On Mon, Jun 03, 2002 at 10:56:42PM +0200, Vincent Favre-Nicolin wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having a few problems installing debian (potato or woody) on my > 7300. I'm not a beginner at linux or even linux/ppc, but it's my first > try at debian. My problem seems to be related to this one (although I'm > having issues mainly with mke2fs): > http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2002/debian-powerpc-200201/msg00685.html > > For the record, my setup is a 7300 with a G3 card, a 3dfx voodoo3 > card, and a formac scsi card ; this setup has been working under linux > (LinuxPPC, Yellowdog 2.0, SuSE), so the hardware should not be an > issue. I have a disk on the UW scsi card, and another (on which I try > to install debian/ppc) on the mac's internal scsi. (I checked the > install disk for bad blocks but found none). > > Basically, I have kernel panics mostly when trying to mke2fs the > created partition, when the partition is large... (sometimes I have > problems when writing the partition table as well...). Here are a few > tries I've been making (I do the fdisk and mke2fs directly from the > console, not the installer to know what's going on): > > I tried installation with freshly downloaded ramdisks and kernels > (linux.bin), using only 2.2 since apparently the 2.4 "new" kernels for > install are not comiled with the tdfx framebuffer support, so I can't > see a thing (no matter the "no video driver" is checked or any > video=tdfx... option is passed) > > 1) > *format 3 partitions (400MB/3Go/800Mo) with Drive Setup (from MacOS 9.1) > * boot in potato installer using BootX 1.2.2 > * fdisk, edit partitions to change types to linux, write partition => OK > * mkswap & swapon on /dev/sdb7 OK > * mke2fs /dev/sdb8 => kernel panic after "writing inodes table:done" > (message is "kernel stack overflow in process c3f480000)
sdb? Usually the internal hard disks are coded scsi 0 so would be sda? > * Boot again in potato installer, and try again same thing ; same panic > > * Boot again in potato, and try with different partitions sizes > * fdisk: erase and create new partition table, create 1 partition > * mke2fs partition > -> works 10^6, 2.10^6, crashes with 4.10^6 blocks of 512 bytes > (for the 4.10^6, crahes while "writing superblocks and fs accounting > info...", again it is a "kernel stack overflow") This sounds like possibly #133909, except on powerpc. (copying e2fsprogs maintainer) What is your e2fsck version no.? > 2) Under the woody installer & 2.2 kernel, basically the same thing > happens > > 3) Under YellowDogLinux (still installed on the other disk), mke2fs'ing > the 3Gb partition does not give any problem whatsoever. However, if I > reboot after in the debian installer, I have problems in writing to the > new partition (mounts fine, but reports an I/O error when trying to > create files on it %-( )... > > 4) I have also tried creating the 3 partitions with Drive setup, > changing the type to Linux native with pdisk under MacOS(9), but there > still is crash when mke2fs'ing the partition in the debian installer... > > I have not tried putting the install disk on the UW card, in case > this is related to the MESH driver... > > Voila... I could work around this by using no more than about 1GB > partitions, but I don't like the idea. If there is a known workaround, > please tell me ! > I'm willing to make a few tests of other ramdisks of kernels if this > can help (for a 2.4 kernel, I would absolutely need one compiled with > the 3dfx Frame Buffer support). Is there any way to use a home-compiled > kernel with the install ramdisks (I tried using my 2.2.18, but got a > "no init found") ? For replacing the kernel on the floppy, check out <a href="http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-powerpc/current/doc/ch-boot-floppy-techinfo.en.html#s-rescue-replace-kernel";>10.3 Replacing the Rescue Floppy Kernel</a> -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/woody/installmanual> | | debian-imac (potato): <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | May the Source be with you | *----------------------------------------------------------------* -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
