Re: Fixing bug #572869: ofpath doesn't work in the absence of/proc/scsi/scsi
In fact, I dd-ed it from a MacBook. Probably the writing goes too fast. I
tried one more time from my PowerBook and then I could boot...
Op 27/10/2010 schreef "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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