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:
opening display /pci@0,fd000000/NVDA,Parent@10/NVDA,Display-B@1... ok copying 0F device tree...done starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,G5...failed: 0000000 Initializing fake screen: NVDA,Display-A Calling quiesce ... returning 0x01400000 from prom_init
Invalid memory access at SRR0: 00000000.01403b7c SRR1: 10000000.000083030
Apple PowerMac7,3 5.1.8f7 BootROM build on 10/26/04 at 16:30:32 Copyright 1994-2004 Apple COmputer, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome to OPen Firmware, the system time and date is: 16:49:16 04/21/2005
To continue booting, type "mac-boot" and press return. To shut down, type "shut-down" and press return.
Release keys to continue!
Any suggestions? Is this a problem with booting dual proc g5's? Is there any way to disable SMP with a kernel parameter that can be passed so that I can install the system? Is there an SMP kernel available to boot? Is the dual proc the issue I am having or is it something else?
Thanks, Joe
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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
David or Paul,
Are you talking about after the install has been completed or before anaconda even starts? I haven't been able to get past the initial loading of the kernel because it looks to me like the install cd/dvd is loading a 32bit UP kernel.
When I hit TAB at yaboot's boot: prompt, I have a "linux" kernel-- that's it. No "linux-up" or anything else. I have tried this from both the CDROM based install and DVD install (I happened to download both, the dvd via torrent and the cd's via wget). Originally, since the cd's completed first, I tried installing from there. When I ran into the error seconds after I clicked enter at yaboots prompt, I thought that maybe the CD1 was a bad iso, so I burned the DVD. The DVD gave me the same thing.
I saw some workarounds that you mention. But from what I could tell, they deal with an installed system. Do you see any options for me to get around this bug so that I can get an installed system? I've already looking into trying to pull one of my CPUs. But I couldn't figure out how to remove a processor with ease without having to disassemble the entire case and therefore have relying on speaking to others on the list before I go further.
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Subject Re: Install FC4 test2 on PPC - Dual Proc G5?
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
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 08:22 -0400, Joe.Hoot@itec.suny.edu wrote:
David or Paul,
Are you talking about after the install has been completed or before anaconda even starts? I haven't been able to get past the initial loading of the kernel because it looks to me like the install cd/dvd is loading a 32bit UP kernel.
When I hit TAB at yaboot's boot: prompt, I have a "linux" kernel-- that's it. No "linux-up" or anything else. I have tried this from both the CDROM based install and DVD install (I happened to download both, the dvd via torrent and the cd's via wget).
Sorry I misunderstood how far you'd got.
You'll need to burn the mac64 boot.iso on the first CD, boot off that and use that to install off the DVD.
Paul
Paul,
That worked... and with some modprobing of a couple of modules, my fans are working more quietly too, thanks to one of your and davids posts on bugzilla. On a side note, and not really fedora related, do you know of any java plugins on ppc linux for firefox?
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Subject Re: Install FC4 test2 on PPC - Dual Proc G5?
On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 08:22 -0400, Joe.Hoot@itec.suny.edu wrote:
David or Paul,
Are you talking about after the install has been completed or before anaconda even starts? I haven't been able to get past the initial loading of the kernel because it looks to me like the install cd/dvd is loading a 32bit UP kernel.
When I hit TAB at yaboot's boot: prompt, I have a "linux" kernel-- that's it. No "linux-up" or anything else. I have tried this from both the CDROM based install and DVD install (I happened to download both, the dvd via torrent and the cd's via wget).
Sorry I misunderstood how far you'd got.
You'll need to burn the mac64 boot.iso on the first CD, boot off that and use that to install off the DVD.
Paul
On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 06:52 -0400, Joe.Hoot@itec.suny.edu wrote:
That worked... and with some modprobing of a couple of modules, my fans are working more quietly too, thanks to one of your and davids posts on bugzilla. On a side note, and not really fedora related, do you know of any java plugins on ppc linux for firefox?
gckwebplugin works to a certain extent, as does the IBM JDK in Konqueror. Firefox isn't able to use the IBM Java though.
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