On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 08:01:08PM +0100, Michael Felt wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I downloaded the debian netinstaller - debian-6.0.7-powerpc-netinst.iso - > and installed on a p505. The installation process goes well, but the boot > fails. > > I tried using the LVM with multiple partitions and got this message > If you omit "device:" and "partno" yaboot will use the values of > "device=" and "partition=" in yaboot.conf, right now those are set to: > device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1 > partition=-1 > > And after a reinstall using the whole disk, no LVM I got: > If you omit "device:" and "partno" yaboot will use the values of > "device=" and "partition=" in yaboot.conf, right now those are set to: > device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1 > partition=2 > > The other key message, same for both is: > Please wait, loading kernel... > Can't open device </vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:0> > /vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1:2,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to open file, Invalid > device > > I have located a number of bugs with "Invalid device" in them > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=641852 > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=637519 > > but these seem to be focused on issues with the installer and power7. My > question is about after the installation. > > How to proceed? How to document - better - what is wrong?
How are you partitioning the disk? My understanding is that yaboot requries boot partition to install to so at least that one can't be in LVM. I stopped using yaboot a long time ago, but the debian installer still seems to prefer it on powerpc. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
