Re: Installing Debian on a Qube 1

[Jim Cheetham <jim@inode.co.nz>]

Thanks for the hints, Peter.
The Q2700 I have is the only mips box I have - can I cross compile a 
new kernel from an intel machine? Thanks to Martin's work I expect that 
I now have "the rest" of the distribution to hand ... (and I wiped the 
old Cobalt Linux off the drive - I suppose I could download a restore 
ISO, but I'm not in a hurry to do that)

-jim

On Nov 4, 2004, at 8:33 AM, Peter Horton wrote:

> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 06:13:45AM +0100, Martin B?hr wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 04:47:15AM +0000, Christoph Pfisterer wrote:
> > > I'm afraid I have to report the same results as Jim. CoLo loads the
> > > kernel, then the machine hangs displaying "Loading Debian".
> > > [ ... ]
> > > Anyway, does anybody have hints what could be in the kernel that 
> > > causes
> > > it to hang?
> >
> > has anyone made any progress in this area?
>
> One other thing that people might be missing. Your kernel probably 
> needs
> to be built without 8250 serial support (CONFIG_SERIAL_8250 under 2.6).
>
> P.