Re: debian on ibm p655
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Am Wed, 29 Aug 2007 17:13:04 +0200
schrieb Sven Luther <sven@powerlinux.fr>:
>
> So, yaboot gets downloaded, but can't find the yaboot.conf maybe.
>
> Can you compile yaboot with DEBUG=1 in the toplevel Makefile, and try
> booting it with it manualy from the firmware prompt with something
> like :
>
> boot net:<server-ip>,yaboot,<client-ip>
>
> and capture the serial log of the yaboot error message ?
>
wow thanks for the fast reply, didnt expect one before next week!
i have to say i cant test that because i dont have a ppc running to
recompile it, the netinst server is a x86 :(
>
> Alternatively, you can try booting :
>
> http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/dists/etch/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc64/netboot/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd
>
> which doesn't need yaboot, and contains the d-i ramdisk. There may
> only be a problem of the serial console used, depeding on your actual
> serial configuration (if using a HMC and lpars, or directly, etc).
ok i can try this image, btw what does d-i stand for? and you you think
this one will boot? or because i cant append a CONSOLE option it wont
display anything on the openfirmware prompt?
if i know what d-i means i can tell you about a bugreport ;)
greetings
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