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.
Sorry, I have just recently found out a solution (noautotune)... :) I hope some of the uber hackers can figure out the cause I am very busy. Glad to hear you are up and running! ;] Regards, Charles > 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] -- 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/ ------------------------------------------------------- -- 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/
