major problem booting Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 on a Workgroup Server 8550/200 : apparently solved
Hi there,
After some research I found what went wrong.
As I told you, I installed Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 on the /dev/sda10 partition
Then I mounted the MacOS 9 volume on /mnt/MacOS
And I copied the kernel and initrd from /boot to /mnt/MacOS
The problem is that these two files on the MacOS 9 partition are somehow "corrupted" !
Look:
debian:~# md5sum /boot/vmlinux-2.6.18-4-powerpc
9b7346be276f7873b717075cbf584a91 /boot/vmlinux-
2.6.18-4-powerpc
debian:~# md5sum /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-powerpc
30f9aabf11f050dc3ce85adf0e1522a1 /boot/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-powerpc
debian:~# md5sum "/mnt/MacOS/Desktop Folder/Debian GNU:Linux/vmlinux-2.6.18-4-powerpc"
1b78662af46a953c08a3905b8cacb0f5 /mnt/MacOS/Desktop Folder/Debian GNU:Linux/vmlinux-2.6.18-4-powerpc
debian:~# md5sum /mnt/MacOS/Desktop\ Folder/Debian\ GNU\:Linux/initrd.img-2.6.18-4-powerpc
f86596004a7181574929ac740e4621d9 /mnt/MacOS/Desktop Folder/Debian GNU:Linux/initrd.img-
2.6.18-4-powerpc
To find out about this, I had to boot with another kernel, then sftp the working kernel and initrd from boot to another machine.
Then reboot in MacOS 9 and save these files from the Apache server of the other machine.
Then it finally worked :)
Thank you,
--
Pierre Bauduin
Linux enthusiast since 1996
Debian GNU/Linux user
Linux Registered User #64711
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