Re: yaboot install g5
So, what are people using that have already installed Debian on the G5s?
wes
On 5/24/05, Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-05-23 at 16:20 -0700, Wesley Smith wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've read through a good number of threads on installing on as g5, but
> > I'm having quite a time. I was wondering if I could tender some
> > questions?
> >
> > I have a SP 1.6G G5 with osX on sata main disk and a newly installed
> > with nothing on it secondary disk that I want to install debian on. I
> > burned today's daily netinstall ISO and get into the yaboot screen. I
> > type in "install". I have 2 monitors on this machine, on one I get
> > ....ok opening display ....Simone_B. On the other I get ...ok
> > copying OF device tree..done
> > Initializing fake screen ATY, Simone_A
> > calling quiesce
> > returngin 0x01400000 from prom_init
> >
> > Invalid memory access at %SRR0: 0000000000.01403b88 %SRR1: 10000000.00083030
> > Apple PowerMac7, 2 5.15f2 BoorROM
> >
> > ...
> > ...
> >
> > and then some instructions and I try to type in mac-boot, but my
> > keyboard won't respond and the fans are blasting at full speed.
> >
> > What am I doing wrong here?
>
> Difficult to tell, probably a 32 bits kernel though :) Debian is still
> sticking to those, which is wrong for G5s...
>
> You need a 64 bits kernel to properly support those beasts
>
> Ben.
>
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