From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from tor-pinab.porchlight.ca (tor-pinab.porchlight.ca [209.171.52.132]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4D6867C0D for ; Wed, 23 Aug 2006 05:46:57 +1000 (EST) Received: from keep.hooton (tor-ppp-209.29.44.168.porchlight.ca [209.29.44.168]) (authenticated bits=0) by tor-pinab.porchlight.ca (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k7MJknLw027012 for ; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:46:50 -0400 Received: from dtutty by keep.hooton with local (Exim 4.50) id 1GFZSP-0001mq-CE for linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org; Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:50:29 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:50:26 -0400 From: dtutty@porchlight.ca To: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Subject: Re: boot problems on pseries Message-ID: <20060822165023.GA4807@hooton> References: <20060820170055.GA8958@hooton> <20060821145624.GA30464@aepfle.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20060821145624.GA30464@aepfle.de> List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Mon, Aug 21, 2006 at 04:56:24PM +0200, Olaf Hering wrote: > On Sun, Aug 20, 2006 at 01:00:56PM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote: > > > Does anyone have a link to a boot/root floppy set that will work? > > openSuSE will likely work, but do you have any details of the boot > failures and what exactly you have tried so far? > > Boot failures: 1. CD not recognized as bootable, so use OF manually. 2. OF manually will boot yaboot. 3. yaboot doesn't find its config in the /etc directory of the cd, nor in the / directory of the CD with the yaboot executable. 4. when manually from yaboot attempt to boot a kernel image, get either: a) CLAIMED FAILED b) incorrect ELF format (something like that, I wasn't there when the tech got that one) c) not a valid kernel image At no point do I get any indication that the linux kernel has had a chance to try booting; it doesn't get that far. Thanks, I'll look at SuSE and see if there's a free-download of a boot floppy. Doug.