Hi Riccardo, On 2018-11-29, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mott...@libero.it> wrote: > I did try to get debian 8.11.0 netinst on an USB stick > > I am unable to boot that stick, neither with just "boot usb" from OF, > neither using this: > > 1. download jessie powerpc netinst iso[1] and dd it to a USB stick > > 2. boot into open firmware > > 3. start yaboot 1.3.16 from jessie usb stick > boot usb0/disk@1:2,\install\yaboot > > 4. from yaboot 1.3.16, switch to sid netinst (CD-ROM) > conf device=cd file=/install/yaboot.conf > > 5. run installer > install32 > > If I do: > > boot usb0/disk@1:2,\install\yaboot > -> Can't open device or file
Have you checked if the device is recognized? With the OF command "devalias" you can see what usb0 is. For example, for me it is: /pci@f2000000/usb@1b,1 You can manually traverse the device tree and see if the USB disk is detected: dev usb0 ls <--- should show an entry like "disk@1" (The "dev" command is like "cd". You can specify absolute or relative paths to move up and down the tree.) Otherwise try the other USB port: dev usb1 ls You need to make sure the USB stick is inserted before powering on. Also, if the USB stick is USB3, it may not be detected. I was able to work around that issue by using a USB2 hub. With the USB2 hub, I then had to find my stick: dev usb0 ls dev hub@1 ls dev hub@4 ls <--- finally showed me disk@1 So the boot command for me was then: boot usb0/hub@1/hub@4/disk@1:2,\install\yaboot On a side note, it is a bit frustrating that I provided a patch and even NMU package [0] with a fix 3 months ago but because it is not being accepted, people like you continue to waste our time on this issue. John Ogness [0] http://www.ogness.net/debian/yaboot