Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac

[Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com>]

I just tried the etch Beta3 kernel on my Beige G3 OldWorld PowerPC  
Macintosh.

Same results as noted in the original bugreport by this number.  It  
hangs almost immediately.  The picture of Tux never appears at the  
top of the screen.  See the original bug report for details.

Seriously,

Has *anybody* had any success getting the "Linux version 2.6.16-2- 
powerpc (Debian 2.6.16-17)" kernel to boot an OldWorld machine with  
BootX?  Or *any* kernel after 2.6.15?

What has changed between the Sarge kernel (which boots just fine) and  
this one that would have such a catastrophic effect?



Enjoy!

Rick