Powermac 8600 Bootx and 2.4
All,
I recently have setup Debian Woody r2 on a Powermac 8600. I'm using
BootX for my bootloader. The default install installed a 2.2 kernel. I
want to upgrade to a 2.4 kernel. I installed the 2.4.18-powerpc kernel
package and copied the kernel to Mac OS for bootx. Whenever I select it
and try booting to it it just gives me garbled video. I can blind type
enough to reboot it. I know its booting to the login but the video is
messed up. I tried various video settings and parameters to no avail.
Can anybody help me please? My machine is one of the /choas/control
models. 2.2 works fine. I tried a 2.4.25-ben1 kernel and it booted
fine when I select no video driver in bootx but the keyboard is all
wacked. Does anybody have any ideas, I'm not opposed to compiling my
own kernel if that will help. I would like to use the stock 2.4.18
kernel with debian-powerpc if it all possible, initially at least.
Matt
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