Bug 603845 – Can't do a network install of rhel 6 beta 1 on IBM ppc64

Bug 603845 - Can't do a network install of rhel 6 beta 1 on IBM ppc64

Summary:	Can't do a network install of rhel 6 beta 1 on IBM ppc64

Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG

Aliases:	None

Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification:	Red Hat
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.0
Hardware:	ppc64 Linux

Priority	low Severity medium
Target Milestone:	rc
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Assigned To:	Steve Best
QA Contact:	Red Hat Kernel QE team
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Reported:	2010-06-14 12:58 EDT by groug
Modified:	2010-06-23 10:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2010-06-23 10:59:50 EDT
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Description groug 2010-06-14 12:58:24 EDT

Created attachment 423910 [details]
rhel-6 network install crash on ppc64

Description of problem:

While trying to do a netwrork install of rhel-6 with yaboot, the kernel panics when it tries to mount the root partition.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): rhel-6 beta 1

How reproducible: always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Setup a tftp server with yaboot and rhel-6 installation files (vmlinuz and ramdisk.image.gz) from the ppc/ppc64 directory on the DVD.
2. Boot the LPAR in network mode (SMS)

Actual results:

Yaboot loads the files, boots the kernel and then the kernel crashes.

Expected results:

The kernel doesn't crash and anaconda starts.

Additional info:

In the beginning I couldn't even get this far, a crash occured in OF. Then, I started to try some alternate values for the real-base parameter in OF. Finally, I got into this with real-base = 0x3000000...

Comment 2 RHEL Product and Program Management 2010-06-14 15:02:56 EDT

This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux major release.  Product Management has requested further
review of this request by Red Hat Engineering, for potential inclusion in a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux Major release.  This request is not yet committed for
inclusion.

Comment 3 groug 2010-06-23 10:59:50 EDT

My tftp setup was wrong and I wasn't using the right yaboot... Now everything is okay.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

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