On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 11:44:38AM +0200, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote: > > > Sven Luther schrieb: > > >On Wed, Oct 22, 2003 at 09:01:25PM -0700, Chris Tillman wrote: > > > >>On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 05:14:21AM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > >> > >>>"Chris Tillman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >>> > >>> > >>Ah. I tried using a floppy ramdisk with the regular image, and it did > >>load it up. But Sven's image still didn't work. It prompts for the > >>floppy disk, but doesn't continue after I press Enter. I seem to > >>remember a similar problem cropping up with 2.2.17, when powerpc was a > >>young'n. Maybe something to do with the adb keyboard? > > > > > >Well, another problem could be that the initrd is broken, like seems to > >be the case with the initrd i built the other day from Gowsin's tree. > >And i guess you need to build the initrd with the right modules or > >something. Gaudenz can you comment on this ? > I will try: > ADB: The config I sent Sven supports ADB keyboards through the "input > core" (and sends linux keycodes). This works on my powerbook g4. Altough > I don't have this special prompt, because I'm not booting from a floppy. > Does the kernel detect your keyboard in the boot messages? > I would be very happy if the kernel just boots, loads a initrd and > starts a process to show that it basically works. For the installer to > work really with this new kernel we need new modules-udebs, as sven said. > Sven: what's the kernel version (uname -r) of this kernel. Is it still > 2.4.22-powerpc? If that's the case the old modules should work. (But
Yep, altough i doubt they work. I have mixed feeling about modules not especially built for the kernel they run with. But i don't fully understand this matters. > probably not all modules are on the initrd, because there's no udeb for > them :-( ). And it will have to wait until we can build proper udebs. Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
