Re: OldWorld won't boot new 2.6
On Monday 22 March 2004 12:28, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> 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.
> :/
Update: I thought I'd try 2.4.25-powerpc, and I get the same results as
with 2.6.x...
Pat
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