Re: X Stuck Again, Naturally
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 07:48:52PM +0100, mlan@cpu.lu wrote:
> On 1 Mar, this message from Syd Bauman echoed through cyberspace:
> > I finally got a working monitor (an Apple Multiple Scan 1705 Display)
> > attached to the PowerComputing PowerTower Pro 225.
>
> According to
> http://www.everymac.com/systems/powercc/powertower_pro/powertower_pro225.html
> that's a 9600 clone (6 PCI slots) with an IMS video card.
>
> > So I went ahead
> > and installed Debian "Woody" 3.0, just as I've done several times
> > before on several machines (including this one).
>
> Which kernel did you install? I recommend a 2.4 kernel; but I'm not sure
> what the Debian powermac 2.4 kernel is named in the installer...
> Somebody help me out :-). A 2.2 kernel, the default, will not recognize
> all your PCI slots.
The 2.4 kernel is in the new-powermac archive folder. Note, it is not
possible to install it with a floppy (it doesn't fit) - you have to
use BootX.
--
"The way the Romans made sure their bridges worked is what
we should do with software engineers. They put the designer
under the bridge, and then they marched over it."
-- Lawrence Bernstein, Discover, Feb 2003
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