PPC inirtrd and linux32.gz files?

[Larry Stotler]

I'm preparing to install v10.3 on my old world Wallstreet.  However, I
have burned both the Network install CD and the DVD, and I cannot find
the initrd and linux32.gz files that I need to copy to the MacOS drive
so that I can have BootX start the installation.  Are these files no
longer provided on the installation media?  If not, where do I get
these files?  I looked at the install notes for the old world machines
and there was no mention of the lack of these files or of a location
to download them.  Thanx
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[Manfred Tremmel]

Am Dienstag, 15. April 2008 schrieb Larry Stotler:
> I'm preparing to install v10.3 on my old world Wallstreet.  However,
> I have burned both the Network install CD and the DVD, and I cannot
> find the initrd and linux32.gz files that I need to copy to the MacOS
> drive so that I can have BootX start the installation.  Are these
> files no longer provided on the installation media?  If not, where do
> I get these files?  I looked at the install notes for the old world
> machines and there was no mention of the lack of these files or of a
> location to download them.  Thanx

Take a look at Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333665

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[Larry Stotler]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Manfred Tremmel <Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:
> Am Dienstag, 15. April 2008 schrieb Larry Stotler:
>
>  Take a look at Bugzilla:
>  https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333665

Ok, I tried running that script and got a bunch of errors.  It doesn't
explain anything about how to use it.  Do I run it on my powerbook
under v10.2?  Can I run it on another rmachine?

Is there just a link where I can get the files that I need?  Once I
have them, I just need to copy them to the MacOS drive.  Thanx
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[Manfred Tremmel]

Am Dienstag, 15. April 2008 schrieb Larry Stotler:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Manfred Tremmel
<Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 15. April 2008 schrieb Larry Stotler:
> >
> >  Take a look at Bugzilla:
> >  https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=333665
>
> Ok, I tried running that script and got a bunch of errors.  It
> doesn't explain anything about how to use it.  Do I run it on my
> powerbook under v10.2?  Can I run it on another rmachine?

I've used it on a PentiumM Notebook, so it shouldn't be a problem to run
it on every machine.
You have to download the inst32 file, copy it into a directory, copy the
script there, too. Now run it using

./extract_inst32.sh inst32 linux32 initrd32.gz

und you should fine the needed Kernel and initrd file when the script
has finished.

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[Larry Stotler]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Manfred Tremmel <Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:
>  You have to download the inst32 file, copy it into a directory, copy the
>  script there, too. Now run it using
>
>  ./extract_inst32.sh inst32 linux32 initrd32.gz
>
>  und you should fine the needed Kernel and initrd file when the script
>  has finished.

Ok, I got the script to work using the inst32 file from the install
DVD.  However, the system hangs up and refuses to boot.  It stops at
the first screen that says:

Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.22.5-31-default

linked at            : 0xc0000000
frame buffer at    : 0x82800800   (phys), 0x82800800  (log)
klimit                : 0xc04f1000
boot_into at        : 0x00501000
MSR                 : 0x00000042
PVR                  : 0x00080202
HID0                  : 0x0291c0a4
ICTC                  : 0x00000000

Total space used by parameters & ramdisk: 0x004c3000
Preparing boot params...
Preparing BAT...
id mach(): done
MMU:enter
MMU:hw init
hash:enter
hash:find piece
hash:patch
hash:done
MMU:mapin
MMU:setio
MMU:exit

Then it hangs for about 3 minutes and then reboots the machine.

Do I need to download a specific inst32 file?  If so, what is the
link?  There is no link for this on that bug reporting page.

Would there be any way to just make an install CD targeted toward the
old world machines?  I would do it if I knew how.

Thanx
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[Manfred Tremmel]

Am Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 schrieb Larry Stotler:
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 4:03 PM, Manfred Tremmel
<Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:

> >  You have to download the inst32 file, copy it into a directory,
> > copy the script there, too. Now run it using
> >
> >  ./extract_inst32.sh inst32 linux32 initrd32.gz
> >
> >  und you should fine the needed Kernel and initrd file when the
> > script has finished.
>
> Ok, I got the script to work using the inst32 file from the install
> DVD.  However, the system hangs up and refuses to boot.  It stops at
> the first screen that says:

No entry about SCSI? When booting out of MacOS, I had sometimes problems
when enabling DMA. No Problems when starting Linux at Boot-time.

