[opensuse-ppc] opensuse 11.1 on ps3 not found after install

Hi Sorry to mengle in without any competence at all (don't expect too much from my email-addr :-) I am not in the SuSE team. But I did insist a LOT to have OpenSUSE 11.1 installed on my PS3, and I experienced the same symptoms as you (and many others :-) But now it is up and running - next challenge is to get the codecs etc to play :-) Here is what I saw: 1st lesson learned - do not change anything in the software selection during the install change afterwards. You will loose the image install, and waste a lot of time. 2nd when you change the proposed partitioning, install disables image install - simply re-enable it to gain time. 3rd do not leave the PS3 to itself while installing - here might be you main problem, it will go to sleep in the middle of the install(!!) and if left asleep too long time, it will reboot, and come back up incomplete. Monitor the install, and if it seems "stuck" in the middle of copying a package or in the middle of installing it, simply touch the mouse, or a key on the keyboard, and you should see it continue. 4th have a look here for memory optimization once installed: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-linux-ps3-1/?S_TACT=105AGX59&S_CMP=GR (Even though he does not mention OpenSUSE grrrrrr :-/ hope this helps :-) Thomas

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On 1/14/2009 at 5:22 AM, in message , "Mick Charles Beaver" wrote:

Looks like the hd partition is not found by petitboot? Maybe I really have installed on lvm and petitboot cannot recognize this?

I'm new to PPC/PS3 Linux myself, so I'm not sure. I can tell you that I did not use LVM, so maybe that is the problem.

Where would petitboot or install log their error messages?

The source distribution didn't have any documentation. If you don't want to reinstall without using LVM, you could try and debug with the network-enabled version of petitboot (downloadable from the petitboot web site). -Mick -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+help@opensuse.org