I posted, i.e., mailed, a summary of what is needed for a successful install to [email protected]. Have not seen anything show up on the list yet, so I hope it is "accepted".
regards, Michael On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 8:01 PM, Michael Felt <[email protected]> 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? > > Thanks. > > Michael > >
