Re: Debian on a Macintosh Quadra 700
On Tue, Apr 25, 2006 at 09:20:27PM +0200, Alex Teclo wrote:
> 2006/4/24, Christian T. Steigies <cts@debian.org>:
> > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 08:08:13PM +0200, Alex Teclo wrote:
> > >
> > > 2) I'd like to upgrade to a 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel. One of the reasons
> > > is I'd like to use ext3 filesystems. But, on the Debian m68k CD,
> > > there's no 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel for the Macintosh (but for Amiga and
> > > Atari, there is). Where can I find a working 2.4.x or 2.6.x kernel for
> > > my machine ?
> >
> > There is no (working) 2.4 kernel for mac. If you want to try a 2.6 kernel,
> > you could grab one from unstable, 2.6.16-9 has just been installed today. If
> > you can live with a slightly older one (no changes in m68k code), you can
> > get one here:
> >
> > http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/linux-image/
> >
>
> Thank you.
>
> I've extracted the binary kernel from the
> http://people.debian.org/~cts/debian-m68k/linux-image/linux-image-2.6.16-1-mac_2.6.16-6_m68k.deb
> file. I have booted it on my Quadra 700 with Penguin and
> "root=/dev/sda7" as command line. Unfortunately, it fails with a
> kernel panic. Here's the output:
>
> esp0: disconnected
> sd 0:0:1:0: scsi: Device offlined - not ready after error recovery
> sd 0:0:1:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
> sd 0:0:1:0: rejecting I/O to offline device
[...]
Since it appears everything goes awry after the SCSI controller
disconnects, you may have success by disabling disconnects.
That's done by using a special boot-time parameter:
mac53c9x=-1,0
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Fun will now commence
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