Re: OldWorld won't boot new 2.6
On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 12:41:47PM -0500, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
> 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...
Mmm, not cool. This is the one i built, right ? Have you tried also
2.4.25-powerpc-small ?
Can you please fill a bug report against the 2.4.25 powerpc kernel
package so that this doesn't get lost in the noise of the mailing list ?
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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