Hi, I sure am a bit late on this one, but nevertheless...
On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 01:40:13 +0200 Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > prep boxes are known not to work yet (needs 2.6.18 -prep kernel), and i am not > sure about the oldworld status, but it would be interesting to know if those > images can be booted with bootx. I tried the following on a 6400: 1. download initrd.gz and vmlinux from http://people.debian.org/~luther/g-i/powerpc/hd-media/, copied them to /boot, and used the following quik configuration: image=/boot/vmlinux-DI initrd=/boot/initrd-DI.gz label=DI which ends in a "No filesystem could mount root, tried: cramfs" error and the corresponding kernel panic 2. tried the same with the initrd.gz and vmlinux from gtk-miniiso/, which results in a "Fatal error: image too large to fit in destination" error, and the corresponding kernel panic as it doesn't find root 3. wanted not try out netbooting, but it is not available on this platform 4. Grabbed an old BootX install on an external SCSI drive, and used gtk-initrd.gz and gtk-linux from the ISO image: whichever combination of 'install video=' parameters I entered, all I got were the OF status messages: everything seems OK until 'MMU:exit', then I don't get any output, be it on the serial console (which is OF's output-device), on a PCI Radeon (on which I get the OF status messages), or on the buit-in valkyrie (which seems to freeze on the MacOS background). If you have other suggestions, I'll happily give them a try Simon -- Simon Vallet http://www.castalie.org/pubkey.txt Due to massive spam, the address shown in the 'From:' header above only accepts mail from debian hosts. If you wish to e-mail me personally, just use the 'user' local part -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