> Do I need to download a specific inst32 file?  If so, what is the
> link?  There is no link for this on that bug reporting page.

There's only one ins32 AFAIK.

> Would there be any way to just make an install CD targeted toward the
> old world machines?  I would do it if I knew how.

No, I don't think so.

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[Larry Stotler]

On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Manfred Tremmel <Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:
>  No entry about SCSI? When booting out of MacOS, I had sometimes problems
>  when enabling DMA. No Problems when starting Linux at Boot-time.

No, the system doesn't even really boot.  That first set of messages I
copied is from before the tux icon and the kernel messages start.  As
for SCSI, I tried adding "noscsi" to the BootX command line with
v10.2, but it didn't work.  On my machine, the kernel will sometimes
panic when trying to initialize the MESH controller.  Since I don't
use any external devices on this unit, it doesn't need to be on.

How is your Wallstreet configured?

>  There's only one ins32 AFAIK.

What I found interesting is that the v10.2 files are initrd and
linux32.gz, but the v10.3 files are initrd.gz and linux32.  Don't
think that it makes a difference.
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[Manfred Tremmel]

Am Mittwoch, 16. April 2008 schrieb Larry Stotler:
> On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Manfred Tremmel
<Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:

> >  No entry about SCSI? When booting out of MacOS, I had sometimes
> > problems when enabling DMA. No Problems when starting Linux at
> > Boot-time.
>
> No, the system doesn't even really boot.  That first set of messages
> I copied is from before the tux icon and the kernel messages start.
> As for SCSI, I tried adding "noscsi" to the BootX command line with
> v10.2, but it didn't work.  On my machine, the kernel will sometimes
> panic when trying to initialize the MESH controller.  Since I don't
> use any external devices on this unit, it doesn't need to be on.
>
> How is your Wallstreet configured?

Nothing special, 256 MByte RAM, a bigger HD (30 GByte, but I've also
installed on a 4 GByte HD). I've increased Ramdisc sice in BootX at
installation tim to 12 MByte (12288) and
used "video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:32" as kernel parameter and
enabled "Force video settings".

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[Larry Stotler]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Manfred Tremmel <Manfred.Tremmel@...> wrote:
>  Nothing special, 256 MByte RAM, a bigger HD (30 GByte, but I've also
>  installed on a 4 GByte HD). I've increased Ramdisc sice in BootX at
>  installation tim to 12 MByte (12288) and
>  used "video=atyfb:vmode:14,cmode:32" as kernel parameter and
>  enabled "Force video settings".

Update:  I finally got it to boot.  I had to set the initial ramdisk
size to 16384, and it worked.  No idea why that is.  I had tried
setting it to 12288 like you had suggested, but that didn't work.
16MB did.  It's not starting the network install.  Hopefully it will
install ok.  Thanx
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[Larry Stotler]

On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:23 PM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@...> wrote:
>  Update:  I finally got it to boot.  I had to set the initial ramdisk
>  size to 16384, and it worked.  No idea why that is.  I had tried
>  setting it to 12288 like you had suggested, but that didn't work.
>  16MB did.  It's not starting the network install.  Hopefully it will
>  install ok.  Thanx

Well, that didn't last long.  I have no idea what the issue was with
the initrd and linux32 files, but they are working just fine now with
the 8192k RAM disk.  However, something that was supposed to be fixed
evidently isn't.  The backlight goes out and doesn't come back on.
Olaf had a bug fix for that in the v2.6.22 series(which is what v10.3
uses), but it seems that the stock kernel doesn't have it or something
because it still doesn't turn the backlight on.  Also, I managed to
hose my 10.2 install during the update somehow(when it rebooted, it
said that the drive was read-only and died.  Couldn't even log in as
root.).  I'm going to try using noapm and/or apm=off and see if that
helps until I can get it up and running and get the kernel updated....
sigh
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