Hello, Since a number of weeks I am unsuccessful in using the ppc64 install media on my POWER5+ box. Below is output from latest openSUSE-NET64-ppc64-Build0023-Media.iso. In qemu-system-ppc64 it proceeds okay, and Factory boots okay (below). The only difference is me entering SMS menu to select booting from IDE CD. I notice that the booting system loads an Elf64 kernel while the ppc64 iso loads an Elf32 kernel. Any ideas? Thanks, Andreas CD: yaboot starting: loaded at 00040000 00065a88 (0/0/02039a68; sp: 02cbffd0) Config file 'yaboot.cnf' read, 285 bytes Welcome to openSuSE Factory! Type "install" to start the YaST installer on this CD/DVD Type "slp" to start the YaST install via network Type "rescue" to start the rescue system on this CD/DVD Welcome to yaboot version r22.8-r1190.SuSE booted from '/pci@800000020000003/pci@2,3/ide@1/disk@0:1,\suseboot\yaboot.ibm' running with firmware 'IBM,SF240_284' on model 'IBM,9111-285', serial 'IBM,*********', partition '06-C903E' Enter "help" to get some basic usage information boot: install slp rescue boot: install Please wait, loading kernel... Allocated 02f00000 bytes for executable @ 03000000 Elf32 kernel loaded... SuSE Linux zImage starting: loaded at 03000000-05dc0d30 (4000000/0/02039a68; sp: 02cbfd90) uncompressing ELF header done. (00000100 bytes) Allocated 018461cc bytes for kernel @ 05f00000 Leave 027c7fc4 bytes for initrd @ 035ecece uncompressing kernel done. (01240ef8 bytes) entering kernel at 05f10000(35ecece/27c7fc4/02039a68) OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty@30000000 Preparing to boot Linux version 3.10.1-3.g0cd5432-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.8.1 20130711 [gcc-4_8-branch revision 200903] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP Fri Jul 19 14:39:31 UTC 2013 (0cd5432) Detected machine type: 0000000000000101 Max number of cores passed to firmware: 512 (NR_CPUS = 1024) Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... not implemented command line: quiet sysrq=1 insmod=sym53c8xx insmod=ipr memory layout at init: memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) alloc_bottom : 0000000007470000 alloc_top : 0000000008000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000077000000 rmo_top : 0000000008000000 ram_top : 0000000077000000 found display : /pci@800000020000002/display@1, opening... done Could not allocate memory for RTAS EXIT called ok 0 > Disk: yaboot starting: loaded at 00040000 00065a88 (0/0/02039a68; sp: 02cbffd0) Config file 'yaboot.cnf' read, 611 bytes Welcome to yaboot version r22.8-r1190.SuSE booted from '/pci@800000020000003/pci@2,4/pci1069,b166@1/scsi@0/sd@8,0:1,yaboot' running with firmware 'IBM,SF240_284' on model 'IBM,9111-285', serial 'IBM,*********', partition '06-C903E' Enter "help" to get some basic usage information boot: Linux_4 Using 01401f9c bytes for initrd buffer Please wait, loading kernel... Allocated 01700000 bytes for kernel @ 03000000 Elf64 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... ramdisk loaded 01401f9c @ 04700000 OF stdout device is: /vdevice/vty@30000000 Preparing to boot Linux version 3.10.1-3.g0cd5432-default (geeko@buildhost) (gcc version 4.8.1 20130711 [gcc-4_8-branch revision 200903] (SUSE Linux) ) #1 SMP Fri Jul 19 14:39:31 UTC 2013 (0cd5432) Detected machine type: 0000000000000101 Max number of cores passed to firmware: 512 (NR_CPUS = 1024) Calling ibm,client-architecture-support... not implemented command line: root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/671e0a08-2bb3-4fae-b606-287d887e2060 quiet sysrq=1 insmod=sym53c8xx insmod=ipr memory layout at init: memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned) alloc_bottom : 0000000005b10000 alloc_top : 0000000008000000 alloc_top_hi : 0000000077000000 rmo_top : 0000000008000000 ram_top : 0000000077000000 found display : /pci@800000020000002/display@1, opening... done instantiating rtas at 0x00000000076a0000... done Querying for OPAL presence... not there. boot cpu hw idx 0 copying OF device tree... Building dt strings... Building dt structure... Device tree strings 0x0000000005b20000 -> 0x0000000005b21372 Device tree struct 0x0000000005b30000 -> 0x0000000005b40000 no ibm,pcie-link-speed-stats property no ibm,pcie-link-speed-stats property no ibm,pcie-link-speed-stats property /home/abuild/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-default-3.10.1/linux-3.10/drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0) doing fast boot [...] -- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany GF: Jeff Hawn, Jennifer Guild, Felix Imendörffer; HRB 16746 AG Nürnberg -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+owner@opensuse.org