On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 06:27:02PM +0200, Helge Kreutzmann wrote: > Hello Sven, > On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 06:22:42PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > > > I reported this as bug #247850, so if you are in the position to help > > > > Against which package ? > > Against kernel-package, as this contains the make-kpkg I used (as > recommend by the ibook guides out there).
Well, this is not a bug against kernel-package, at least i belive that from a cursory examination, but a bug in whatever kernel-source you are using. > > Ah, i believe those .coff files are used on some older pmacs to boot > > directly from the OpenFirmware, without using yaboot or a similar boot > > loader. I believe that the problem should have been fixed in the debian > > powerpc patch, not sure though. > > This would explain why a "pristine" kernel is affected while Debian > provided are not. Nope, since the kernel-image-2.4.25-powerpc-pmac contains both the .coff and the elf vmlinux. I believe this is a bug in the -benh snapshot you are using, a bug i probably fixed a few month ago, and is present in the package. I would recomend you install kernel-source-2.4.25, and apply the patch in kernel-patch-2.4.25-powerpc to it, and you should not have this problem. > P.S. Since there are many subtle details when setting this machine up > properly, I am still on my way, but I try to figure out bugs if I can > and report them so future people will have even less trouble. > Unfortuntely providing patches on this architecture is too early > for me :-(( Well, i don't know what you are trying to do, but you should be able to just download the beta4 debian-installer (either one of the CD isos would probably do) and install your box with that. No need for selfcompiling any kernel or something. Friendly, Sven Luther
