Re: Fixing bug #572869: ofpath doesn't work in the absence of /proc/scsi/scsi

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas@pobox.com>]

Hi,

I don't know why it stopped working (did you accidentally zap the PRAM?)

But as a solution to the problem of wasting CD-R's, you can buy a CD- 
RW and use it (I got a 5-pack and rotate thru them -- so I always have  
4 backups)

Rick

On Oct 27, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Jeroen Diederen wrote:

> 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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