Install FC4 test2 on PPC - Dual Proc G5?

I just downloaded the fedora core test2 for ppc.  I rebooted my PPC Dual 
G5.  I was prompted by yaboot and hit enter to except the default kernel 
"linux."  The kernel starts to load and then dies.  I shutdown the machine 
and started it back up and at yaboot, typed linux nofb.  It started to 
load again and then died again.  Here is the output when it stops booting:


opening display /pci@0,fd000000/NVDA,Parent@10/NVDA,Display-B@1... ok
copying 0F device tree...done
starting cpu /cpus/PowerPC,G5...failed: 0000000
Initializing fake screen: NVDA,Display-A
Calling quiesce ...
returning 0x01400000 from prom_init

Invalid memory access at    SRR0:  00000000.01403b7c    SRR1: 
10000000.000083030

Apple PowerMac7,3 5.1.8f7 BootROM build on 10/26/04 at 16:30:32
Copyright 1994-2004 Apple COmputer, Inc.
All Rights Reserved.

Welcome to OPen Firmware, the system time and date is: 16:49:16 04/21/2005

To continue booting, type "mac-boot" and press return.
To shut down, type "shut-down" and press return.

Release keys to continue!



Any suggestions?  Is this a problem with booting dual proc g5's?  Is there 
any way to disable SMP with a kernel parameter that can be passed so that 
I can install the system?  Is there an SMP kernel available to boot?  Is 
the dual proc the issue I am having or is it something else?


Thanks,
Joe

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[Paul Nasrat]

On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 13:44 -0400, Joe.Hoot(a)itec.suny.edu wrote:
>  
>  I just downloaded the fedora core test2 for ppc.  I rebooted my PPC
>  Dual G5.  I was prompted by yaboot and hit enter to except the default
>  kernel "linux."  The kernel starts to load and then dies.  I shutdown
>  the machine and started it back up and at yaboot, typed linux nofb.
>  It started to load again and then died again.  Here is the output when
>  it stops booting:  

>  Any suggestions?  Is this a problem with booting dual proc g5's
This is a bug in anaconda installing the smp ppc32 kernel as we don't
have a kernel-smp.ppc64 

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=149618

Hit tab at boot: and you should have another kernel option something
like linux-up the ppc64 kernel (which has smp support in it).  Then just
edit yaboot.conf appropriately.

Paul

David or Paul,

Are you talking about after the install has been completed or before 
anaconda even starts? I haven't been able to get past the initial loading 
of the kernel because it looks to me like the install cd/dvd is loading a 
32bit UP kernel.

When I hit TAB at yaboot's boot: prompt, I have a "linux" kernel--
that's 
it.  No "linux-up" or anything else.  I have tried this from both the 
CDROM based install and DVD install (I happened to download both, the dvd 
via torrent and the cd's via wget).  Originally, since the cd's completed 
first, I tried installing from there.  When I ran into the error seconds 
after I clicked enter at yaboots prompt, I thought that maybe the CD1 was 
a bad iso, so I burned the DVD.  The DVD gave me the same thing.

I saw some workarounds that you mention.  But from what I could tell, they 
deal with an installed system.  Do you see any options for me to get 
around this bug so that I can get an installed system?  I've already 
looking into  trying to pull one of my  CPUs.  But I couldn't figure out 
how to remove a processor with ease without having to disassemble the 
entire case and therefore have relying on speaking to others on the list 
before I go further.

Thanks,
Joe
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Re: Install FC4 test2 on PPC - Dual Proc G5?






On Thu, 2005-04-21 at 13:44 -0400, Joe.Hoot(a)itec.suny.edu wrote:
>  
>  I just downloaded the fedora core test2 for ppc.  I rebooted my PPC
>  Dual G5.  I was prompted by yaboot and hit enter to except the default
>  kernel "linux."  The kernel starts to load and then dies.  I shutdown
>  the machine and started it back up and at yaboot, typed linux nofb.
>  It started to load again and then died again.  Here is the output when
>  it stops booting:  

>  Any suggestions?  Is this a problem with booting dual proc g5's
This is a bug in anaconda installing the smp ppc32 kernel as we don't
have a kernel-smp.ppc64 

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=149618

Hit tab at boot: and you should have another kernel option something
like linux-up the ppc64 kernel (which has smp support in it).  Then just
edit yaboot.conf appropriately.

Paul


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[Paul Nasrat]

On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 08:22 -0400, Joe.Hoot(a)itec.suny.edu wrote:
>  
>  David or Paul, 
>  
>  Are you talking about after the install has been completed or before
>  anaconda even starts? I haven't been able to get past the initial
>  loading of the kernel because it looks to me like the install cd/dvd
>  is loading a 32bit UP kernel. 
>  
>  When I hit TAB at yaboot's boot: prompt, I have a "linux" kernel--
>  that's it.  No "linux-up" or anything else.  I have tried this from
>  both the CDROM based install and DVD install (I happened to download
>  both, the dvd via torrent and the cd's via wget). 
Sorry I misunderstood how far you'd got.

You'll need to burn the mac64 boot.iso on the first CD, boot off that
and use that to install off the DVD.

Paul

java for firefox on ppc?

Paul,

That worked... and with some modprobing of a couple of modules, my fans 
are working more quietly too, thanks to one of your and davids posts on 
bugzilla.  On a side note, and not really fedora related, do you know of 
any java plugins on ppc linux for firefox?

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On Fri, 2005-04-22 at 08:22 -0400, Joe.Hoot(a)itec.suny.edu wrote:
>  
>  David or Paul, 
>  
>  Are you talking about after the install has been completed or before
>  anaconda even starts? I haven't been able to get past the initial
>  loading of the kernel because it looks to me like the install cd/dvd
>  is loading a 32bit UP kernel. 
>  
>  When I hit TAB at yaboot's boot: prompt, I have a "linux" kernel--
>  that's it.  No "linux-up" or anything else.  I have tried this from
>  both the CDROM based install and DVD install (I happened to download
>  both, the dvd via torrent and the cd's via wget). 
Sorry I misunderstood how far you'd got.

You'll need to burn the mac64 boot.iso on the first CD, boot off that
and use that to install off the DVD.

Paul



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java for firefox on ppc?

[David Woodhouse]

On Mon, 2005-04-25 at 06:52 -0400, Joe.Hoot(a)itec.suny.edu wrote:
>  That worked... and with some modprobing of a couple of modules, my
>  fans are working more quietly too, thanks to one of your and davids
>  posts on bugzilla.  On a side note, and not really fedora related, do
>  you know of any java plugins on ppc linux for firefox?  
gckwebplugin works to a certain extent, as does the IBM JDK in
Konqueror. Firefox isn't able to use the IBM Java though.

Please don't post HTML.

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