Re: Problems booting kernel on IBM RS/6000 7043-140
On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 12:41:25AM +0100, Johannes Martin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've got problems starting the unstable kernels on my 7043-140.
>
> 1. Trying to netboot
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd
> results in:
> BOOTP S = 1 R = 1
> FILE: /rs6000/boot
>
> DEFAULT CATCH!, code=fff00000 at %SRR0: 0021c8c8 %SRR1: 0000b030
> I doesn't look like the workstation actually downloads more than a small
> part of the image.
>
> On the web I found something saying that arp requests can interrupt the
> tftp transfer, so I added a fixed arp entry:
> arp -s 192.168.1.77 08:00:5a:93:c3:da
> No change...
Can you try the
http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/minimal/2.4/vmlinuz-prep.initrd
It should not work (the above is oldworld pmac specific), but we will know if
the problem is with the initrd size.
> I am able to download the image using a tftp client on my PC - so it's not
> a problem with the tftpd setup.
>
> 2. Trying the floppy image
> http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/floppy/boot.img
> just gives me an 'ok' response but nothing actually happens.
Well, again, this is an oldworld pmac image with miboot, not a prep one, and
thus doesn't work. Floppy booting on prep/chrp is not supported right now.
> Any hints? What am I doing wrong?
>
> I have been able to boot the workstation with the kernel and debian root
> disk available at:
> http://krichard.web.elte.hu/43p-140/
> That (woody) root disk's fdisk complained about the partition table to be
> incompatible though. Do current kernels/fdisks know how to handle AIX
> partition tables?
Don't think so, not sure though.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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