attempt to boot headless Xserve G5 from external firewire drive with 2006.0 install cd hangs very early. Below is the console log. Note that Debian etch kernel 2.6.15-1 is able to get past this point. 0 > boot cd:,\boot\yaboot sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 load-size=247ec adler32=dcfe1f25 Loading ELF sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 Config file read, 445 bytes Config file warning: Duplicate entry 'read-write' near line 7 in file \boot\yaboot.conf Config file warning: Duplicate entry 'read-write' near line 8 in file \boot\yaboot.conf Config file warning: Duplicate entry 'read-write' near line 10 in file \boot\yaboot.conf sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 Welcome to the Gentoo 2006 PPC64 install-cd. This cd allows you to install on 64 bit Apple and IBM hardware either a 32 or 64 bit user land, running on top of a 64 bit kernel. Please read the README(s) on the cd to learn more about this install-cd. Gentoo Installation Handbook: http://www.gentoo.org/ Further info : http://ppc64.gentoo.org/ Bugs : bugs.gentoo.org (CC ppc64@gentoo.org) IRC : #gentoo-ppc64 on irc.freenode.net. Press <tab> to show the kernels.Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.11 Enter "help" to get some basic usage information sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 boot: G5 G5-ttyS0,57600 boot: G5-ttyS0,57600 Please wait, loading kernel... sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 Elf64 kernel loaded... Loading ramdisk... sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 sbp2:Open ->login? speed=ffffffff 2 2 ramdisk loaded at 01e00000, size: 1376 Kbytes DO-QUIESCE finished
Not a GLI bug
Toni, Please join me on #gentoo-ppc64 and I would be happy to help you through this. In fact, I think I already have the fix for it but I cannot post it to a public forum....yet.
Also, did you read the README.* files? They discuss this boot process specifically but you might need an experimental CD that I have as well. As I urged earlier, please jump onto the irc channel and I would be happy to help you out.
I am not IRC savvy, can you give me a brief snippet of what the problem might be?
Hi Toni, As for IRC, download something like xchat and connect to irc.freenode.net. Then join our channel by doing something like: /join #gentoo-ppc64 where the /join and # are required. It will be worth your while. As for the problem. I recommend you read the README.KERNEL file on the cd. It describes this process. I am also speculating that perhaps you have an older xserve; and the current cd is missing some serial drivers for older xserves. You can download a fix xserv-specific iso at: http://dev.gentoo.org/~ranger/install-ppc64-minimal-newxserv-2006.0.iso
http://dev.gentoo.org/ seems to be having a problem. It can't find anything on it's site, including http://dev.gentoo.org/~ranger/install-ppc64-minimal-newxserv-2006.0.iso Is there somewhere else I can download this from? A firewall at work is preventing me from connecting to IRC, and that is where my Xserve G5 is. I could connect from home later, but then I don't have access to the Xserve. Thanks, Toni
Toni, we are going through some server migration today. I do not have another place to put it. It started at 1500 UTC and is supposed to just take three hours to complete. Our email is down too... If, for any reason, the migration goes snafu, I'll find another home for it. ps. often irc through the http proxy is acceptable...
dev.gentoo.org is ok now, so I will try out that test iso Thanks, Toni
install-ppc64-minimal-newxserv-2006.0.iso works; it gets past the 'DO-QUIESCE finished' message. Out of curiosity, I booted this off a pen drive but it "can't find my cd". The install gives me the option of specifying the cd device or going into a shell, so I went into a shell and see all the devices I expect listed in /proc/scsi/scsi: / # cat /proc/scsi/scsi Attached devices: Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ATA Model: Hitachi HDS72258 Rev: V32B Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 05 Host: scsi4 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: ST316021 Model: 2A Rev: 2AAA Type: Direct-Access-RBC ANSI SCSI revision: 04 Host: scsi6 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: MATSHITA Model: DVD-RAM SW-9571 Rev: A112 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: ffffffff Host: scsi5 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00 Vendor: Corsair Model: Flash Voyager Rev: 1.00 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 but there is no /dev/sd* file for the flash voyager. I mounted sysfs, then did a udevstart which created the /dev/sdc device file for my cdrom Is there a way to accomplish the same thing without falling into the shell? I'll try to contact the irc channel. Thanks, Toni
I did manage to get the install-ppc64-minimal-newxserv-2006.0.iso all the way up from a usb stick, after some trial and error I restarted the install by booting with the debug flag on. Then in the debug shell I created the /dev/sdc device file by hand with mknod (using the settings provided by udevstart in a previous attempt). Then after leaving the debug shell the installation boot continued normally and found the 'cd'. This only worked from the debug shell, not the emergency shell. Thanks, Toni
Toni, So it looks like we are wrestling with two problems. It looks like the new iso fixed the console problem. Now, wrt the cdrom device, the KERNEL.README file states: "If you are attempting to install over a firewire drive to a xserve (or any apple hardware) set in target disk mode and you receive kernel errors such as "sbp2: aborting sbp2 command..." then please also pass the following option to the kernel from the yaboot command line: 'sbp2.serialize_io=1' " Have you tried booting the install kernel and pass that above bit? Or is this just a true, pure external firewire drive? If so, we have historically have had problems with those but needed a tester to help us debug it. Willing to help?
Although I have a firewire cd attached, I am actually installing from a usb pen drive. The problem is that devices are not *automatically* created for the firewire cd and the usb pen. *BUT* I have an external firewire hard drive attached also, and a device file *IS* created automatically for that device. Once I create the usb pen drive device file by hand, then installation goes just fine. There does not appear to be any problem with the IO. In fact, the boot messages indicate that the sbp2.serialize is already being without me having to state it. the issue really seems to be why was no device file created for the usb pen drive, even though it appeared in /proc/scsi/scsi. Thanks, Toni
would it be better to consider the lack-of-usb-device-file issue a separate bug?
Try adding the "dobladecenter" option to the command line when booting. This adds some extra pauses into the boot process at some key points before the device detection.
yes, by adding 'dobladecenter' the devices I need in order to boot are seen. So basically http://dev.gentoo.org/~ranger/install-ppc64-minimal-newxserv-2006.0.iso solved all my problems. Will the fix for the hang at 'DO-QUIESCE finished' make it into a standard cd install in the near future? Thanks, Toni
Yup, I've got it earmarked... Please close if you feel the bug is resolved.
Umm... release bugs don't get RESOLVED until we get a release out that has the fixes in it. =]
OK, on 2006.1+ the option has been renamed to "slowusb" but this should be FIXED in that version.
This problem still exists for my newworld mac xserve g5. I installed yaboot-static (using ppc64 userland) using the 2008 universal CD. Everything works, the system boots, unless I pull the video card (ATI Radeon 7000) out of it. I've setup /usr/lib/yaboot/ofboot by changing " screen" to " scca" so that everything up to and including the yaboot prompt where one can choose which kernel to boot shows up as well as the entire linux boot process (console=ttyS0,57600) via the serial console as long as the video card is in the box. If I pull the video card the yaboot prompt never shows up in the serial console and the system never boots. I only have one video card and another xserve that I need to run Linux on so if there is a fix for this it would be great, otherwise I'll have to go search ebay for another Radeon 7000 for my second xserve.
The system can boot OSX 10.4 or 10.5 without a video card so it's a problem with yaboot.
does the iso mentioned in comment #15 work?
I used the 2008 livecd. I don't think I have the same problem since it's some other strange problem with yaboot. I posted to the yaboot user's list but received no replies. Doesn't matter anyways, purchased another R7K, flashed it to work on a mac, and I've been up and running for a few days.
