Re: Debian 8.1 PPC working fine on Pegasos II G4

[Gabriel Paubert <paubert@iram.es>]

On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:39:29PM -0400, Milan Kupcevic wrote:
> On 06/15/2015 12:29 PM, aPEX wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > I was a little bit to fast. The installation is working fine without a problem using Debian 8.1.
> > But at the end no vmklinuz imgae is generated. Only the vmklinux files.
> > 
> > I hope you did not remove the Peg, I am so short before the goal. :-)
> > 
> 
> 
> Hi aPEX,
> 
> 
> I've just installed Debian 8.1 on my Pegasos II with no issues at all.
> 
> Try to repeat my steps:
> 
> Back up important data!
> 
> Burn debian-8.1.0-powerpc-netinst.iso to a CD
> 
> Put the CD in, connect network cable and reboot the machine
> 
> Press escape on boot and then type:
> 
>   boot cd install/pegasos
> 
> 
> continue with choosing:
> 
>  1 on prompt to start installation
> 
>  ...
> 
>  ...
> 
>  ...
> 
>  Full Name
> 
>  username
> 
>  ...
> 
>  ...
> 
>  Guided - use entire disk
> 
>  SCSI1
> 
>  All files in one partition
> 
>  Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
> 
>  Yes
> 
>  ...
> 
>  ...
> 
>  ...
> 
> * Xfce
> * print server
> * standard system utilities
> 
>  <Continue>
> 
>  reboot
> 
> 
> type in your username and password
> 
> choose "Use default config" on Xfce panel prompt and enjoy your Pegasos.

Which kernel are you running?

I gave up compiling my kernels for Pegasos around 3.2.0 when they
stopped working for me.


    Regards,
    Gabriel