[opensuse] Unable to install 11.0 on my Genesi Pegasos (inst32 stops booting)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi there, I have been using and installing openSUSE on x86 for a very long time, this is my first attempt to install it on a Genesi Pegasos box (G1@1GHz, 512MB). I downloaded openSUSE-11.0-DVD-ppc.iso and burned it on a DVD and was able to start booting from it, following the instructions on this Wiki page: http://en.opensuse.org/PegasosQuickStart However, the installer never comes up, the little spinning cursor justs stops at some point and the system is frozen (can only be rebooted by a hard reset). This is what I see on the screen, when booting from the DVD: [SNIP] Welcome to SmartFirmware(tm) for bplan Pegasos2 version 1.2 (20040810112413) SmartFirmware(tm) Copyright 1996-2001 by CodeGen, Inc. ALl Rights Reserved. Pegasos BIOS Extensions Copyright 2001-2004 by bplan GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Auto-boot in 3 seconds - press ESC to abort, ENTER to boot: aborted ok boot cd suseboot/inst32 ISO-9660 filesystem: System-ID: "LINUX" Volume-ID: "SU1100.001" Root dir: " " flags=0x2 extent=0x17 size=0x1800 / [SNIP] I also tried to copy the inst32 image into the OpenFirmware directory and booting it from there via a menu entry. Again, it seems to start booting (the spinner is active for a while), but then stops without any helpful hint. I stumbled over the following comment on the PowerDeveloper.org Forums - maybe this is still the case for the final release as well? 'inst32' stopped booting in early 11.0 alpha versions, so I stopped trying it. http://www.powerdeveloper.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10978#10978 Has anybody been able to successfully install 11.0 from the DVD on a Pegasos box? Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks! Bye, LenZ - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer <lenz@grimmer.com> -o) [ICQ: 160767607 | Jabber: LenZGr@jabber.org] /\\ http://www.lenzg.org/ V_V -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIX/5USVDhKrJykfIRArxyAJ4llmMI15bxzqfHCxJ2V0fhtCx+DgCeOtEg UzeGd85WuP7N99Gd5SN3254= =vxmS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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I'm forwarding this to the opensuse-ppc list. Please jointhis list by mailing: opensuse-ppc+subscribe@opensuse.org I also forwarded it to our resident genesi guru, Peter Czanik. On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 3:49 PM, Lenz Grimmer <lenz@grimmer.com> wrote:
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Hi there,
I have been using and installing openSUSE on x86 for a very long time, this is my first attempt to install it on a Genesi Pegasos box (G1@1GHz, 512MB).
I downloaded openSUSE-11.0-DVD-ppc.iso and burned it on a DVD and was able to start booting from it, following the instructions on this Wiki page:
http://en.opensuse.org/PegasosQuickStart
However, the installer never comes up, the little spinning cursor justs stops at some point and the system is frozen (can only be rebooted by a hard reset). This is what I see on the screen, when booting from the DVD:
[SNIP] Welcome to SmartFirmware(tm) for bplan Pegasos2 version 1.2 (20040810112413) SmartFirmware(tm) Copyright 1996-2001 by CodeGen, Inc. ALl Rights Reserved. Pegasos BIOS Extensions Copyright 2001-2004 by bplan GmbH. All Rights Reserved. Auto-boot in 3 seconds - press ESC to abort, ENTER to boot: aborted ok boot cd suseboot/inst32 ISO-9660 filesystem: System-ID: "LINUX" Volume-ID: "SU1100.001" Root dir: " " flags=0x2 extent=0x17 size=0x1800 / [SNIP]
I also tried to copy the inst32 image into the OpenFirmware directory and booting it from there via a menu entry. Again, it seems to start booting (the spinner is active for a while), but then stops without any helpful hint.
I stumbled over the following comment on the PowerDeveloper.org Forums - maybe this is still the case for the final release as well?
'inst32' stopped booting in early 11.0 alpha versions, so I stopped trying it.
http://www.powerdeveloper.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=10978#10978
Has anybody been able to successfully install 11.0 from the DVD on a Pegasos box? Any hints would be appreciated. Thanks!
Bye, LenZ - -- - ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer <lenz@grimmer.com> -o) [ICQ: 160767607 | Jabber: LenZGr@jabber.org] /\\ http://www.lenzg.org/ V_V -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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