Re: [gentooppc-user] Re: Kernel Panic on new install

[John Gilger]

Calum Selkirk wrote:

>* John Gilger [bjgilger@×××××××××.net] [2002-10-24 21:18 -0700]:
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>>I just did my first Gentoo install on my Ti PowerBook G4 from a TuxCDs
>>stage1 cd. It only took a little over 6 hours, including an emerge of
>>gcc because the source on the CD would not compile. I just followed
>>the instructions and everything went quite smoothly. I had a mistake
>>to clear up in yaboot.conf and /etc/fstab that prevented reboot while
>>I was at work an hooked up to a T-1 line.
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>couple of questions:
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>which TiBook is this? I assume an older version as AFAIK the 1.2 will
>not boot with the newer as there are some kernel issues (these have
>since been resolved in the benh kernel tree
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>Which filesystem are you using?
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>Did you run "ybin -v" from the chroot after editing yaboot.conf?
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>>I fixed the config errors at home (just a dial-up) and when I tried to
>>boot gentoo, I got a kernel panic right after the NET4: portion of the
>>init process.
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>Right after NET4.0 in the init process is kswapd, which will start the
>block device driver, it's possible something is missing from your kernel
>or that there is somethig askew in your yaboot.conf .. it's very
>difficult for me to tell without further info.
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>>It said it wanted 33 and the limit=28 and something about over
>>reaching and 03:03
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>nothing here that i recognize. greping through the kernel tree i can't
>see anything that might resemble this error.
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>>Did the kernel panic because I wasn't connected to the 'net? Or????
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>certainly an "or" ;)
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>best
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>cal
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It's Machine ID is 406; the processor is a PowerPC G4 500MHz according 
to the Apple System Profiler. It was bought in late Oct or early Nov 
2001 as a Christmas gift for me last year.
I had Debian Woody with the 2.4.19 kernel running before I decided to 
try Gentoo. I tried using the BenH kernel 2 or 3 months ago, but figured 
I may have not configured it properly since I couldn't get it to run. I 
just went back to the "stock" Debian kernel.

I am using the ext3 file system.

I ran "ybin".

Additional info from boot messages:
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0
attempt to access beyond end of device
03:03: rw=0, want=33, limit=28
isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev=03:03, iso_blknum=16, block=32
XFS: bad magic number
XFS: SB validation failed
Kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount rootfs on 03:03
<0> rebooting in 180 seconds...

from this I gather that something wanted to mount the root filesystem in 
the wrong place but maybe I'm wrong.

It also seems to be trying to Mount the file system as XFS instead of 
ext3, if I understand these messages right. An error in /etc/fstab?

My partitions are: hda9=Apple Boot Partition; hda10=swap; hda11=/; 
hda12=macosx

Is this fixable? Or do I reformat the partitions and re-do the install? 
Gentoo or Debian? Ext3 or the old standby ext2?

TIA

John