[Debian-ppc64-devel] problems with debian ppc64 on openpower710

[Sven Luther]

On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 03:40:34PM +1200, Matthew Cocker wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> I am trying to get debain srage running on our two new openpower710s but 
> am having problems with the yaboot setup.
> 
> I am using the cd image from
> 
> http://ftp.uni-augsburg.de/pub/tuxppc/test/Debian-Installer-CD/Debian-ppc64-boot.iso
> and following the instructions at
> 
> http://debian.gonicus.de/debian/dists/testing/main/disks-powerpc/current/pseries/install.txt

Please forget about those two, and try out the real thing :

  http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/powerpc/current/debian-testing-powerpc-netinst.iso

Or netboot :

  http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/sid/images/2005-09-27/powerpc64/netboot64/

with yaboot.

If you have any trouble, please file an installation report :

  http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/report-template

(well it would be nice to file an installation report even in case of
success).

There should be a beta version in the next few days, so if you find any
problems with the above, it would be nice to know and fix before the beta goes
out.

> as best I can. The problem I have run into is that I can not seem to 
> format a type 41 partition no matter what I do in the partman stage. If 

You need to chose a partition and format it as prep boot partition. Should
work fine with the above.

Friendly,

Sven Luther