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Bug#390432: marked as done (Subject: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc: patch to fix old world boot requires a g3, fails on earlier powermac/powerbook)

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Package: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc
Version: 2.6.18-1
Severity: important

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I have been running etch with kernel 2.6.15-1 on this machine for six
weeks. i have
tried 4 or 5 different kernel packages released between 2.6.16-2 and
2.6.18-1, none
of which boot here. my powermac beige g3 has been able to boot exactly the
same disk and installation with an update to the initrd using
updateinitramfs or yaird.
that is i copied the powerbook disk with parted to a backup drive and
booted it with the new kernel from the powermac.

the changelog and also on the powerpc mailing lists has claimed that failure to
boot old world powermacs is fixed but looks here like it was only fixed for
the g3 and not earlier. there were at least two years or more before the g3 that
were working in sarge, and in etch up to 2.6.15. several others have reported
similar problems, some are building their own kernels but i have been focusing
on trying to work with the system you are providing.

i try and work with the mailing list but no one has been responding lately
so i am filing and official report. [ i am dismayed/appalled by the currently
outstanding some 716 kernel bugs listed as i ran reportbug today].



diagnostics: booting pb3400 with bootx, appears only the first line
"Welcome to Linux..."
and hangs. booting with  quik, gets started but is unable to mount root. claims
"unknown block(0,0)". note - on g3 when i was missing modules i got
some informative
messages and dropped into busybox - but nothing whatsoever of the kind
happens here.
only "panic - rebooting in 180 seconds". is there maybe something more than
just an initrd problem ?

i am also pretty upset that the 15 kernel the latest stock image that boots
my machine and others, has been deleted from the archives while the 18 series
is just released into unstable.




-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: powerpc (ppc)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-powerpc
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)

Versions of packages linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc depends on:
ii  initramfs-tools [linux-initra 0.80       tools for generating an initramfs
ii  mkvmlinuz                     24         create a kernel to boot a PowerPC
ii  module-init-tools             3.2.2-3    tools for managing Linux kernel mo
ii  yaird [linux-initramfs-tool]  0.0.12-18  Yet Another mkInitRD

linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc recommends no packages.

-- debconf information:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/abort-overwrite-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
shared/kernel-image/really-run-bootloader: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/old-dir-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/kimage-is-a-directory:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/elilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/old-system-map-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-error-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/old-initrd-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/already-running-this-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/overwriting-modules-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/bootloader-test-error-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/bootloader-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/create-kimage-link-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/lilo-has-ramdisk:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/prerm/removing-running-kernel-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/lilo-initrd-2.6.18-1-powerpc: true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/failed-to-move-modules-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/prerm/would-invalidate-boot-loader-2.6.18-1-powerpc:
true
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/postinst/depmod-error-2.6.18-1-powerpc: false
linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc/preinst/abort-install-2.6.18-1-powerpc:

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Version: 2.6.26-1

On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 02:07:25AM -0700, Brian Morris wrote:
> Package: linux-image-2.6.18-1-powerpc
> Version: 2.6.18-1
> Severity: important

Brian confirmed in a off-bug reply that this issue is fixed in
2.6.26-1.

Cheers,
        Moritz

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