[Bug 205550] New: use yaboot for booting Pegasos PPC
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 Summary: use yaboot for booting Pegasos PPC Product: openSUSE 10.2 Version: Alpha 4 Platform: PowerPC OS/Version: Other Status: NEW Severity: Normal Priority: P5 - None Component: Installation AssignedTo: olh@novell.com ReportedBy: pczanik@fang.fa.gau.hu QAContact: jsrain@novell.com As discussed in e-mail, please use yaboot to boot Pegasos PPC machines: "It just needs some tweaking in the lilo script to do the right thing with copying yaboot and possible the yaboot.conf file over to the boot partition." -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 ------- Comment #1 from pczanik@fang.fa.gau.hu 2006-09-13 15:01 MST ------- *** Bug 141214 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 ------- Comment #2 from pczanik@fang.fa.gau.hu 2006-09-13 15:25 MST ------- Also make sure, that /boot is on an Pegasos OpenFirmware readable partition. Ext2 works best, but ext3, (v)fat should also work. ReiserFS does not work! -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 olh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|olh@novell.com |jplack@novell.com Severity|Normal |Blocker ------- Comment #3 from olh@novell.com 2006-09-15 06:46 MST ------- need a 'boot=/dev/hdaN' not 'boot=/dev/hda' in lilo.conf need to evaluate if 'boot=' can point to a mount point need to copy yaboot to that partition, in the root dir need to leave the filesystem on hdaN alone need to document that one has to run 'setenv boot-device hd:$((N-1))' in OF need to create a yaboot.cnf with no hardcoded device paths, use &device; instead -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 ------- Comment #4 from olh@novell.com 2006-10-23 05:29 MST ------- Created an attachment (id=102264) --> (https://bugzilla.novell.com/attachment.cgi?id=102264&action=view) lilo-pegasos.patch do something on pegasos. create a config file, put it into yaboot itself and copy the yaboot to / boot hd:6 yaboot on the OF cmdline -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 ------- Comment #6 from pczanik@fang.fa.gau.hu 2006-11-03 07:51 MST ------- factory from 2006. Nov. 03. was installed to /dev/hdd4 I tried to boot it with: ok boot hd3:4 yaboot which resulted in (copy&paste from serial console): Welcome to yaboot version 10.1.19-r858.SuSE booted from '/pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1,1:4,yaboot' Using configfile 'built-in' Enter "help" to get some basic usage information boot: linux type 2 of '/pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1' not handled /pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1:4,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to parse Please wait, loading kernel... boot: linux type 2 of '/pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1' not handled /pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1:4,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to parse Please wait, loading kernel... boot: linux type 2 of '/pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1' not handled /pci@80000000/ide@C,1/disk@1:4,/boot/vmlinux: Unable to parse Please wait, loading kernel... etc. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 ------- Comment #7 from olh@novell.com 2006-11-07 01:38 MST ------- open a new bug for yaboot failure, this bug is all about perl-Bootloader -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 ------- Comment #8 from pczanik@fang.fa.gau.hu 2006-11-07 02:35 MST ------- Done: #218692 I don't know, if it belongs to here, or a separate bug: yaboot only gets installed, if a PREP boot partition is there. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Blocker |Critical ------- Comment #9 from jplack@novell.com 2006-11-07 07:50 MST ------- this is not a blocker, pegasos not mandatory as far as I know. Not enough ressources to do this for 10.2 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 olh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |pkirsch@novell.com ------- Comment #10 from olh@novell.com 2006-11-10 09:22 MST ------- *** Bug 115410 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 jplack@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Severity|Critical |Major Component|Installation |Installation Product|openSUSE 10.2 |openSUSE 10.3 Version|Alpha 4 |Alpha 1 ------- Comment #11 from jplack@novell.com 2006-11-17 04:37 MST ------- postponed to 10.3 -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 olh@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- AssignedTo|jplack@novell.com |aosthof@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEW -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550 aosthof@novell.com changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEW |ASSIGNED ------- Comment #12 from aosthof@novell.com 2007-03-26 11:44 MST ------- Will take care as load for SP1 get lower... -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550#c13 Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |cthiel@novell.com Status|ASSIGNED |NEEDINFO Info Provider| |stefan.fent@novell.com --- Comment #13 from Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> 2007-08-08 03:30:47 MST --- Stefan, what's the status on this bug? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550#c14 peter czanik <pczanik@genesi-usa.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|NEEDINFO |ASSIGNED Info Provider|stefan.fent@novell.com | --- Comment #14 from peter czanik <pczanik@genesi-usa.com> 2007-08-08 03:36:17 MST --- Works fine on 10.2 and also on 10.3-factory. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=205550#c15 Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|ASSIGNED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WORKSFORME --- Comment #15 from Christoph Thiel <cthiel@novell.com> 2007-08-08 03:43:04 MST --- Closing WORKSFORME. Please feel free to reopen, in case the problem persists. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.novell.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug.
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