RE: basic installation on 7200/75 (still)

[morten <mobo@mailme.dk>]

On 21-May-2001 morten wrote:
> ok I think it is time to summarize
> 
> I'm installaing on a powerpc 7200/75
> I'm installing debian potato using a network installation
> I install everything and just before rebooting I do...
> 
># ofpath
> /bandit/gc/53c94/sd@0:
> 
> I change /target/etc/quik.conf to include the line image=/boot/vmlinux-2.2.19
> 
># mount -t proc proc /taget/proc
># chroot /target /sbin/quik -fv
> which tells me it installs quik on /dev/sda2
> 
>#ntsetenv boot-device /bandit/gc/53c94/sd@0:0
> 
> after which I reboot.
> It gives me the startup-sound *twice* (which I think is important to notice)
> and then it dies (like in require 'command option p r' to be revived).
> 
> Are we still believing that it is quik-problem?
> If it was anything else than quik, I would at least get some kind of error
> message, right? - like vmlinux-image not found.
> 
> Your opinion please
> morten
> 
I'm wondering why it does its double jingle. I get the impression that it
reboots itself an extra time.
Is there some OF command, which I may have changed unintentionally?
I'm thinking that I may have incountered some kind of security measure which
disallows booting from sda2?

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E-Mail: morten <mobo@mailme.dk>
Date: 21-May-2001
Time: 20:40:55

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