I'm trying to install Debian 8 on my iBook G4. As suggested in another
thread <https://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2015/05/msg00066.html> I
chose the netboot installation method.
I donwloaded and compiled dnsmasq (2.72) and configured both DHCP and TFTP
with it. The dnsmasq.conf file looks like this:
# for easy trouble-shooting
no-daemon
keep-in-foreground
# disable DNS
port=0
dhcp-range=192.168.0.201,192.168.0.210
# 192.168.0.1 is my wifi router. I've turned off DHCP on it.
dhcp-option=option:router,192.168.0.1
dhcp-option=option:dns-server,192.168.0.1
# 192.168.0.10 is my macbook where dnsmasq is running
dhcp-boot=yaboot,macbook,192.168.0.10
dhcp-leasefile=/Users/clarkw/utils/dnsmasq/dhcp-leases
enable-tftp
tftp-root=/Users/clarkw/utils/dnsmasq/tftp
I've downloaded the Debian 8 netboot images from here
<http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/>
and put them under the tftp root dir:
initrd.gz
vmlinux
yaboot
yaboot.conf
>From the iBook's Open Firmware prompt ("0 >") I inputed
boot enet:0,yaboot
>From the dnsmasq's output I can see that the iBook has requested an IP
address and downloaded the yaboot file but did not download the vmlinux and
initrd.gz files. Then the system panics. The final panic message is like
this:
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-block(0,0)
(The screenshot can be found here
<http://s19.postimg.org/6bu06qmtd/2015_05_27_00_18_48.jpg>.)
So what may be wrong with my configuration? Do I need to update the
downloaded yaboot.conf
<http://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/jessie/main/installer-powerpc/current/images/powerpc/netboot/yaboot.conf>
file?
Thanks.
-clark
