[Bug 34508] Re: [Bug 34508] Re: 2.6.15 kernel fails to boot on ppc machine

SpaceBunny sb at j12.org
Sun Jun 18 18:22:26 UTC 2006


ebeyer wrote:
> Please forgive the newbie question, but I'm trying to get Dapper to work
> on an old Bondi Blue iMac (G3/233).
>   
Been there myself and got there.


> My question is can I get Dapper running by installing Breezy and doing a
> network upgrade, or will that not work?
>   

You can do better you can probably still boot into non-booting system,
and then do online update of kernel. Here is trick. When the system is
first booting. It may say in a flash something like
l for linux
c for cdrom

let that go to next stage when it says something like

Welcome to yaboot version 1.3.13
Enter 'help' to get basic usage information
boot:

But it goes to next stage (which fails) very quickly often before I
noticed it at first in only few seconds being used to slower more
obvious lilo and grub boot menus on pcs)

quickly press any key, I suggest the tab

Now it has stopped at that prompt type

old

then [return] key

or try
help

This is a yaboot prompt and choose which kernel to boot and old one is
still there.

Hopefully that should work, to get something usable maybe a bit slow.



Extra note: after upgrade I choose replace sys links for old so it was
still pointing to breezy kernel rather than the broken one so still had
same option knew works, just in case new kernel did not work as well but
it did for me. I may add step by step details to my page or forum post
later.

Still no sound though but that may be unrelated.

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2.6.15 kernel fails to boot on ppc machine
https://launchpad.net/bugs/34508




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