On Fri, Jun 25, 2004 at 05:09:47PM +0200, Geert Stappers 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
>
> I didn't see initrd.gz
>
> Is it correct that it is loaded later?
>
> >
> > <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... > > > > CLIENT: (macadres) (IP-address) > > SERVER: (macadres) (IP-address) > > Transfer FILE: vmlinux method 'load' failed 00000300 > > > > Can't read Elf e_ident/e_type/e_machine info > > boot: (cursor) > > <screenshot/> > > > > With the images from beta4 the same results :-( They are also larger then 4Mb > > > > > > The images (vmlinux & initrd.gz ) come from ~luther/daily > > (see my earlier posting for exact URL ) > > > > > > Any hints on what has to be changed for better results? Yes, Google is your friend. At http://lists.penguinppc.org/yaboot-users/2003/yaboot-users-200307/msg00017.html there is | > > > Could it be that vmlinux-nfs-2.4.7 is too big (4200812 bytes)? | | thats the problem, yaboot 1.x only allocates a 4MB buffer for tftp | incomings. yaboot 2.0 will work better. (when its done). | | -- | Ethan Benson | http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/ > > > Pointers to "known-good" images are also welcome. Images are probaly fine, I will check with yaboot 1.3.12 > > > > > > > Cheers > > Geert Stappers
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