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Re: Kernel for Sonnet in a 7500 with Sarge?Re: Correct Linux Kernel for Sonnet G4 in PowerMac 7500 with Sarge?



Dear Jeffrey,

Whoah! that machine!  Patience while i dig it out.

Someone on  #debian-powerpc (simonrvn?) quipped that linux on
oldworld hardware was like taking a continuous I.Q. test.  I
may be able to answer more questions later.

peter


Jeffrey Rolland wrote:

>
> Yes, I tried the default kernels from Sarge. The guy who helped me set up Sarge had
> configured BootX
> to boot from a ramdisk/kernel on the Mac OS partition and gave BootX an optional parameter
> for root's
> ]\parition; I have no idea if this is standard. I know Yellow Dog 3.x had you configure BootX to
> load the kernel on root's parition.
>
>> otherwise, I would suggest ydl2.0 for a rescue disk.
>> (the entire distro fit on 1 cd the last time it did
>> and the mac hardware support is very good)
>>
>> i have not tried your particular configuration but
>> i have had "black screen" on a couple older machines
>> and this was part of my procedure and i did get etch
>> going eventually.
>>
>> however, one old 8500 i had to turn up the bright and
>> contrast all the way and then could barely still
>> see the console at night with all the lights out.
>> however(2) once Xwindows started it was fine.
>
> The monitor has the power light begin flashing, so I don't think that the problem is waiting for
> X-Windows
> to start; I think the kernel isn't loading.
>
[ snip ]
> I was really hoping ot hear from one of the people who assured me they had used Sonnet
> cards with Debian; if you're out there (John Schmidt, Peter Rooney, Ralf Saalmüller), please
> give a shout-out.
>
>> > I had the guy throw out the 601 processor, so going
>> > back temporarily isn't an option. I am
>> > having a devil of a time getting the Old World Mac
>> > booted to use the Etch Install CD. (I am
>> > really interested in upgrading to Etch. There is
>> > nothing on the Linux parition I care about
>> > saving.) Floppy booting doesn't work, probably
>> > because of the Sonnet Extension. Etch
>> > doesn't include Ramdisk/Kernel images to use with
>> > BootX.
>> >
>> > >From my previous posting on 10/29/2006, it appears
>> > that people have had success booting
>> > into Sarge with a Sonnet card. So, if someone would
>> > post with a kernel that allows me to boot
>> > into Sarge with the Sonnet card and from where to
>> > download the kernel, I should be able to
>> > handle upgrading to Etch by myself at that point.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can
>> > provide.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > --
>> > Jeffrey Rolland
>> > <jrolland@wiremail.org>
>
> <snip>
>


Jeffrey Rolland wrote:

>
> Yes, I tried the default kernels from Sarge. The guy who helped me set up Sarge had
> configured BootX
> to boot from a ramdisk/kernel on the Mac OS partition and gave BootX an optional parameter
> for root's
> ]\parition; I have no idea if this is standard. I know Yellow Dog 3.x had you configure BootX to
> load the kernel on root's parition.
>
>> otherwise, I would suggest ydl2.0 for a rescue disk.
>> (the entire distro fit on 1 cd the last time it did
>> and the mac hardware support is very good)
>>
>> i have not tried your particular configuration but
>> i have had "black screen" on a couple older machines
>> and this was part of my procedure and i did get etch
>> going eventually.
>>
>> however, one old 8500 i had to turn up the bright and
>> contrast all the way and then could barely still
>> see the console at night with all the lights out.
>> however(2) once Xwindows started it was fine.
>
> The monitor has the power light begin flashing, so I don't think that the problem is waiting for
> X-Windows
> to start; I think the kernel isn't loading.
>
[ snip ]
> I was really hoping ot hear from one of the people who assured me they had used Sonnet
> cards with Debian; if you're out there (John Schmidt, Peter Rooney, Ralf Saalmüller), please
> give a shout-out.
>
>> > I had the guy throw out the 601 processor, so going
>> > back temporarily isn't an option. I am
>> > having a devil of a time getting the Old World Mac
>> > booted to use the Etch Install CD. (I am
>> > really interested in upgrading to Etch. There is
>> > nothing on the Linux parition I care about
>> > saving.) Floppy booting doesn't work, probably
>> > because of the Sonnet Extension. Etch
>> > doesn't include Ramdisk/Kernel images to use with
>> > BootX.
>> >
>> > >From my previous posting on 10/29/2006, it appears
>> > that people have had success booting
>> > into Sarge with a Sonnet card. So, if someone would
>> > post with a kernel that allows me to boot
>> > into Sarge with the Sonnet card and from where to
>> > download the kernel, I should be able to
>> > handle upgrading to Etch by myself at that point.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can
>> > provide.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > --
>> > Jeffrey Rolland
>> > <jrolland@wiremail.org>
>
> <snip>
>


Jeffrey Rolland wrote:

