Re: touble making Power Mac 7200 boot directly into Linux

[Michael Lyngbøl <lyngbol@candid.dk>]

On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 12:31:09AM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote:

[sorry for my late reply on this]

> > Doh! It is /vmlinux - now I end up here:
> > 
> > Second-stage QUIK loader
> > boot: 
> > Starting at 0
> > opening display /platinum@F8000000... failed
> 
> this seems to be typical and non-fatal. (it happens even with kernels
> that work fine on my friends 7200)

OK.

> > copying OF device tree...done
> > booting...
> 
> and i assume it just sits here forever?  yes that is exactly what
> happens with my friend's box on kernels after 2.2.14.

Yes, it just sat there trying to boot 2.2.17.

Using Adam Powell's 2.2.15 kernel
(http://lyre.mit.edu/~powell/debian-ppc-bugs.html) it boots just fine!

> > Reading some of Ethan Benson's posts to debian-powerpc list I'll be
> > stuck here?!
> 
> not sure what to tell you, there is something funny somewhere its just
> finding where... 

2.2.15 is fine with me. 

I'm still to figure out why 2.2.16+ won't boot?! I suppose it's just
broken.


Thank you everybody who has helped me getting this box up and running!

I'll summ up my experiences on a web page. More to come.


- Michael