Re: Debian on mac68k
On Wed, 26 Oct 2016, Mac User wrote:
>
> boot/vmlinux-4.1.35-mac_scsi-egret+ -- 4907715 bytes
> vmlinux-4.1.35-mac_scsi-egret+ -- 3818980 bytes
>
> On my LC III, the first kernel (4907715 bytes) hung at the white
> screen showing "ABCFGHIJK" (so one step later than the IIfx).
> Sometimes this white screen is displayed for up to 2 or 3 minutes;
> I waited for over 10 minutes.
>
> The second kernel (3818980 bytes) hung at the same point.
Would you please try this kernel binary as well --
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mac68k/files/4.1.35%20Test%20Kernel/
If that works, it would mean that my Egret patches are to blame, since
there is no other difference between the two builds.
>
> If you can post a link to the modified source, I can try compiling with
> different options to see if anything works (though I've had similar
> trouble before trying to compile any linux-4.x kernel).
That link is in the message I sent yesterday. But I think you would get
the same result from your compiler, so I can't recommend it. I suspect a
bug in my code.
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> Update on my IIfx -- it works booting Debian 3.1 after booting
> single-user and disabling the network scripts (perhaps a clean install
> would recognize the Farallon ethernet card correctly?). As it is, I can
> configure the interface, but the system hangs at first use (such as FTP
> to anywhere).
It's not worth pursuing that issue. There are just too many serious known
bugs in the Linux 2.2 code to support 68k macs.
--
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> -Stan
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