On 7/14/07, Finn Thain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Brian Morris wrote: > On 7/13/07, Joel Ewy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to try Etch-m68k. The machine I'd like to use is a Quadra 630 > > with a 1.1G IDE drive and 54M RAM.
says avoid composite modules. Each has 36 chips: Digital Equipment Corp part no. 54-24123-AA 64MB EDO ECC 60NS 72 PIN SIMM 16MX36
mine are supplied via an apple-only vendor (we love macs) and they don't have so many chips but they are still only recommended for 630 or 605 AFAIK. maybe you saved a few $ though ...
> > I would like to switch to a 2.6 kernel. I just tried a 2.6.18-4-mac > > floppy image from the EMILE SourceForge page. It boots and I can SSH > > in, but ADB seems to be broken (or maybe it's hardcoded for a non-US > > keyboard layout? (Is there a boot option?)) I guess I'll have to try > > emile-tools and make my own boot disk. Suggestions on a good binary? > I am running one of the 20s and i would use that. there are still > patches in progress and I would reccomend keeping up with the latest > kernels for a while. appears that etch will be backported officially to > 22 in the near future... As far as hardware support for the Q630 goes, 2.6.18-4 or later should be OK. My patches went into debian kernels well before they went into mainline kernels.
I remember having a problem with my disk that the 630 would not shut down, rather it would hang, and i had to reboot into macos. that you fixed in the 2.6.20 kernel, that was broken in the 2.6.18. I never used any thing other than the kernels you i get from debian. then there were some more patches from christian and yourself including some scsi helps, right ? (even though the 630 used ide hd, it does have a scsi bus too and I use both myself). FYI, i was looking at changelogs both debian and mainline the other day, trying to figure out where/ if your patches are included, I am not sure if you are gettting credit where due, I saw gert/roman in the mainline and christian in the debian but i did not see your name, I know you have been working hard and helping the macs a lot, I hope those guys at least throw you a "thanks" in the notes if they are not too busy, even belatedly. any way I am planning to build a 22 for myself, but not sure when. like I said, etch will be going to 22, in update, anyway. 20 is ok on my 630, better than 18, i am running 20 now (or 21 ? no has to be 20). imho best thing for joel is grab whatever latest kernel is on unstable for 68k, try that... it should work with dependencies from etch 20 is really the current kernel. For instance I saw it today on a kubuntu freshly installed (intel of course), stock system.
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