On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 13:44 -0400, Joe.Hoot@itec.suny.edu wrote:
I just downloaded the fedora core test2 for ppc. I rebooted my PPC Dual G5. I was prompted by yaboot and hit enter to except the default kernel "linux." The kernel starts to load and then dies. I shutdown the machine and started it back up and at yaboot, typed linux nofb. It started to load again and then died again. Here is the output when it stops booting:
Any suggestions? Is this a problem with booting dual proc g5's
This is a bug in anaconda installing the smp ppc32 kernel as we don't have a kernel-smp.ppc64
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=149618
Hit tab at boot: and you should have another kernel option something like linux-up the ppc64 kernel (which has smp support in it). Then just edit yaboot.conf appropriately.
Paul