I've seen this before. The filesystem installed on the /boot partition must be ext2 or ext3.
All my best - Chris Reich; Rochester, New York --- On Mon, 5/31/10, David Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: > From: David Duffy <[email protected]> > Subject: yaboot failure B&W G3 Lenny > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 12:01 PM > Hi. > > I have been racking my brains for some days trying to > install Debian on a Blue & White G3 PowerMac. The > primary hd is SCSI. Open Firmware 3.1.0 (Apple > PowerMac1,1 1.0f5 BootROM built on 02/15/99). > > I was finally able to install from a netinstall CD > (20100201-16:52) using (yaboot): > > boot: cd:2,/install/powerpc/vmlinuz-chrp.initrd > > as the preprogrammed alternative says: > > ...d...@0:2,yaboot.conf: Unknown or corrupt filesystem > Can't open config file > > and cd:2,/install/powerpc/vmlinux gets > ... > no filesystem could mount root > ...Kernel panic. > > After installation, of course the system won't boot, > failing at > "Loading second stage bootstrap". > > Requesting a boot from CDROM, yaboot has read yaboot.conf, > and the default install says > > /p...@80000000/pci-bri...@d/pci9004,7...@3/@0:3,/boot/vmlinux: > Unable to open file, Invalid device > > I can get in with the rescue disk (as above). > > The SCSI disk is partitioned: > /dev/sda1 Apple partition map > /dev/sda2 Apple_bootstrap > /dev/sda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 / 8.6 G > /dev/sda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap > > and the ofpath utility identifies /dev/sda with > ...pci9004... > > Does anyone have any suggestions? Perhaps update the > firmware? > > Cheers, David Duffy. > > -- | David Duffy (MBBS PhD) > > > ,-_|\ > | email: [email protected] > ph: INT+61+7+3362-0217 fax: -0101 / > * > | Epidemiology Unit, Queensland Institute of Medical > Research \_,-._/ > | 300 Herston Rd, Brisbane, Queensland 4029, > Australia GPG 4D0B994A v > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
