in the interest of documenting this further, i should mention that i was already using yaboot 0.6, and simply added the line
append="hda=noautotune" to the yaboot.conf in the bootstrap partition. NOTE: adding this to /etc/yaboot.conf and then running ybin/mkofboot does not seem to update this line on the bootstrap partition! i had to mount the bootstrap partition and edit it by hand. josh > > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Josh Davison wrote: >> that indeed solved the init freeze problem. >> >> this should be in the docs!!! it would have saved me 12 hours of >> reboot/reinstall problems. >> >> thanks >> josh >> >> on 8/24/00 11:37 AM, Charles Stevenson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >>> 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] >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
