[opensuse-ppc] PS3 install comments
PS3 install comments First a few positive comments, and then a Q The advanced partitioner seems happy now - THANKS :-) The cracklib is now searched local during install - THANKS :-) (need to close the bugs) Weird observation When installing, I switched to detailed view, and at about 175 remaining packages, install froze hard, and had to pull the switch. Started over, and install finished, but in the boot screen, it says failed to boot (or something very similar (very sorry to not have exact msg)) Q: What went wrong, and what can I do to troubleshoot - I tried to remove quiet from the boot line, but no diff. On top another funny observation - the game OS can now read the linux partition :-) Please help on how narrow down on my boot pb. Thomas Technical Support Engineer +33 155 62 5094 +33 6 8282 7936 Novell France "You are always going to face the choice between a hard right and an easy wrong, choose wisely". "Ce message et ses pièces jointes n'ont aucune valeur contractuelle ou juridique ; en particulier, aucune transaction ne peut être basée exclusivement sur des emails. " -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
Thomas Nielsen wrote:
PS3 install comments
What version did you install?
First a few positive comments, and then a Q
The advanced partitioner seems happy now - THANKS :-) The cracklib is now searched local during install - THANKS :-) (need to close the bugs) Weird observation When installing, I switched to detailed view, and at about 175 remaining packages, install froze hard, and had to pull the switch.
Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens before swap gets activated.
Started over, and install finished, but in the boot screen, it says
failed to boot (or something very similar (very sorry to not have exact msg)) Q: What went wrong, and what can I do to troubleshoot - I tried to remove quiet from the boot line, but no diff.
Please be more precise at what point this occurs. Did the installation finish? Did you install the otheros.bld from the install media?
On top another funny observation - the game OS can now read the linux partition :-)
Nice :)
Please help on how narrow down on my boot pb.
Thomas
Technical Support Engineer +33 155 62 5094 +33 6 8282 7936 Novell France
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Stefan -- Stefan Assmann | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Software Engineer | Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Mail: sassmann@suse.de | GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
On 11/24/08, Stefan Assmann <sassmann@suse.de> wrote:
Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens before swap gets activated.
If you are doing an install and have a previous linux swap partition, can't you activate that during the boot? Not sure how the PS3 boots because I don't own one yet.... Also, I have several systems with only 256MB. Does the PS3 allow all of the 256MB or does it steal some of it and only allow so much? It would be really nice if the 256MB of graphics ram was available. The low ram is probably the biggest drawback for me(since I don't play games....). -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
Larry Stotler wrote:
On 11/24/08, Stefan Assmann <sassmann@suse.de> wrote:
Really hard to tell what went wrong there :) Most problems I observed where related to the system running out of memory. That sometimes happens before swap gets activated.
If you are doing an install and have a previous linux swap partition, can't you activate that during the boot? Not sure how the PS3 boots because I don't own one yet....
Not necessary anymore as we have the ps3vram driver now :)
Also, I have several systems with only 256MB. Does the PS3 allow all of the 256MB or does it steal some of it and only allow so much? It would be really nice if the 256MB of graphics ram was available. The low ram is probably the biggest drawback for me(since I don't play games....).
Normally you get around 210MB of RAM, that's what the hypervisor exposes. Additionally now you get around 240MB of VRAM which will be used as swap during installation. You shouldn't run out of memory anymore while installing. Stefan -- Stefan Assmann | SUSE LINUX Products GmbH Software Engineer | Maxfeldstr. 5, D-90409 Nuernberg Mail: sassmann@suse.de | GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nuernberg) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org
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