Re: XFS enabled Debian 3.0r2 powerpc installer

["J. Javier Maestro" <jjmaestro@computer.org>]

Hi Ethan,

I have been trying to make my 2.6.2-rc1-ben1 kernel boot with my XFS /
partition, but with no luck.

I keep getting the same error:

VFS: Cannot open root devide "hda4" or hda4
Please append a correct "root=" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on hda4
  <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds..

My yaboot.conf has the following:

  boot=/dev/hda2
  device=hd:
  partition=4
  root=/dev/hda4
  
  timeout=30
  
  install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
  magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
  
  image=/vmlinux
  	label=linux
  	read-only
  
  image=/vmlinux.old
  	label=linux-old
  	read-only
  
  enablecdboot
  enablenetboot
  enableofboot

Your 2.4.23-newpmac with XFS support boots with no trouble. And what I
find funny is that, if I take the root=/dev/hda4 out, your 2.4.23 boots
with no root= specified just fine! while my kernel still panics :-/

Your help would be _REALLY_ appreciated, since I would love to run 2.6 +
XFS.

Thanks for your great work with yaboot+woody(XFS)!


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On Dec Mon 01 2003 02:06, Ethan Benson wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have built an updated set of XFS enabled Debian boot-floppies for
> PowerPC.  Note that only the `new-powermac' flavor is supported (which
> pretty much means only NewWorld PowerMacs are supported).  I also
> provide a mini bootable CDROM iso.
> 
> This version uses 2.4.23 (mainline, but with cryto removed) which has
> a driver for the ata-100 in 2003 PowerMacs, so it should work to install
> debian on 2003 macs.  My basedebs.tar contains yaboot 1.3.11, so if
> you use that to do the base install the box will even boot properly
> without any manual fsckery.
> 
> Please see http://penguinppc.org/~eb/files/XFS-debian-README.txt for
> more information.
> 
> -- 
> Ethan Benson
> http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/