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linux-source-2.6.12 package

2.6.12-10-powerpc(-smp) does not boot on Power Mac 9500

Bug #37185 reported by James Stocks
10
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-source-2.6.12 (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Medium
Brian Murray

Bug Description

2.6.12-10-powerpc gives up, saying that it can't find the root partition:

Begin: Initializing /dev ...
Done.
Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ...
Done.
Begin: Mounting root file system ...
Begin: Running /scripts/local-top ...
Done.
ALERT! /dev/sda8 does not exist. Dropping to a shell!

BusyBox <blahblah>

/bin/sh: can't access tty; job control turned off
#

Works fine with the 2.6.10-5-powerpc-smp kernel from Hoary, although it does not find CPU 1. This is on a Power Macintosh 9500/180MP.

Tags: apple ppc
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Jonathan Carter (jonathan) wrote :

Have you upgraded to Ubuntu 6.06 LTS?

If so, does the problem persist?

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James Stocks (stocksy) wrote :

I haven't. I will try it at the weekend.

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Timothy Smith (tas50) wrote :

Could you test this on Dapper 6.06.1 or Edgy Beta 1 so we could see if it still exists.

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Brian Murray (brian-murray) wrote :

We are closing this bug report as it lacks the information, described in the previous comments, we need to investigate the problem further. However, please reopen it if you can give us the missing information and feel free to submit bug reports in the future.

Changed in linux-source-2.6.12:
assignee: nobody → brian-murray
status: Unconfirmed → Rejected
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