Re: Woody installation on IBM 44P-170 - really close
Does anybody know where I may obtain the source code for boot-floppies
3.0.23? PowerPC if it makes a difference.
I compiled a boot/root Power3 install image with level 3.0.23 of the
boot-floppies. I boot via BOOTP/tftp. However, I still am not able to do an
NFS or HTML install. At this point I am not selecting the correct
rescue.bin file, but I believe the failure occurs prior to attempting to
install the image. It appears to be mounting problems in both cases. I
would assume that this has been tested on other platforms, so it is very
likely operator error. I have gone through the config file I use during the
compile. It is the default power3 config file. It looks ok, but I am no
kernel guru. The errors are documented below.
I will have to create my own rescue.bin image. What kind of image is this?
Do I need to create a true rescue image with bootloader etc, or is this
really just the zImage kernel? If it is a true rescue image, I would assume
that I use yaboot? I know how to make one; however, does Debian have
documentation how they made theirs?
My NFS server is version 2.
Snippets from config file:
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XD is not set
# CONFIG_PARIDE is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_CPQ_CISS_DA is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DAC960 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=4096
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
#
# Network File Systems
#
# CONFIG_CODA_FS is not set
# CONFIG_INTERMEZZO_FS is not set
CONFIG_NFS_FS=y
# CONFIG_NFS_V3 is not set
# CONFIG_ROOT_NFS is not set
CONFIG_NFSD=y
# CONFIG_NFSD_V3 is not set
CONFIG_SUNRPC=y
CONFIG_LOCKD=y
# CONFIG_SMB_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NCP_FS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_PACKET_SIGNING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_IOCTL_LOCKING is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_STRONG is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NFS_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_OS2_NS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_SMALLDOS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_NLS is not set
# CONFIG_NCPFS_EXTRAS is not set
# CONFIG_ZISOFS_FS is not set
# CONFIG_ZLIB_FS_INFLATE is not set
Rolf
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Rolf Brudeseth
rolfb@us.ibm.com
pSeries System Engineering & Integration, IBM Enterprise Systems Group
Austin, TX, Phone: 512-838-6558
---------------------- Forwarded by Rolf Brudeseth/Austin/IBM on 05/22/2002
09:48 AM ---------------------------
Rolf Brudeseth
05/15/2002 11:53 AM
To: "Chris Tillman" <tillman@voicetrak.com>,
debian-boot@lists.debian.org, debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org
cc:
From: Rolf Brudeseth/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
Subject: Re: Woody installation on IBM 44P-170 - really close
Importance: Normal
On Tue, May 14, 2002 at 01:41:54PM -0500, Rolf Brudeseth wrote:
>> I believe I am really close to getting Debian working on an IBM 44P-170
>> workstation.
>>
>> I made a combined boot/root image. The kernel is 2.4.18 from kernel.org,
>> while the root image is from Debian. I used the default power3 config
file
>> (power3_defconfig).
>>
>> Root image:
>>
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/root.bin
No, I actually used:
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/images-1.44/root.bin
>>
>> 02-Apr-2002
>>
>> I download the boot/root image from Open Firmware via BOOTP. It starts
up
>> the installation routine. I am able to successfully partition/format the
>> hard drive.
>> However, if I try to install via NFS I get the following error message:
>> "Error mounting NFS filesystem, 'server:/path', please try again."
> Does it literally say 'server:/path', indicating the variables are not
> getting initialized? or is the path correct as far as you can see?
> If you look in vc 3, is there another possibly more detailed error
> message there?
No, I enter the correct server and path name.
>> I know NFS is working, because I am able to mount from other systems.
>>
>> If I try to install via HTTP/FTP it will successfully download
rescue.bin
>> and drivers.tgz; however I get the following error messages:
>> "Unable to mount the Rescue Floppy."
>> "The attempt to extract Rescue Floppy failed."
>> "Installation of the file '/tmp/rescue.bin' failed."
>>
> --
> *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------*
> | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> |
> | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> |
> | Chris Tillman tillman@voicetrak.com |
> | May the Source be with you |
> *----------------------------------------------------------------*
Rolf
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