--- Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 11, 2004 at 10:47:41AM -0700, Brian wrote: > > The machine booted from CD and i saw the Yaboot prompt. I > > tried install-power4 and the kernel began to initialize. > It > > got through about 30 linux until this message: > > Serial driver version 5.05 (20001-07-08) with MANY_PORTS > > SHARE_IRQ SERIAL_PCI enabled > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > do_IRQ waiting for irq lock (holder=1) > > Have you tried recent daily CD builds, ideally with > install-power4-2.6? > I have got debian-installer booting on a G5, albeit with a > custom kernel > since at the time the stock kernels didn't support the > machine in > question, so I think it should basically be OK on them now. > > Thanks, > > -- > Colin Watson > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Colin, Thanks for getting back to me. The bug i reported is quite old. Yes this serial driver and do_irq problem has been fixed. So you can close the bug. In addition, i did something like you say above. I used debian-installer, but it installed a 2.4 kernel. I couldn't use the debian cdimage because the sata modules were modules! So i used a Gentoo iso and set root=/dev/sda3. After booting i built a new kernel, packaged it, and installed it. I'm now running on the sweetest system ever: KDE, Debian, G5! I wrote an installation-report with more details. --Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
