Bug#649673: [powerpc] fails to boot - immediate oops

[Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>]

Hi,

cfr wrote:

> Kernel oops. Boot failed. Turned machine off at switch. Restarted
> choosing to boot the 2.6 kernel at the second prompt.
[...]
> I don't have access to a digital camera right now though I can try to
> get a shot with one if required. I don't have any idea how to use a
> serial or net console - or even what these are. If somebody points me to
> a document, I will try to figure it out, though.

Thanks!  See [1].

A serial console would presumably require a USB-to-serial converter,
so that's likely to be more fussy[2].

[1] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/networking/netconsole.txt
[2] http://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/serial-console.txt