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Hi,<br>
<br>
Last march I went through a difficult (for me) process to get a
successful boot when using netinst to install debian on my Power5
(p505) system.<br>
<br>
The key to success is:<br>
use expert64 install choice<br>
after additional package selection and installation choose "Go Back"
rather than Continue<br>
at menu choose "execute a shell"<br>
then<br>
<font face="Courier New"># chroot /target<br>
# cd /tmp<br>
# wget <a
href="http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/y/yaboot/yaboot_1.3.16-4_powerpc.deb"
target="_blank">http://ftp.us.debian.org/<wbr>debian/pool/main/y/yaboot/<wbr>yaboot_1.3.16-4_powerpc.deb</a><br>
# dpkg -i yaboot_1.3.16-4_powerpc.deb<br>
# vi /etc/yaboot.conf<br>
and change:<br>
<br>
## device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@1<br>
device=/vdevice/v-scsi@30000002/@8100000000000000:2<br>
<br>
# ybin<br>
# exit<br>
# exit</font><br>
and complete installation.<br>
* reboot partition - stopping in SMS menu<br>
* change bootlist (as installation does not change it to harddisk)<br>
* continue boot process<br>
* Debian on Power should be running!<br>
<br>
Hope this helps! (Note: changes to yaboot.conf also attempted with
yaboot 1.3.13 and did not work)<br>
<br>
System Info:<br>
POWER5 Firmware: SF240_418<br>
VIOS level: 2.2.2.0<br>
Using IVM (no HMC)<br>
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