Re: Problems with unpopulated SCSI host on Apple G4 Dualie (mirror front)
On Mon, Jun 26, 2006 at 10:37:32AM -0500, James Stallings II wrote:
> Hello List!
>
> I'm having some issues with my Mac and 3.1r2 Sarge
Since your mac is a PowerPC-based mac, it won't work with Debian/m68k,
which can be used on m68k-based macintoshes only, i.e., those made
before 1995 or so.
I set a Cc to debian-powerpc. Please followup there.
> The install goes swimmingly well, and then during the intial reboot,
> the system probes for devices, tries to load an aic driver for the
> unused onboard adaptec controller, and gives us a kernel oops.
>
> My strategy to fix this is to use some sort of rescue disk, boot into
> it, mount the system partition, fix up the modprobe config stuff so it
> don't probe low-level scsi, and get on with life.
>
> I have a considerable amount of linux experience, but I confess that
> its all been on the pc up till now, and I've been unable to make
> enough sense of the pre-boot environment to successfully mount the
> system partition.
>
> Interestingly enough, OSX does not load a driver for the adaptec
> either, SCSI under 'About this Mac' shows 'No information found'.
>
> Any direction on any of these points by someone more 'in-the-know'
> would be highly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> James
>
> Hardware Overview:
>
> Machine Model: Power Mac G4
> CPU Type: PowerPC G4 (3.3)
> Number Of CPUs: 2
> CPU Speed: 1.25 GHz
> L2 Cache (per CPU): 256 KB
> L3 Cache (per CPU): 1 MB
> Memory: 1 GB
> Bus Speed: 167 MHz
> Boot ROM Version: 4.6.0f1
> Serial Number: RM349ZNAN1X
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