>
> Yes, I tried the default kernels from Sarge. The guy who helped me set up Sarge had
> configured BootX
> to boot from a ramdisk/kernel on the Mac OS partition and gave BootX an optional parameter
> for root's
> ]\parition; I have no idea if this is standard. I know Yellow Dog 3.x had you configure BootX to
> load the kernel on root's parition.
>
>> otherwise, I would suggest ydl2.0 for a rescue disk.
>> (the entire distro fit on 1 cd the last time it did
>> and the mac hardware support is very good)
>>
>> i have not tried your particular configuration but
>> i have had "black screen" on a couple older machines
>> and this was part of my procedure and i did get etch
>> going eventually.
>>
>> however, one old 8500 i had to turn up the bright and
>> contrast all the way and then could barely still
>> see the console at night with all the lights out.
>> however(2) once Xwindows started it was fine.
>
> The monitor has the power light begin flashing, so I don't think that the problem is waiting for
> X-Windows
> to start; I think the kernel isn't loading.
>
[ snip ]
> I was really hoping ot hear from one of the people who assured me they had used Sonnet
> cards with Debian; if you're out there (John Schmidt, Peter Rooney, Ralf Saalmüller), please
> give a shout-out.
>
>> > I had the guy throw out the 601 processor, so going
>> > back temporarily isn't an option. I am
>> > having a devil of a time getting the Old World Mac
>> > booted to use the Etch Install CD. (I am
>> > really interested in upgrading to Etch. There is
>> > nothing on the Linux parition I care about
>> > saving.) Floppy booting doesn't work, probably
>> > because of the Sonnet Extension. Etch
>> > doesn't include Ramdisk/Kernel images to use with
>> > BootX.
>> >
>> > >From my previous posting on 10/29/2006, it appears
>> > that people have had success booting
>> > into Sarge with a Sonnet card. So, if someone would
>> > post with a kernel that allows me to boot
>> > into Sarge with the Sonnet card and from where to
>> > download the kernel, I should be able to
>> > handle upgrading to Etch by myself at that point.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can
>> > provide.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > --
>> > Jeffrey Rolland
>> > <jrolland@wiremail.org>
>
> <snip>
>


Jeffrey Rolland wrote:

>
> Yes, I tried the default kernels from Sarge. The guy who helped me set up Sarge had
> configured BootX
> to boot from a ramdisk/kernel on the Mac OS partition and gave BootX an optional parameter
> for root's
> ]\parition; I have no idea if this is standard. I know Yellow Dog 3.x had you configure BootX to
> load the kernel on root's parition.
>
>> otherwise, I would suggest ydl2.0 for a rescue disk.
>> (the entire distro fit on 1 cd the last time it did
>> and the mac hardware support is very good)
>>
>> i have not tried your particular configuration but
>> i have had "black screen" on a couple older machines
>> and this was part of my procedure and i did get etch
>> going eventually.
>>
>> however, one old 8500 i had to turn up the bright and
>> contrast all the way and then could barely still
>> see the console at night with all the lights out.
>> however(2) once Xwindows started it was fine.
>
> The monitor has the power light begin flashing, so I don't think that the problem is waiting for
> X-Windows
> to start; I think the kernel isn't loading.
>
[ snip ]
> I was really hoping ot hear from one of the people who assured me they had used Sonnet
> cards with Debian; if you're out there (John Schmidt, Peter Rooney, Ralf Saalmüller), please
> give a shout-out.
>
>> > I had the guy throw out the 601 processor, so going
>> > back temporarily isn't an option. I am
>> > having a devil of a time getting the Old World Mac
>> > booted to use the Etch Install CD. (I am
>> > really interested in upgrading to Etch. There is
>> > nothing on the Linux parition I care about
>> > saving.) Floppy booting doesn't work, probably
>> > because of the Sonnet Extension. Etch
>> > doesn't include Ramdisk/Kernel images to use with
>> > BootX.
>> >
>> > >From my previous posting on 10/29/2006, it appears
>> > that people have had success booting
>> > into Sarge with a Sonnet card. So, if someone would
>> > post with a kernel that allows me to boot
>> > into Sarge with the Sonnet card and from where to
>> > download the kernel, I should be able to
>> > handle upgrading to Etch by myself at that point.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can
>> > provide.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > --
>> > Jeffrey Rolland
>> > <jrolland@wiremail.org>
>
> <snip>
>


Jeffrey Rolland wrote:

>
> Yes, I tried the default kernels from Sarge. The guy who helped me set up Sarge had
> configured BootX
> to boot from a ramdisk/kernel on the Mac OS partition and gave BootX an optional parameter
> for root's
> ]\parition; I have no idea if this is standard. I know Yellow Dog 3.x had you configure BootX to
> load the kernel on root's parition.
>
>> otherwise, I would suggest ydl2.0 for a rescue disk.
>> (the entire distro fit on 1 cd the last time it did
>> and the mac hardware support is very good)
>>
>> i have not tried your particular configuration but
>> i have had "black screen" on a couple older machines
>> and this was part of my procedure and i did get etch
>> going eventually.
>>
>> however, one old 8500 i had to turn up the bright and
>> contrast all the way and then could barely still
>> see the console at night with all the lights out.
>> however(2) once Xwindows started it was fine.
>
> The monitor has the power light begin flashing, so I don't think that the problem is waiting for
> X-Windows
> to start; I think the kernel isn't loading.
>
[ snip ]
> I was really hoping ot hear from one of the people who assured me they had used Sonnet
> cards with Debian; if you're out there (John Schmidt, Peter Rooney, Ralf Saalmüller), please
> give a shout-out.
>
>> > I had the guy throw out the 601 processor, so going
>> > back temporarily isn't an option. I am
>> > having a devil of a time getting the Old World Mac
>> > booted to use the Etch Install CD. (I am
>> > really interested in upgrading to Etch. There is
>> > nothing on the Linux parition I care about
>> > saving.) Floppy booting doesn't work, probably
>> > because of the Sonnet Extension. Etch
>> > doesn't include Ramdisk/Kernel images to use with
>> > BootX.
>> >
>> > >From my previous posting on 10/29/2006, it appears
>> > that people have had success booting
>> > into Sarge with a Sonnet card. So, if someone would
>> > post with a kernel that allows me to boot
>> > into Sarge with the Sonnet card and from where to
>> > download the kernel, I should be able to
>> > handle upgrading to Etch by myself at that point.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for any assistance you can
>> > provide.
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > --
>> > Jeffrey Rolland
>> > <jrolland@wiremail.org>
>
> <snip>
>



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