You might try append="hda=noautotune", or get yaboot 0.6... or both ;)
Regards, Charles On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Josh Davison wrote: > hello, > > i have been attempting to install Potato on a yikes G4/400Mhz power > macintosh and experiencing freezes and other errors when init starts. i > have followed the installation manual's instructions and partitioned the > system as follows: > > dev/hda1-4 -- apple partition map/driver/patches > dev/hda5 -- 1MB bootstrap partition for yaboot > dev/had6 -- 200MB / partition > dev/hda7 -- 2GB /usr partition > dev/hda8 -- 5GB /home partition > dev/hda9 -- 128MB swap partition > dev/hda10 -- 2GB MacOS HFS partition > > i have run the installer from a pre2_2 install CD, as well as over a tftp > net-boot with the same results ... the install goes fine, i do the yaboot > configuration as described in section 7.15.1 of the install manual > (substituting '-m /target/etc/ofboot.b' for '-m /etc/ofboot.b' since /etc is > actually on the ramdisk not the root filesystem). > > when i reboot the system following installation/configuration, yaboot works > fine, the kernel loads, but when init is supposed to start one of several > things happens: > > 1) various shared library errors appear. several times libc.6.so has been > reported to contain various garbage characters, other libraries have also > reported difficulties, usually this ends with a complete system freeze > > 2) init won't start at all, the system just hangs and i can page-up/down > through the kernel messages but init never starts > > 3) init does start, tries to run fsck on the root filesystem and drops me > into single user mode, but if i try to run fsck it either gives me more > shared library errors, or runs and then any other command that i try to > execute segfaults. > > one time i was actually able to get into dselect and install the basic > system but never was prompted to enter a root password or add a new user and > was unable to log in. repeated attempts to boot in rescue mode from the > install cd to change root password failed and i never got that far again. > > i have now re-installed no less than six times and am ready to switch back > to LinuxPPC 2000 which ran fine for many months on the same machine with > only minor installation problems. > > if anyone has had similar problems or can offer a solution, i would be very > grateful. i really would like to get Debian working on this box. > > thank you. > Josh Davison > onShore, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Terra Soft Solutions, Inc. http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/ Yellow Dog Linux "The Ultimate Companion for a Dedicated Server" http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/ Black Lab Linux Advanced Workstations, Parallel, and Embedded Solutions http://www.blacklablinux.com/
