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