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Bjosch
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 04 Feb 2004
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 Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 2:06 pm Post subject: installation problem |
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Hi everybody!
I posted actually the same problem yet (https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1504321&highlight=&sid=903408085d57153947293376f23f9428#1504321). But I continued trying but I'm no longer sure if the problem is really yaboot or another.
Since over 2 months I'm trying to install Gentoo on my new PowerMac G4 DUal 1,25GHz. I never had serious problems with the installations on my Dell notebook, but on the Mac it simply does not work. I follow the handbook strictly and normally everything works fine.
I boot with
G4-SMP video=radeonfb:1280x1024@75
and generally it works fine. Sometimes (!) I get only the following message:
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Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.5-gentoo-G4-SMP
linked at : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at : 0xa8008000 (phys), 0xd0008000 (log)
klimit : 0xc038a7c4
MSR : 0x00003030
HID0 : 0x8410c0bc
pmac_init(): exit
id mach(): done
MMU:enter
MMU:hw init
hash:enter
hash:find piece
hash:patch
hash:done
MMU:mapin
MMU:setio
MMU:exit
setup_arch: enter
setup_arch: bootmem
arch: exit
openpic: enter
openpic: timer
openpic: ipi
openpic: external
openpic: spurious
openpic: exit
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Until the yaboot-configuration there are no problems. Yaboot complains about a too old kernel, but as I've read in other posts, it seems to be normal (??). I umount all mounted partitions, and type reboot, it never worked (see my post here: https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=1586300&highlight=#1586300). I shut down the mac manually and switch it on again. The only thing I see is a grey screen, nothing else. No boot message, symbol, error message, nothing. I just want finally a working system, otherwise I might re-sell the mac and buy me another pc - but I preferred my mac!! Here are all configurations:
/etc/fstab
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/dev/hda4 / ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hda3 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hda5 /home ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hda6 /var ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hda7 /usr ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/hda8 /emporion ext3 noatime 0 0
/dev/cdroms/cdrom0 /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
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/mac-fdisk (abbreviated)
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/dev/hda1 Apple_partition_map Apple (31.5k) Partition map
/dev/hda2 Apple_Bootstrap bootstrap (800.0k)NewWorld bootblock
/dev/hda3 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 swap (1.0G) Linux swap
/dev/hda4 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 root (1.0G) Linux native
/dev/hda5 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 home (2.0G) Linux native
/dev/hda6 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 var (2.0G) Linux native
/dev/hda7 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 usr (2.0G) Linux native
/dev/hda8 Apple_UNIX_SVR2 emporion (57.0G) Linux native
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/dev/hda18 Apple_HFS Apple_HFS_Untitled_4 (8.9G) HFS
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/etc/yaboot.conf
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boot=/dev/hda2
magicboot=/usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot
delay=5
timeout=30
root=/dev/hda4
device=hd:
image=/boot/kernel-2.6.7-gentoo-r14
partition=4
label=Linux
sysmap=/boot/System.map-2.6.7-gentoo-r14
read-only
macosx=/dev/hda18
cdrom=/dev/cdroms/cdrom0
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As for the kernel: previously I compiled it myself, then I was afear it might have been an error of mine in compilation and so I used the genkernel config. I know, it's a 2.6.5 and no 2.6.7. I'm not sure if there are greater changes that might create problems. I thought even to change to 2.6.8 but I found persons who got work 2.6.7-kernel as well.
Any comment and help is very appreciated, if you need further information ask and I will try to post it. I re-typed everything because I have no option to copy and paste or something like that, so I hope there are no errors. Shouldn't be :)
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porodzila
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Joined: 22 May 2004
Posts: 307
Location: Terrapin Station
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:08 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah I have the same problem on a 15" iMac. 2.6.7-r11
stops at the same spot
The longer it is off the more times I have to cycle the power to get it to boot!
one it boots everything works just fine.
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aguettinger
Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 26 Sep 2003
Posts: 84
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| Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2004 9:46 pm Post subject: |
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I have a similar problem. Around every 10th time the boot stops at exactly the same spot, after the firmware output but before booting the kernel. Seems to be pretty randomly. When I reset my machine, it often happens again but never the third time (until now).
Normally I don't reboot my Mac very often so it's not so bad for me. Seems to be a bug in yaboot or the kernel.
G4/400 Sawtooth AGP
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