142748 – CD won't boot on PPC with dead clock battery

Bug 142748 - CD won't boot on PPC with dead clock battery

Summary: CD won't boot on PPC with dead clock battery

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	LiveCD/DVD/USB (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Other

Importance:	High normal (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team

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Depends on:	139950
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Reported:	2006-08-03 23:29 UTC by Cayenne Boyer
Modified:	2006-08-23 10:08 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Cayenne Boyer 2006-08-03 23:29:57 UTC

Boot fails on PPCs with dead clock batteries, as per bug 139950.  

Previous liveCDs such as 2006.0 don't run into this problem but with 2006.1 boot fails with an error about being unable to set the hardware clock, then prompts for a root password for maintainance which is impossible as no root password has been set.

LiveCD: 4ab1a9f640eb2a511aa42d2f04f2ab14 install-ppc-minimal-2006.1.iso
Computer: 300mhz iBook G3 (with dead battery)

Comment 1 Lars Weiler (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-08-04 02:06:24 UTC

I had that problem with my Pegasos, but solved it with building the RTC-driver into the kernel instead of using a module.  But that is another kernel (the pegasos-kernel on the CD).  The apple-kernel includes that by default.

I think this is a problem with the recent change in the RTC-driver with the 2.6.17-kernel.  On the other hand it's not our problem, if you have broken hardware.