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Re: Installation super-woes on PowerBook 3400



Hello,

On Fri, 8 Sep 2000, Claus wrote:
> see my attached quik.conf (working on a 3400)

init-code="dev /bandit/ohare/via-pmu backlight-on/"

what does this mean exactly?

The rest seems pretty self-explanatory... I'm compiling 2.2.17 right now.

> compile your kernel >= 2.2.15pre14 with
> # CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT is not set

I gather the default LinuxPPC kernel has CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y ? (at least,
my .config had it, generated by make pmac-config and make
menuconfig)... Is it absolutely mandatory to remove this option?

> while in OF (opt-command-o-f during startboing):

hum, this might be a problem.. maybe I didn't do it at exactly the right
moment, but I never managed to do this in the last few days. But maybe
it's just me... 

> setenv boot-device ata0/ata-disk@0:X
> 
> X stands for your root partition, OF wants it in hex  ..,8,9,A,B,..

ok

> after configuring of quik.conf:
> /sbin/quik -f 

ok...

I'll tell you how it goes! :)

Thanks,
Patrix.
==
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