On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 03:56:19PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 04:26:06PM +0200, Geert Stappers wrote: > > Hello Debian Install System Team, > > > > My first netboot from Open Firmware on an ibook2 failed. > > > > Getting into OF went fine. > > The TFTP of yaboot and yaboot also. > > What I see from the tcpdump log, it also fetches vmlinux > > > > <screenshot> > > Debian GNU/Linux Network boot > > Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.6 > > Enter "help" to get some basic usage information > > boot: linux > > Please wait, loading kernel... > > Are you sure that 'linux' is the right name? What does your yaboot.conf
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$ cat /var/lib/tftpboot/yaboot.conf.should
device=enet:
partition=0
timeout=50
init-message="Debian GNU/Linux Network boot"
default=linux
image=vmlinux
initrd=initrd.gz
label=linux
initrd-size=8192
append="init=/linuxrc"
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> look like? If you're booting 2.6, you'll need to set up a yaboot.conf,
> since yaboot can't boot an initrd kernel otherwise; if you're booting
> 2.4, try 'enet:0,/vmlinux' (I think that's right, it's been a while).
AFAIK current default d-i kernel for PowerPC, that is what I use, is 2.4
'boot enet:0,vmlinux' results in 'LOAD-SIZE is too small'
(I think the vmlinux is missing the correct header,
yaboot has a header that OF accepts and yaboot will load initrd.gz )
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Cheers
Geert Stappers
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