On Sat, May 06, 2006 at 03:54:45PM +0300, Yavor Doganov wrote: > [I hope this is the right list.] > > I have a G3 (Gossamer) running sid, which hasn't been updated for > fairly long time. I installed linux-image-2.6.16-1-powerpc, but it > fails to boot. I tried the last few versions (9-12). I see the > initial message > > Welcome to Linux, kernel 2.6.16-1-powerpc > > Linked at : 0xc00..... > Frame buffer at : 0x........ (phys), 0xx.... (log) > klimit : 0......... > boot_info at : 0......... > MSR : 0......... > PUR : 0......... > HID0 : 0......... > ICTC : 0......... > > Total space used by parameters & ramdisk: 00503000 [...] > and it stays forever. I use BootX 1.2.2, if it matters, ramdisk size > 8192. I boot with quik and ramdisk_size 8192, but 16384 didn't work either. I copy vmlinux-2.6.16-1-powerpc and initrd.img-2.6.16-powerpc > to the MuckOS partition and point to them, as usual. My current > kernel is 2.6.8 and it boots fine. > > What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance. My performa 5400 doesn't boot 2.6.16 in sid either. 2.6.15 works well though. Try 2.6.15. If it works then we might have the same problem with 2.6.16. Kind regards, -- Hans Ekbrand (http://sociologi.cjb.net) <hans@sociologi.cjb.net> A. Because it breaks the logical sequence of discussion Q. Why is top posting bad?
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