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From: Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] on 26 Apr 2010 03:40
Hello List,

I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5.

I get a boot prompt where I enter
"expert install video=ofonly"

It loads kernel then ELF and then I get a b/w screen saying,


done
instantiating rtas at 0x07716000 .... done
WARNING: maximum cups (1) exceeded: ignoring extras
copying OF device tree...
Building dt strings...
Building dt structure....
Device tree strings 0x01e01000 -> 0x01d023b3
Device tree struct 0x01e03000 -> 0x01e12000
Calling quiesce....
returning from prom_init
_


and then system freezes.


What can be the solution for this problem?

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From: Stan Hoeppner on 26 Apr 2010 04:00
Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] put forth on 4/26/2010 2:34 AM:
> Hello List,
>
> I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5.
>
> I get a boot prompt where I enter
> "expert install video=ofonly"
>
> It loads kernel then ELF and then I get a b/w screen saying,
>
>
> done
> instantiating rtas at 0x07716000 .... done
> WARNING: maximum cups (1) exceeded: ignoring extras
> copying OF device tree...
> Building dt strings...
> Building dt structure....
> Device tree strings 0x01e01000 -> 0x01d023b3
> Device tree struct 0x01e03000 -> 0x01e12000
> Calling quiesce....
> returning from prom_init
> _
>
>
> and then system freezes.
>
>
> What can be the solution for this problem?

Are you installing Debian to an LPAR or Debian on the bare metal Power5?

What installation media type are you using?

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From: Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] on 26 Apr 2010 04:10
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Stan Hoeppner <stan(a)hardwarefreak.com> wrote:
> Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] put forth on 4/26/2010 2:34 AM:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5.
>>
>> I get a boot prompt where I enter
>> "expert install video=ofonly"
>>
>> It loads kernel then ELF and then I get a b/w screen saying,
>>
>>
>> done
>> instantiating rtas at 0x07716000 .... done
>> WARNING: maximum cups (1) exceeded: ignoring extras
>> copying OF device tree...
>> Building dt strings...
>> Building dt structure....
>> Device tree strings 0x01e01000 -> 0x01d023b3
>> Device tree struct 0x01e03000 -> 0x01e12000
>> Calling quiesce....
>> returning from prom_init
>> _
>>
>>
>> and then system freezes.
>>
>>
>> What can be the solution for this problem?
>
> Are you installing Debian to an LPAR or Debian on the bare metal Power5?
>

No LPAR.

> What installation media type are you using?
>

CD


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From: Wolodja Wentland on 26 Apr 2010 04:30
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:04 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] wrote:
> Hello List,
>
> I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5.

I can't really help you with your problem, but would like to point out
that there is a mailing list for PowerPC [1], which might be worth a
try. And there are a couple of hits on Google for the error (prom-init
freeze) you get ... ;)

Are you using the squeeze installer? If so, I would try the stable
installer for the installation. Is there a special reason why you need
the squeeze installer? You can easily upgrade to squeeze later on or
oven install squeeze directly.

Good luck!

[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/
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From: Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] on 26 Apr 2010 10:40
On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 1:48 PM, Wolodja Wentland
<wentland(a)cl.uni-heidelberg.de> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 13:04 +0530, Abhishek Amberkar [अभिषेक] wrote:
>> Hello List,
>>
>> I am trying to install Debian Testing on IBM eServer System p5.
>
> I can't really help you with your problem, but would like to point out
> that there is a mailing list for PowerPC [1], which might be worth a
> try. And there are a couple of hits on Google for the error (prom-init
> freeze) you get ... ;)
>
> Are you using the squeeze installer? If so, I would try the stable
> installer for the installation. Is there a special reason why you need
> the squeeze installer? You can easily upgrade to squeeze later on or
> oven install squeeze directly.
>

The only reason I used squeeze installer because I thought, since it's
latest.. it will have proper support for powerpc. I did google for
"prom_init" thing... but couldn't find a solution. :(

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