Re: Cannot boot any cd/floppy/kernel on OF prep machine

[Jerome Walter <walter@nexantis.net>]

Sven Luther wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 12:32:35PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > On Thu, 3 Jun 2004, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jun 03, 2004 at 04:34:17PM +0900, Jerome Walter wrote:

> > > > 00:12.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5446
> > >
> > > pcnet and sym53c8xx drivers are included, not sure about the ide
> > > controller though. I don't know about an fbdev driver for the cirrus
> > > logic, and am not sure we include the vga console. That said, a serial
> >
> > The Cirrus Logic should be supported by clgen. Used to work on PReP a long time
> > ago.
>
>
> But was never ported to 2.6, i think, at least there is no 2.6 clgen
> driver available, and this it is not builtin the kernel.
>
> On 2.4.25-powerpc it is a modular driver, which is probably the cause of
> your problem. I will build it in next time i build a 2.4.25 kernel.


At least, i saw a BOOTX_TEXT feature into 2.6.5 kernel declared as Early 
boot text for OpenFirmware/BootX. I don't know the details of it, and i 
cannot find it anymore...

What i need now, is a waranty that i have at least one mean to install 
the debian on this machine. clgen should not be the problem, as i am 
using serial console. If i have the machine with debian working fine, i 
could use it to test any d-i you want (It's just a backup server...), 
and i will be happy of it.

Jerome

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