Re: Poll: debian/powerpc woody users ...

[Ernest Demaret <ernest.demaret@infinity-box.nl>]

Op 5-jan-2006, om 12:49 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven:

> On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 12:19:45PM +0100, Ernest Demaret wrote:
> > Op 5-jan-2006, om 11:46 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven:
> >
> > > On Thu, Jan 05, 2006 at 11:26:08AM +0100, Ernest Demaret wrote:
> > > > Op 5-jan-2006, om 11:09 heeft Sven Luther het volgende geschreven:
> > > >
> > > > > I am wondering if there are still powerpc woody users out there,
> > > > > and if so,
> > > > > what kernel they are running, and which subarch (oldworld,
> > > > > newworld, prep,
> > > > > etc). And also if a security update would be worthwhile, over
> > > > > assistance to
> > > > > migrate to a sarge 2.4.27 kernel for example.
> > > >
> > > > I'm still using 2.4.27 on a PowerPC Nubus machine.
> > >
> > > 2.4.27 is the sarge kernel, the woody kernel where those random
> > > 2.2.x ones as
> > > well as the 2.4.18-newpmac kernel.
> >
> > Aha. In that case it might be interesting to mention that I still
> > have a machine (PCI) running on a 2.2.20 kernel since that's the
> > highest version that can run the PowerMac 9500/200. Never found out
> > why a higher version doesn't work. Pity though. This machine is fast
> > enough for the work I give it. When I find the time I'll try one of
> > the newer kernels on that machine.
>
> But is it an official debian kernel ? I believe that the newest  
> 2.6.15 kernel
> should work on this machine, could you try them, and make sure to  
> file a bug
> report if it does not.

As far as I know this kernel is posted somewhere on a site, not an  
official Debian site, just as a solution to a problem there was once  
(long time ago). I tried the 2.4.27 kernel, which was the highest  
version at that time, but that wouldn't work. So I stayed with a  
2.2.20 kernel.
If you think the latest kernel WILL work I'll definitely try it.


With regards,

Ernest Demaret

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