Re: Dual G5 turns off after a while

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 11:35:26PM +0200, Daniel Jedecke wrote:
> 
> Am 23.08.2005 um 21:59 schrieb Sven Luther:
> 
> >On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 04:57:24PM +0200, Daniel Jedecke wrote:
> >
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>i used this kernel http://people.debian.org/~luther/ppc64/kernel-
> >>image-2.6.12-sven64_1_powerpc.deb
> >>
> >>installed it with dpkg and it works ( be sure you have a backup
> >>kernel like vmlinuz-2.6.10-power4-smp )
> >>
> >>
> >>Am 23.08.2005 um 16:47 schrieb Shyamal Prasad:
> >>
> >>
> >>>   "Sven" == Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> writes:
> >>>
> >>>   Sven> You probably need linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc64 version
> >>>   Sven> 2.6.12-5, which was the first one to enable :
> >>>   Sven> CONFIG_THERM_PM72.
> >>>
> >>>Hi Sven,
> >>>
> >>>I've had no luck booting this kernel on my dual G5 PowerMac 7,3. I
> >>>updated #319986 for this
> >>>
> >>>http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=319986
> >>>
> >>>Daniel, if you managed to boot - did you have to do anything  
> >>>special?
> >>>I have a dual 2 Ghz G5 too.
> >>>
> >>>Best regards,
> >>>Shyamal
> >>>
> >
> >Oh, did you use the vmlinuz (with z) thingy with builtin initrd ?  
> >Did you use
> >yaboot for booting or not ?
> >
> 
> I use yaboot and the initrd, which comes with the deb package.  
> Tommorow i will try the Kernel vom sid.

Then you need a kernel ending in x (vmlinux) and around 4-6 MB big.

Friendly,

Sven Luther