Re: Bug#382129: Beta3 won't boot on OldWorld PowerPC Mac
i have been working hard on this issue this week, and asking for
help with assistance at the debian booth at linux world.
we installed kernel package for upgrading from sarge to etch but
we could not get it to boot, although with quik it gets as far as loading
the ram disk, whereas with bootx it only produces the one line
"Welcome to Linux ..." as did the installer.
i found a reference that this problem was reported in the lists
as far back as march. note, although i do not have a working
floppy, others have used miboot which appears only to boot installer,
and not an installed system:
http://lists.ppckernel.org/pipermail/ppckernel/2006-March/000020.html
(rick also reported using miboot recently with the installer == i believe at
the bug originating the present thread)
curiously, i am also trying to install debian on a powerbook 500 series
(pre powerpc, but mac) (i have two, a 520 and a 540, as
well as an earlier
performa model) ---
they have a new booter which i would try soon, called emile, it seems
to be combining functions of miboot and quik and more. very nice ...
--- yes my 68k macs have floppies, that work:
http://emile.sourceforge.net/
he's working on a cd version !!!
anyway --
to my understanding my pci-based open firmware ppc macs should not
use miboot anyway, isn't that for nubus, that is pre OF/pci power macs ?
of course whatever works, but as i already have two dead floppies i am
not too keen on this method...
if anyone has booted with vmlinuz or perhaps with help from net/open bsd
lately or just wants to try and repeat any of our experiments, i would
be glad to hear of it, or if you simply want more details...
i am going to try the new initrd tool, yaird, to see if that helps.
(i have already tried mkinitrd w/hand config, not having any luck,
although i could try again)
brian
brian <cymraegish@yahoo.com> wrote: no, i have not tried it again since two weeks ago.
however, i am going to linux world sf this week and
bringing my powerbook 3400, if any ppc people are
there at all, perhaps we could get together and try it.
available any day after 2pm if you can catch me, or leave
a message at the debian booth.
note: the 3400 doesn't get as far as the g3 (prints just
the "welcome to linux line"...)
i live in
town and i also have a g3 like ricks but it is not transportable,
sorry... (but yah i got the same results as him). i have a
few ideas i wanted to try but have not had the time lately.
i had my hopes on getting an old m68k mac going too,
i believe in
switching around, perspective helps...
brian
Rick Thomas <rbthomas55@pobox.com> wrote: I just tried the etch Beta3 kernel on my Beige G3 OldWorld PowerPC
Macintosh.
Same results as noted in the original bugreport by this number. It
hangs almost immediately. The picture of Tux never appears at the
top of the screen. See the original bug report for details.
Seriously,
Has *anybody* had any success getting the "Linux version 2.6.16-2-
powerpc (Debian 2.6.16-17)" kernel to boot an OldWorld machine with
BootX? Or *any* kernel after 2.6.15?
What has changed between the Sarge kernel (which boots just fine) and
this one that would have such a catastrophic effect?
Enjoy!
Rick
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