Chris Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 07:07:43PM -0800, Chris Baker wrote: > > > Hello all, > > > > > > I'm trying to do a clean install of potato on my pb3400c. Everything > > > goes well until I try to make linux directly bootable from hard disk, > > > and it says, "installing quik is not yet possible for debian/powerpc." > > > > > > Well, I know it's possible, since I was booting with it before I > > > (stupidly) wiped my install. So what do I have to do to make this > > > work? > > > > > > Any and all help appreciated, > > > > > > > are you sure your using current boot floppies? quik used to work > > fine. > > Oops. It appears that there was an error downloading the base system > via http. It wanted a larger file than was on the server, and I > didn't see the error message. > > I moved everything to a local nfs server, and the base system > installed properly, including quik, so that wasn't the problem. > > Now when I boot I get: > > copying OF device tree...done > Initing fake screen > DEFAULT CATCH!, code=FF00300 at %SRR0: 00201008 %SRR1: 00003070 > ok > 0 >
I built a kernel without CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT, and it works fine now. It might be cool to have some official debian kernels without this option set. Thanks to all, cbb
