Re: Debian on mac68k
Hi Stefan,
On Sun, 29 May 2016, Stefan Niestegge wrote:
> >
> > SHA1 2a5418a5423f234ea549ea9dc26624cb5dbdae69
> >
> > As before, this kernel configuration has the essential Mac drivers
> > built-in so that it can be used without an initrd, e.g. for
> > installation.
> >
>
> Hello,
>
> i also want to run debian on an old mac. I have read the whole thread
> now, but the links to the kernels compiled by Finn are not valid any
> longer.
That kernel binary is still available here,
https://sourceforge.net/projects/linux-mac68k/files/4.1.y Test Kernel/
All of the downloads that I know of can be found via links at,
http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/docs/faq.php#sec-8
http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/docs/faq.php#sec-12
>
> My machine is a Performa 450 (which is almost identical to an LC III,
> isn't it?)
Yes, it is.
> with 36MB and SD2SCSI device which emulates 3 SCSI Discs. /dev/sdb3 is
> the ext2 partition for / and /dev/sdb4 is swap.
>
> I have booted a 2.2 kernel with Emile and was able to set up partition,
> make filesystems and unpack a chroot tarball from A. Glaubitz.
>
> But i need a kernel. Can someone give a link to a kernel - preferably
> with support for the Performa's keyboard? (i have probably not
> understood the problem with "Egret" completely)
The problem is that my kernel builds leave CONFIG_ADB_MACIISI disabled
because years ago I found that this driver caused instability. This means
that, for certain 68030-based Mac models including the LC's and the IIsi
and IIvi, the 4.1 kernel binary linked to above lacks the appropriate ADB
driver.
Without ADB, you will need a network login service (e.g. sshd) and/or
serial console. The getty on /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 used to be
configured in /etc/inittab, but I never tried that with systemd.
--
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan Niestegge
>
>
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