B50 woes (was: potato chrp ISO?)
Hi again,
On Friday 06 June 2003 14:09, I wrote:
> I am trying to install Debian on a B50 which seems to be a CHRP machine
> (I am quite sure by now). All woody install kernels fail on it like:
> Is there a potato netinst CD ISO mirror (or something like) around? Or
> has someone a newer chrp kernel image ready for woody? Or can I jigdo
> the pieces together?
funnily, not all mirrors have the images, I found them at the US mirror:
http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/chrp/images-1.44/
I try to use the rescue image:
0 > boot floppy:\linux.bin load_ramdisk=1 root=/dev/ram video=keep chrpboot
starting: loaded at 0x400000
avail_ram = 4e5000
gunzipping (0x10000 <- 0x415cb8:0x4e3194)...done 1934704
bytes
start address = 0x10000
instantiating rtas...rtas at 00565000
done
copying OF device tree...done
booting...
the LCD blanks out and nothing happens any more. Not even the reset button
reboots the B50.
I access the machine over the serial console as there is no video card
installed. I guess the video=keep would tell the kernel not to change to
the (nonexistent) video framebuffer.
What's wrong with the kernel? Should I compile one with just serial support
and the correct command line (ramdisk etc.)
Cheers
Mark
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