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Re: Installing on Quadra 950



Yes there is a bug with the real time clock on a q950. There is a work
around - I can't remeber exactly what it is but if you do a google
search for rtc and linux and quadra950 you should find the answer.

david


On Thu, 2004-01-15 at 08:33, Ray Knight wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-01-14 at 17:58, Jason Parvu wrote:
> > Hello all, I am trying to install debian woody on a Quadra 950, it get
> > done with the base install ok however when I reboot It stops booting
> > at “modprobe: Can’t locate module char-major-10-135”.  Now I have
> > spent a few day prowling the internet for an answer and it seems that
> > there is a problem with the real time clock on this and the Quadra 900
> > but I cant find a good workaround for it.  Does anyone have any ideas
> > on this?  This is my first attempt at installing on the M68K
> > architecture and I am still learning Linux little by little.   
> > 
> >  
> 
> Usually a CTRL-C will allow the startup scripts to continue after this
> point.  Then when you can successfully log in go to the /etc/init.d
> directory and disable the hwclockfirst.sh and hwclock.sh startup
> scripts.  I would then suggest using an ntp server to keep the clock
> accurate.
> 
> -- 
> Ray Knight <audilvr@speakeasy.org>
> 



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