On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 13:05, nicolas wrote: > On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 12:47, Juergen Braun wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a problem when trying to install Debian on an IBM RS6000 P43-140 > > > > I set up a dhcp/tftp Server (Debian stable, x86) and downloaded the file > > > > http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/vmlinuz-prep.initrd > > > > saved this file as /tftpboot/boot.img and booted the P43 from net. The > > box started downloading the boot image, but stopped after 2500 packets > > and displays F77 on the LEDs: > > > > RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 RS/6000 > > RS/6000 > > > > memory keyboard network scsi speaker ok > > BOOTP S = 1 R = 1 > > FILE: /tftpboot/boot.img > > > > Load Addr=0x600000 Max File Size=0x10000000 > > Packet Count = 2500 > > > > Any hints, what can be wrong? > > > > jaybe > > Hi, > > the tftp transert can been aborted by an arp request (seen this on a FAS > on the net). The workaround is to add a static entry for your 7043-140 > > arp -s ip_7043-140 mac_7043-140 > > I use this and I can netboot my 7043-140. If this works for you, can you > tell me if the debian installer detects your scsi card and can install > the right module ? Thanks It looks that the scsi card isn't detected: Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 Uncompressing Linux...done. Now booting the kernel Total memory = 512MB; using 1024kB for hash table (at c0300000) Linux version 2.6.7-powerpc (jens@yorick) (gcc version 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-3)4 PReP architecture IBM planar ID: 000000d5 MPIC at 0xfddc0000 (0x3ddc0000), length 0x00040000 mapped to 0xeffc0000 On node 0 totalpages: 131072 DMA zone: 131072 pages, LIFO batch:16 Normal zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 HighMem zone: 0 pages, LIFO batch:1 Built 1 zonelists Kernel command line: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 OpenPIC Version 1.0 (4 CPUs and 16 IRQ sources) at effc0000 PID hash table entries: 4096 (order 12: 32768 bytes) time_init: decrementer frequency = 16.622468 MHz Console: colour dummy device 80x25 Memory: 511424k available (1656k kernel code, 1088k data, 160k init, 0k highmem) Calibrating delay loop... 330.75 BogoMIPS Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) checking if image is initramfs...it isn't (no cpio magic); looks like an initrd Freeing initrd memory: 4299k freed NET: Registered protocol family 16 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Setting PCI interrupts for a "IBM 43P-140 (Tiger1)" PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:0b.0 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:0c.0 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:10.0 PCI: Cannot allocate resource region 0 of device 0000:00:12.0 Thermal assist unit not available audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled) audit(948037132.670:0): initialized devfs: 2004-01-31 Richard Gooch (rgooch@atnf.csiro.au) devfs: boot_options: 0x0 Initializing Cryptographic API Generic RTC Driver v1.07 Macintosh non-volatile memory driver v1.1 Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 8 ports, IRQ sharing disabled ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A pmac_zilog: 0.6 (Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>) RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize input: Macintosh mouse button emulation Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2 ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice NET: Registered protocol family 2 IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536) RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 VFS: Mounted root (cramfs filesystem) readonly. VFS: Cannot open root device "<NULL>" or unknown-block(8,3) Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(8,3) <0>Rebooting in 180 seconds.. What additional parameter must be specified, that Linux is booting from the initial ramdisk? Linux/PPC load: load_ramdisk=1 console=ttyS0 > > Nicolas >
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