Re: Kernel 5.10-rc4 doesn't boot
* John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de> [2020-11-25 13:04 +0100]:
> On 11/25/20 12:40 PM, Elimar Riesebieter wrote:
> > I tried to boot linux-image-5.10.0-rc4-powerpc on my PowerBook5,8.
> > It seems the ramdisk isn't loaded as ist stocks at the white
> > firmware boot. A custom build fails as well. I have no idea how to
> > debug that. I am booting via yaboot.
>
> FWIW, if you think the initrd isn't being loaded, you may have run into
> a limitation with Yaboot.
>
> You have to keep in mind that Yaboot isn't being actively maintained
> anymore, at least not as it used to be. So in case of an incompatible
> change on the kernel side, you may run into such problems with the
> bootloader.
>
> You could try switching to GRUB.
What is the preferred way to switch to grub2?
Elimar
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