On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 12:12:49AM +0100, Jan Schukat wrote: > Hello. > I want to install a debian on an Xserve G5 via firewire (since I don't have a > serial console). Just made a testrun and installed a debian on my PowerMac > from my iBook via Firewire target disk. And got it working. The biggest > problem I encountered was the yaboot configuration, since the device names > are different when you use target disk mode. So I had to guess which device > name to enter into the yaboot.config for the root option and wich to enter > into the fstab for mounting on start. > At first I guessed for /dev/hda to be the device of my hd. But that was not > right, it was /dev/sda. But that I could see when following the boot messages > on the PowerMac on the screen. On the Xserve I don't have that screen to be > able to find out wether a device is wrong. So I thought I might ask here, > wether someone has an install, and can tell me what device the first sata > hard disk on the Xserve is, so I can avoid the blind guessing game ;) >
The sbp2 driver needed to handle firewire disks seems to be currently broken on powerpc64 (at least in latest 2.6.15.x). It seems to be linked to a non-existing for 64bit bus_to_virt, thus failing this module to be usable. tomorrow i will try 2.6.16-rc5 to check if this brokeness was fixed already or not. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
