Re: Re: Booting openSUSE-NET-ppc-Build0003-Media.iso

On 23/02/12 20:21, Larry Stotler wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:29 PM, Richard (MQ)<[email protected]>  wrote:
>> Booting NET ISO (build 0003) still (*) fails with "Insert CD number 1" but
>> backing up to the configuration and specifying network install parameters
>> (to local the server) loads the images and starts YaST. Yay!
>> (*) This also occurred with OSL 11.0, previously run on this box. Same
>> work-around.
>
> Yeah, evidently since there's no media it fails.  There's probably a
> way to set it up from the boot, but I don't remember how, and like you
> said the work around does get you started.

:-)

>> Problem (1): SHA1 sum error: ftp://.../oss/boot/ppc/config Continue (Y/N). I said Y... Is
>> this just me (maybe a corrupted image, but rsync is good at not doing that and was
>> used for both transfers) or is it a bug?
>
> More than likely it is the test of the package that is failing.  I had
> an issue with that with the older 10.x systems with a lot of MD5
> errors on the packages from the CDs.  It could be that there is a
> problem with the RAM, which is what I think was wrong with mine.
> However, I could usually skip enough to get a bootable system and fix
> it then.  Try doing a minimal install just to get a working system and
> then add in what you need/want.  That will also help narrow down where
> we have broken packages.

I think the RAM & other hardware is OK - OS-X boots as expected.

I just realised that I can check the file SHA1 sum on the server - I'll 
do that in the morning. Not sure how many people are on this list, I 
assume no-one else sees the error but is that because no-one is testing? 
Or is the sum wrong on the repo?

>> Problem (2): YaST then reports no hard disc, and getting a console with
>> Alt-F2 and running "fdisk -l" confirms this. I assume the necessary module
>> is not being loaded, but how do I find which one? I may be able to run OSL
>> 11.0 again to see what it loads, if I can find the Hard Disc - or at least a
>> gzipped image to create one. Sounds like a bug unless caused by (1) - I
>> wonder if it's worth creating one in bugzilla?
>
> Are you sure there's a disk in it?  You should use pdisk to partition,
> not fdisk.  fdisk should still see the drive but it will be empty.

My bad. But there is an HD - it boots OS-X just fine. So "fdisk -l" 
should at least report it, as should pdisk. Will try the latter tomorrow.

Looks to me like a missing module - I need that OSL 11.0 HD

> IIRC some machines still show the drives as IDE with the /dev/hdx

I'll check this, but "pdisk -l" alone (no device specifier) should list 
all devices (subject to driver modules), no?

>> Hardware is a G3 "New world" iMac from 1999 (the iconic translucent blue
>> model) ("G5" in my earlier message was a typo). 512M RAM, 333 MHz PPC CPU. I
>> also have somewhere a MacBook from the same era, will try that too when I
>> have time.
>
> It would be a PowerBook from that era.  MacBooks are Intel based.
> Just make sure it's not an Old World Mac.  Those won't boot from CD
> like the newer Colored Macs.

Again, my bad. I think it's a Powerbook ("Lombard" G3, with a dodgy 
keyboard IIRC).

> I don't have a fast enough internet connection to do an install so I
> haven't had time to test it yet.

rsync is your friend! repo is around 10G at the moment.
>
> I DID grab the Fedora 16 PPC install DVD and hop to try it out next
> week when I have time.

Is that easy to find on their site? I'd appreciate a link if not.

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Cheers
Richard (MQ)
Linux user # 439271
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