690430 – Tyan TN71-BP012: kernel do not boot

Bug 690430 - Tyan TN71-BP012: kernel do not boot

Summary: Tyan TN71-BP012: kernel do not boot

Status:	RESOLVED NEEDINFO

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Release Media
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	InstallCD (show other bugs)
Hardware:	PPC64 Linux

Importance:	Normal minor with 1 vote (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Release Team

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Reported:	2019-07-22 08:17 UTC by Raimonds Cicans
Modified:	2022-04-30 22:23 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description Raimonds Cicans 2019-07-22 08:17:01 UTC

Hardware: Tyan TN71-BP012 server (CPU: Power8, 10-core)

Boot media: install-powerpc-minimal-20190715T101002Z.iso

Tried kernels:
/boot/ppc32 - firmware rejects to boot 32 bit kernel
/boot/G5 & /boot/ibmpower - no any output after firmware passes control to kernel (hardware hangs?)

Tried kernel boot options:
console=hvc0
loglevel=7

Workaround:
1. install other distribution supporting PPC(64) architecture (Hmmm... It looks like only choice form major distributions is Debian and Ubuntu Server) on spare media
2. boot from spare media
3. install Gentoo PPC(64) from Stage3

Comment 1 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2022-04-17 23:51:22 UTC

This bug got kinda lost... anyone still interested?

Comment 2 Andreas K. Hüttel archtester

2022-04-30 22:23:52 UTC

(In reply to Andreas K. Hüttel from comment #1)
> This bug got kinda lost... anyone still interested?

Seems not.