YDL installation issues with G5

Mon Mar 22 11:45:02 2004

Dennis,

I've seen the exact same scenario with sirius-20031118.
I thought I was there when I got yaboot to load from OF, only to have my
hopes dashed.

The disk works fine on other systems and the installer's media-check says
it's OK on
a G4 system.

My system is single CPU, 1.8 GHz.

Many weeks with the New G5 and still no Yellow Dog happening.

Gary

"Perisa, Dennis" <Dennis.Perisa@dsto.defence.gov.au> on 03/16/2004 07:03:23
PM

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      <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
cc:    (bcc: Gary Hannon/CSP)
Subject:  YDL installation issues with G5

Hi all,

I have a serious issue with installing YDL 3.0.1 on a G5.

Firstly, I was only able to boot from the YDL CD via 'Open Firmware'
(cmd-alt-o-f).  At this stage I thought my prayers were answered but I was
shot down really quickly when I entered the installation phase.

After selecting the type of install (install, install text, etc.), the very
next screen displayed the following message:

Starting cpu cpus/PowerPC,970 ... failed: 00000000
Initializing fake screen: NVDA, Display-B
Calling quiesce ...
DO_QUIESCE finished returning 0x01400000 from prom_init
Invalid memory access at %SRR0: 00000000.01403750  %SRR1:10000000.00083030

Then it presents an 'open firmware' prompt and it all locks up.

Note that I have tried all the different install types at the YDL boot
prompt and I have also tried burning the ISO's from Mac's Disk Utility and
the Windows-based Ahead Nero with the same results.  MD5sums check out too.

G5 Specs: Dual 1.8GHz G5/1GB DDR400/160G SATA HDD/NVidia GeForce FX 5200

Appreciate any help with this.
Dennis.

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