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Bug#987368: Installer fails at first menu "Choose language"



On Fri, 28 May 2021 14:39:56 +0200, Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org> wrote:
> Hi Frédéric,
> 
> Frédéric Bonnard <frediz@debian.org> (2021-05-25):
> > Get that one too :
> > https://openpower.xyz/job/openpower/job/openpower-op-build/label=slave,target=witherspoon/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/images/skiboot.lid
> > 
> > and give it to qemu-system-ppc64 by adding "-bios skiboot.lid" to the qemu
> > line (got the same issue. Last components build may require a newer
> > skiboot.lid than the one coming in qemu package).
> 
> OK, thanks! It went further, but I'm now facing this:
> 
>     Exiting petitboot. Type 'exit' to return.
>     You may run 'pb-sos' to gather diagnostic data
>     No password set, running as root. You may set a password in the System Configuration screen.
>     # kexec -l vmlinux -i initrd.gz -e 
>     load_kernel: Open of vmlinux failed: No such file or directory
>     # kexec -s vmlinux -i initrd.gz -e
>     file_load failed: Bad file descriptor
> 
> but those files are in the directory where I started qemu-system-ppc64
> from. Did I miss a step?

Actually you need to "wget" the vmlinux and initrd.gz files inside the
emulated system, in the same place where you'll kexec .
So just re-run your wget commands from the petitboot shell and you
should be good :)

> (Third time's the charm? :))

:D 

> 
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Cyril Brulebois (kibi@debian.org)            <https://debamax.com/>
> D-I release manager -- Release team member -- Freelance Consultant

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