On Monday 09 June 2003 17:11, Jens Kutilek wrote: > > Von: Krisztian Mark Szentes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Friday 06 June 2003 16:24, Jens Kutilek wrote: > >> You could try the installation instructions I have written on > >> <http://www.kutilek.de/technik/debian-rs6k>. > > ... > > > The kernel http://www.kutilek.de/technik/linux.bin threw the following > > error: > > > > 0 > boot floppy:,\linux.bin root=/dev/sda4 chrpboot starting: loaded > > at 0x00400000 > > gunzipping (0x00010000 <- 0x00416470:0x004d96ec)... > > Unexpected Firmware Error: > > DEFAULT CATCH!, code=fff00700 at %SRR0: 0083b960 %SRR1: 00083000 > > ok > > No error here for me, but the command line is for booting in graphical > > mode. For console, use as you wrote: > > 0 > boot floppy:,\linux.bin root=/dev/sda4 video=keep console=ttyS0 > > but I think there's no root FS on sda at this time. Well, I would have noticed a kernel panic later on... BTW, video=keep does nothing on an ASCII terminal.
> > lacked bunzip2 and I had to install it via a floppy disk ... > I thought bunzip2 was in basedebs.tar!? no it wasn't (strange to me as well) > > > After the mkofboot -v and reboot the OF did not find the software. > > Doesn't mkofboot set the right OF boot device? I can't remember > changing anything by hand in OF's boot settings. > > > Then I told at the OF prompt "boot disk", but after loading it hung > > and I > > did not see why, no matter which kernel I used: > > > > boot disk: root=/dev/sda4 video=keep chrpboot console=ttyS0 - > > the "-" is where the "/" startet to rotate and got stuck with code > > E140 > > If you don't get the yaboot prompt, I guess something went wrong with > mkofboot. Solution: I had to resize the first partition (41 prep boot) to EXACTLY 4 Megabytes. I had 32 Mb because I always used a boot partition which accomodated several kernel images and I thought is should be at least 4 Mb. Now, what a surprise... :-) Mark P.S. Difficulties still pertain, regarding yaboot (see other thread) -- Krisztian Mark Szentes produktivIT - Open-Source Solution Provider Siebenbrunnengasse 55/7 A-1050 Wien
