Hello everybody!
I'm in the process of installing Debian Stable on a Power 740 system.
I'm familiar with the installation on x86 systems and the installation
process of Debian ppc thus looked familiar.
I installed using the "install64" option. Disk partition was "guided -
use whole disk, with separate /home". Installation concluded
successfully but after a reboot yaboot loads and offers the choice of
"Linux" and "old" - as per standard configuration I learned - but
booting "Linux" fails:
Config file read, 4096 bytes
Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13
Enter "help" to get some basic usage information
boot:
Linux old
boot:
Please wait, loading kernel...
Can't open device</vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:0>
/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:2,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to open file, Invalid device
boot:
The device however is valid - I can see it in the SMS menu - and I can
successfully boot into the rescue system via the Debian cd ("rescue64")
and subsequently chroot into my installed system, no problem.
However, I can never boot straight into it with yaboot.
Some information about the system:
root@debian:/# cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
8 0 6291456 sda
8 1 7168 sda1
8 2 1902592 sda2
8 3 1 sda3
8 5 262144 sda5
8 6 4115456 sda6
root@debian:/# cat /etc/yaboot.conf
## yaboot.conf generated by debian-installer
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/hdaY, macosx=/dev/hdaZ
boot="/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SAIX_VDASD_00f6c18700004c0000000130f6e6a926.4-part1"
device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1
partition=2
root="UUID=1017dfc6-257e-433f-9247-6676b732630a"
timeout=50
install=/usr/lib/yaboot/yaboot
enablecdboot
image=/boot/vmlinux
label=Linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
image=/boot/vmlinux.old
label=old
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img.old
root@debian:/#
root@debian:/# mount
/dev/sda2 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,data=ordered)
/dev/sda6 on /home type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,relatime,mode=755)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
root@debian:/# ls -lR /boot/
/boot/:
total 18364
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1214811 Jun 14 14:44 System.map-2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 93218 Jun 14 14:44 config-2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Sep 7 09:44 initrd.img -> initrd.img-2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 10216212 Sep 7 09:44 initrd.img-2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Sep 7 09:44 vmlinux -> vmlinux-2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7233739 Jun 14 14:44 vmlinux-2.6.32-5-powerpc-smp
root@debian:/# uname -a
Linux debian 2.6.32-5-powerpc64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 14 11:04:52 UTC 2011 ppc64 GNU/Linux
I'm at a loss as to what the problem might be. The installation looks
fine within the chroot environment, I just can't get it to boot.
I also tried an install as per the wiki site
(https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/wikis/home?lang=en#/wiki/Debian%206%20on%20Power7%20LPAR/page/Start%20installation) with updating yaboot during the install as described but without lick. The only aspect where my install differs is with regard to the use of multipath. I use a plain old scsi disk and only have one VIOS in the machine.
Any suggestions would be much appreciated.
Thanks!