(re-sending for the benefit of those on the lists .. sorry Sven)

Would there be any image I can use to install this machine currently?
Here's my situation, If I can get the machine to boot and install by
next week (back to work) my boss will let me keep working on it -
otherwise he'll declare it useless and it'll go back in the closet. If
I can get anything on it I'm ok - It doesn't need to be 2.6.

Attached is /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages.


Mike Martin



On Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:53:10 +0100, Sven Luther [off-list ref] wrote:

On Wed, Dec 29, 2004 at 01:51:51PM -0500, Mike Martin wrote:

quoted

I have a 43p-140, It will netboot, start the installer and let be run
through the motions. It doesn't seem to be able to recognize the cdrom
or be able to set up the network. This puts a stop on the installation
pretty quickly. I can't seem to figure it out on my own. Can anyone
help?

Attached is a console capture from my latest boot using the Dec. 28th
image from:
http://people.debian.org/~luther/debian-installer/daily-powerpc-built/daily/powerpc/netboot/

Other images are similar.

Could you try to get the /var/log/syslog and /var/log/messages out of that box
?

quoted

When the installer gets to configuring the network with DHCP, it
fails. "tcpdump" on the server interface shows no traffic after the
tftp image is transfered.

Mmm, could this be similar to :

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=283329

I am trying the install on a motorola powerstack (utah board), which has a
decchip (de4x5) ethernet, and things are worse, the machine freezes when
trying to ifup the interface :

  http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=287933

I get some strange feeling that something is seriously wrong with the 2.6
kernels on prep hardware. Let me CC this to linuxppc-dev mailing lists too.

I will not have time to look into this problem before next year though :), and
probably not before a week or so at that.

Friendly,

Sven Luther