Re: OldWorld won't boot new 2.6
On Monday 22 March 2004 12:07, Rich Johnson wrote:
> On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> > I've got the same problem with my PowerMac 9600, booting using
> > BootX, except that it doesn't initialize either the video console
> > (IMS Twin Turbo) or serial console, so I get no kernel messages,
> > just a blank stare. : /
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> Just a shot in the dark :-)
>
> I have this problem whenever I try to boot 2.4 directly into Linux--I
> haven't tried with 2.6 just yet. I work around it by first booting
> MacOS, and then use the BootX app to lauch Linux. It's annoying,
> but linux is stable enough that I only have to do it every 200 days
> or so when the power goes out.
Nope, still does the same thing. 2.4.22-powerpc boots just fine, except
that it doesn't properly initialize the framebuffer, and the serial
driver is build as a module, so I don't have a console on it. :/
Pat
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