Re: Fixing bug #572869: ofpath doesn't work in the absence of /proc/scsi/scsi
Weird. If I dd the current iso's onto a stick I can't boot from them. I
don't like wasting CD-R's. I did it a dozen times, so I know that it
normally works. The images I download now all suffer from the same
problem. I get an error when trying to boot:
boot usb0/disk@1:2,\\yaboot bad nodePtr can't OPEN usb0/disk@1:2,\
\yaboot
Regards,
Jeroen
On Mon, 2010-10-25 at 03:11 -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
> Fixing bug #572869: ofpath doesn't work in the absence of /proc/scsi/scsi
>
>
> I will need volunteer help to collect more information about SAS, SATA
> and SCSI hardware configurations on Power machines.
>
> Please use recent beta or daily Debian powerpc install CD to boot your
> machine.
>
> On a POWER or 64bit PowerPC machine type:
>
> boot: install64 video=ofonly
>
> On a headless machine type:
>
> boot: install64 console=ttyS0,9600n8
>
> on a G3/G4 machine type:
>
> boot: install video=ofonly
>
> Choose your language, location and keyboard. Let the installer load
> additional installer components. On next screen choose <Go Back>. You
> may need to repeat <Go Back> until 'Debian installer main menu' shows up.
>
> On 'Debian installer main menu' scroll down and choose "Execute a shell."
>
> When you get the shell prompt type:
>
> mkdir /info
>
> uname -a > /info/uname
>
> cat /proc/cpuinfo > /info/cpuinfo
>
> lspci -v > /info/lspci
>
> tar cf /info/device-tree.tar /proc/device-tree
>
> find /sys -name host\* -o -name ide\* > /info/hosts
>
> find /sys -name proc_name -o -name devspec > /info/specs
>
> cat `cat /info/specs` > /info/paths
>
> ls -l /sys/class/block > /info/blocks
>
> tar cf /info.tar /info
>
> Mount a thumb drive, floppy disk, or a hard drive and save the
> "info.tar" file while renaming it to reflect retail name of the machine.
>
> Examples:
>
> mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt
> cp /info.tar /mnt/Power520.info.tar
> umount /mnt
>
> or
>
> mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /mnt
> cp /info.tar /mnt/YDLPowerStation.info.tar
> umount /mnt
>
> Then type:
>
> eject
> halt
>
>
> Finally, email the file back.
>
>
> Thank you for your time and efforts,
>
> Milan
>
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