On Thu, Nov 18, 2004 at 06:40:07PM +0800, Cameron Patrick wrote: > Package: installation-reports > > Debian-installer-version: RC1 floppies from > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/2004-09-30/ > uname -a: didn't get that far > Date: earlier this afternoon (18 November 2004) > Method: > > I tried several boot floppies and also netbooting; none worked. The > woody floppies, NetBSD floppies and NetBSD netboot images all booted > successfully on this machine so the hardware should be okay. > > Machine: Apple Powermac 9600 > Processor: PowerPC > Memory: 64MB > Root Device: 4GB SCSI > Root Size/partition table: N/A > Output of lspci and lspci -n: N/A
Could you please provide this information ? a full lspci and lspci -n output would be very welcome. > The 2.6 boot floppies (boot.img and ofonlyboot.img) didn't work at > all. I got a penguin with mac on the screen, it read in the floppy > for a while, and then hung. With a strange color penguin and a black background ? > The 2.4 ofonlyboot.img failed in much the same way, but ejected the > floppy from the drive first. There was no output on the screen or the > serial console. What happens when you introduce the root floppy after that and press enter ? > The 2.4 boot.img actually booted the kernel (saw a penguin at the top > of the screen, scrolling messages, prompted me for the root filesystem > and loaded it properly), but the screen went blank when the installer > switched to framebuffer mode. I couldn't work out how to pass any > kernel parameters to disable the framebuffer to see if it would get > any further without it. Mmm, maybe there is more info in the replies to this mail, will read them first. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
