reboot after installation fails

[Atro Tossavainen]

> First I tried Debian, but the Installation from CD fails too, because
> the kernel won't recognize the IDE-Disks (Lost Interrupt). So I
> decided to try YDL.

Same here. :-)

> (I choose "boot linux as default"). The question if YDL should install
> ybin on the bootstrap partition I answered with yes. After rebooting
> Mac OS X Server was started immediately and not Linux :(

I didn't even try leaving OS X in.

> Yesterday I get an idea what else could be the reason for my problem.
> I read about yaboot, that I need the !newest! yaboot for the Xserve.
> So if nothing works I try to boot my installed system with the
> OpenFirmware or with the install-cd's boot-promt.

Whatever yaboot was on the Xserve YDL ISO works fine for me.

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