Nice to see someone actually putting in specific platform advice. Quickly looking over the video section (with an eye to the mac specific areas) I am reminded that one of the biggest headaches new installs run into is with the xserver. Besides making a general reference to the xfree site, what information is on hand to expand this area?
also i note that the pointer to http://www.mac.linux-m68k.org/ seems to suggest that no recent development is actually taking place re a 2.6 kernel david On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 02:28, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > We need to make sure the m68k documentation is up-to-date for the sarge > installation manual. > > If you'd like to look over the whole manual, my updates are at > <http://people.debian.org/~smarenka/d-i/manual/en.m68k/index.html>. > > Are the following bits okay? > > > 2.5. Memory and Disk Space Requirements > > On the Amiga the size of FastRAM is relevant towards the total memory > requirements. Also, using Zorro cards with 16-bit RAM is not supported; > you'll need 32-bit RAM. The amiboot program can be used to disable > 16-bit RAM; see the Linux/m68k FAQ. Recent kernels should disable > 16-bit RAM automatically. > > On the Atari, both ST-RAM and Fast RAM (TT-RAM) are used by Linux. Many > users have reported problems running the kernel itself in Fast RAM, so > the Atari bootstrap will place the kernel in ST-RAM. The minimum > requirement for ST-RAM is 2 MB. > > On the Macintosh, care should be taken on machines with RAM-based video > (RBV). The RAM segment at physical address 0 is used as screen memory, > making the default load position for the kernel unavailable. The > alternate RAM segment used for kernel and RAMdisk must be at least 4 > MB. > > 3.6.1. Firmware Revisions and Existing OS Setup > > Motorola 680x0 machines are generally self-configuring and do not > require firmware configuration. However, you should make sure that you > have the appropriate ROM and system patches. On the Macintosh, MacOS > version >= 7.1 is recommended because version 7.0.1 contains a bug in > the video drivers preventing the boot loader from deactivating the video > interrupts, resulting in a boot hang. The Amiga bootstrap requires > ixemul.library, a version of which is distributed on the CD-ROM. On the > BVM VMEbus systems you should make sure you are using BVMBug revision G > or higher boot ROMs. The BVMBug boot ROMs do not come as standard on the > BVM systems but are available from BVM on request free of charge. > > FIXME: Mac needs >= 7.1 ? AmigaOS setpatch and ROM revisions? (see the > m68k FAQ) > > > Thanks, > > Stephen -- ------------------------------------------------------- David Howe www.qednet.biz davidATqednet.biz -------------------------------------------------------
