Re: BlizzardPPC and 2.2 kernels
On Mon, 29 Jan 2001, Christian T. Steigies wrote:
> > I'm using a BlizzardPPC board (without SCSI), and 2.2 kernels keep on
> > hanging at boot. I suppose this is related to the missing SCSI chips, as
> Maybe you should use a PPC kernel for your PPC computer? Or do you run linux
> on the m68k side?
Yes, as the cooling for the PPC isn't optimal yet (read: I get liquid
plastic when watching MPEG movies for over an hour).
> > 2.0 hangs if the AutoConfig device for the SCSI chips is present (since
> > 2.0 takes the autoconfig list from AmigaOS, I can remove that entry by
> > pressing the 's' key at boot, but that doesn't work for 2.2). Is there any
> > workaround?
> This looks like a kernel question, which is better asked on the kernel list.
Unfortunately, the kernel people seem to think that Linux is i386 and
sparc only. :-/
> But if you think its due to SCSI, why don't you build yourself a kernel
> without SCSI support? You say 2.0 is working for you...
I haven't had any luck in compiling a m68k kernel yet, mostly due to the
IDE redesign.
Simon
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