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Bug 107928 - Can't boot InstallCD 2005.1 (minimal or universal) on my server
Summary: Can't boot InstallCD 2005.1 (minimal or universal) on my server
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: Gentoo Release Media
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Everything (show other bugs)
Hardware: PPC64 Linux
: High blocker
Assignee: Gentoo Release Team
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Reported: 2005-10-02 13:47 UTC by Nicolas DENIS
Modified: 2005-12-17 19:21 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Description Nicolas DENIS 2005-10-02 13:47:32 UTC
This is a BULL ESCALA T 450 from BULL, a RS/6000 CHRP style server with Dual
RS64-III and 2048 MB memory.

--- firmware details : 
BULL,Escala T450, Serial #0, 2048 MB memory

RS64 PegaFlex CHRP OpenFirmware by BULL HN Italia (Pregnana)
BE - Dual PCI - 2 CPU(s) found

Please read the IDB document for this release
Copyright 1999 Bull Worldwide Information Systems  All Rights Reserved
Portions copyright 1995, 1996 FirmWorks  All Rights Reserved
Release F0.05.07  built  Thu Nov 16 10:32:11 NFT 2000
----------
Firmware image available at : 
http://www-opensup.bull.com/firm/pega/FW_F0.05.07.bin 
readme file : http://www-opensup.bull.com/firm/pega/FW_F0.05.07.txt
(this is really the lastest firmware. This is an old style server.)


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Only try to boot CD, whatever the kernel is.

Actual Results:  
ramdisk loaded at 01d00000, size: 699 Kbytes
can't set args
OF stdout device is: /pci@fe0f0020/isa@1/serial@i3f8
couldn't open /packages/elf-loader
command line:
memory layout at init:
  memory_limit : 0000000000000000 (16 MB aligned)
  alloc_bottom : 0000000001daf000
  alloc_top    : 0000000040000000
  alloc_top_hi : 0000000140000000
  rmo_top      : 0000000040000000
  ram_top      : 0000000140000000
Looking for displays
found display   : /pci@fe0f0020/display@6, opening ... done
opening PHB /pci@fe0f0020/pci@5... done
instantiating rtas at 0x000000003fffa000 ... done
0000000000000000 : boot cpu     0000000000000000
0000000000000001 : starting cpu hw idx 0000000000000001...
start-cpu call big-endian for CPU # 1 of module # 0
failed: ffffffffffdc8328
copying OF device tree ...
Building dt strings...
Building dt structure...

(nothing more after this...)

Expected Results:  
a working system to perform install of gentoo of this server ^^
Comment 1 Nicolas DENIS 2005-10-02 13:49:18 UTC
adding tgall@gentoo.org: already ask him about this in IRC channel
Comment 2 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2005-12-17 19:21:08 UTC
Currently we support only Apple and Pegasos PowerPC machines.  I'm working on an RS/6000 port, but only for older PReP-machines (this is the only machine I have access on).

I think I can resolve this bug as invalid, as the 2005.1-release will never support this type of platform.