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

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

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.
> > > Also, i would be interested in the reasons why you still run woody
> > > now that
> > > sarge is up, and your approximate time frame for a woody->sarge
> > > migration.
> >
> > As you'll understand is migrating to sarge not (yet) possible for a
> > Nubus Mac. Haven't got much time to test the latest patches for Nubus
> > either, so I'm still using my old kernel.
>
> :)
>
> Woody is not the latest release with 2.4.27 and 2.6.8 kernels, but the
> previous one, released in 2002 or so :)


With regards,

Ernest Demaret

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