Re: Bug#717511: Kernel does not start up on Pegasos-2
Hello, Ben.
21 июля 2013 г., 21:56:24, you wrote:
> This might be relevant:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2013/07/msg00008.html
Unlikely.
Looks like the kernel simply does not boot up. It does not say
anything. Nor it switches video mode. I just enter boot command and
see random flashing rectangles like on old good ZX Spectrum :)
I have one suggestion about it. Looks like this kernel has rather big
initrd attached. If so, technically it might occasionally overwrite
firmware's code in RAM and kill itself even before the actual startup.
I have another machine with a serial port here, i'll try to redirect
the output to serial port and see what happens.
Also i'm currently downloading i386 version in order to install on my
AspireOne. Using it i will be able to cross-build PPC version of the
kernel, and try to run it. This will also help me to either prove or
reject my guess about initrd.
However actually this guess comes from two facts:
1. Installed vmlinuz takes rather long time to load.
2. CD installer kernel takes much shorter time to load, and works
fine.
I don't believe there are many differences between CD version and
working version. At least not in early startup code.
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Kind regards,
Pavel mailto:pavel_fedin@mail.ru
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