On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 06:35:01PM +0900, Jerome Walter wrote: > Sven Luther wrote: > > >On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 04:34:17PM +0900, Jerome Walter wrote: > > > >>Sven Luther wrote: > > >>Sorry, i won't snip dmesg ... > > > > > >Huh ? i think you reached the limit of my english knowledge with this > >one. > > Perhaps because it is not english... I got used to [snip] parts of too > long quotes on usenet. Sorry ;)
I was not sure of the meaning, but it is clear now, thanks. > > >pcnet and sym53c8xx drivers are included, not sure about the ide > >controller though. I don't know about an fbdev driver for the cirrus > >logic, and am not sure we include the vga console. That said, a serial > >console (Well, with a null modem and a second box running minicom for > >example) should be enough for debugging the kernel. If you have such a > >setup, please boot the d-i kernel with the additional console=ttyS00 > >console=tty0 option, in order to see where it fails. I suspect it > >probably is the missing fbdev/vgacon. > > Mmmh, i do have serial ports, i do have a Cisco serial cable, but it > seems my predecessor lost the adapters, so i cannot plug anything. I > would have done it a long time ago, as howtos about rs/6000 are dealing > with it. Perhaps i will have to buy a cable... > > >Also, make sure you boot install/powerpc/vmlinuz-prep.initrd on the > >netinst iso, or use the netboot image. > > Ok, i have it booting by tftp, i found a db9/db25 adapter to plug a > serial console. Now how do i specify the console thing ? if i set file > to be downloaded as 'vmlinuz console=ttyS0,tty0' the space is taken as > end of ip setting, and the coma too. > Is there a way to change the vmlinuz file to contain the parameters by > default ? Bah, i am not familiar enough with the PReP boot procedure to reply here. It is possible to embedd those boot infos into the kernel, but this happens at build time, and i am not aware of it being possible to do it later, but let me investigate. Could you perhaps copy the kernel to a prep partition, and boot it from there ? > >>>Then, to test debian-installer, you need to boot the prep kernel, which > >>>you find in install/powerpc/vmlinuz-prep.initrd. This may work out of > >>>the box, but if not, we need to know the kernel config used in the > >>>working kernel, and/or see for ourselves what is going wrong. > >> > >>Still "The attempt to load boot file failed" and jumps to hard drive boot. > > > > > >Huh, this should not happen. can you install the > >kernel-image-2.4.25-powerpc-prep package on the working system (in > >sarge/sid though) and try booting /boot/vmlinuz-2.5.25-powerpc ? > > The machine is woody prod running 2.2.x kernel. I will not play with the > kernel on it. I have bad experience with the 2.4.25 kernel on the > Estrella 200. Well, the above should be installable in parallel, but maybe the prep box won't like it, i understand you. Let's see if we can manage something with the serial cable. Friendly, Sven Luther