ]
Detect CD: [ ]
Load installer modules: [ ]
Detect hard drives: [ ]
Partition hard drives: [ ]
Create file systems: [ ]
Mount partitions: [ ]
Install base system: [ ]
Install boot loader: [ ]
Reboot: [ ]
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 ?
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We are closing this installation report for one of the following
reasons:
- it was reported with a pre-lenny version of Debian
Installer.
- indications in the installation report give the feeling that
the reported problem waslying in another software, unrelated to
D-I, which we can't easily identify.
- indications in the installation report suggest that it may have been
fixed in a more recent version of a D-I component
- it was successful and we forgot closing it..:-)
- it has no information we consider useful
The D-I team is currently in the process of cleaning out the old spool
of installation reports that haven't bene processed yet.
In case you think that the problem you reported has chances to be
still present, please reiterate your installation test with
a more recent image of D-I, if you're in position of doing this.
You'll find daily builds at
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer. We recommend you choose
the netboot image, in the "daily builds section", then choose to
install "squeeze" when prompted.
If some problems are found, please report them with a new bug sent
against installation-reports.
Many thanks for your understanding and your help improving Debian,
past and present.
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