Well… I just installed 2x 7600/132 debian linux routers… with 3x 3Com 3c905 in each… they run fine… but does not boot with quik, just leaves me with a black screen on boot. I’m using BootX to boot, running self compiled kernel 2.2.18 for ipchains, transparent proxy, syncookies and 3c59x module. partitions:
HFS(not +) 90MB running MacOS 9.1 core mountable in linux… nice for kernel export etc… root 1.7GB swap 2x installed RAM (I think it’s 128MB) ------------------------- Yours Sincerely, Gjermund Gusland Thorsen Linux is like a wigwam, No Gates, No Windows, Apache inside! On onsdag 10. januar 2001 15:57, Rolf Schatzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> From: Sven LUTHER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 17:51:42 +0100 >> To: "David S. Bach" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >> Subject: Re: Install on PowerMac 7500 >> Resent-From: debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org >> Resent-Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 00:54:25 +0800 >> >> On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 07:55:24AM -0800, David S. Bach wrote: >>> I have several questions about installing on a PowerMac 7500. Before >>> I get deeply into something that won't work, I'd like to assess my >>> chances of getting a working, dual-boot Mac/Linux system. >> >No problem, bootx works really well provided that you don't have later than >OS8.6 on the mac partition that you are running bootx from, it gets flaky >after OS9 and breaks completely after OS9.0.4. Although I haven't tried it >with 9.1 I would assume that its still broken. > >On machines where i want to run dual boot but need a current system I make a >small 50mb hfs partition and put a minimal install of os8 on it with bootx >in addition to your normal mac partition. > >I have found quik to be quite difficult to use and it only seems to work >occasionally on my 8500. use boot x. > >>> Questions: >>> 1. How do I refer to a hard drive on the external bus? (there is an >>> internal bus and an external one). I take it that my internal boot >>> drive is /dev/sda1. What about SCSI ID 0 on the external bus? >>> /dev/sda10? >> >> I suppose that you are speaking about when linux is already running, then you >> can look at /proc/partitions to see which partitions are available. >> >> That said, the scsi disk are devices /dev/sd##, where the first # denotes the >> disk, starting from a, and independent on the bus, i think, and the second # >> denotes the partition you are accesing, so /dev/sda1 is the first partition >> on >> your first disk, and /dev/sda10 is the tenth partition on your first disk, if >> you have only one disk on the internal bus, then /dev/sdb would be the first >> disk on the external bus. >> >er 2 luns actually an internal and an external the internal one is the >faster one. > >> mmm, that said, your box has only one scsi chain, that has one internal >> connector and one external connector, and one controller, most probably with >> id 7. Then linux will simply number them following incrementing ids. Anyway, >> this will appear during the boot message. >> >> note 1 : you can access to a whole disk with /dev/sda for example, nice for >> doing backups or such, or for using hdparm or partitioning disks. >> >> note 2 : i think the bootx/OF/whatever naming scheme for disks is different. >> >>> 2. The PM7500 has a MaxPower G3 300 processor card. Is it necessary >>> to tell BootX anything about this? >> >> Don't think so, it should be transparent ... > >er actually, if you install the g3 cache profiler extension from powerlogix >then there is an option in boot x to automatically set the cache, you want >to do this otherwise you run without a backside cache and that's slow... >> >>> 3. The PM7500 has a PCI video card, iX3d Ultimate Res. Can this work >>> with Debian Linux? (The resolution is set at 1024 X 768 @ 75.9 Hz.) >> >> There are two things here, the console system and X. The console needs a >> working framebuffer device, i think with most macs, you can safely use the >> offb, but there may be a specific fbdev for your hardware. Then there is X. >> In >> most case, you can use the 3.3 XF68_FBDev server or if using XF4.0.2, you >> have >> to specify the fbdev driver, and things will work, but maybe slowly. The X >> acceleration is dependent of the actual graphic chip being used. >> >>> 4. Is it safe to rush into installing BootX on the MacOS boot drive >>> and set up an external 1Gig drive entirely for Linux? >> >like before bootx=good >bootx + 8.6 = good >bootx + os9 = maybe >bootx + os9.1 or later = bad. > > >> Don't know, my guess would be that you can install bootx or whatever on a >> small partition of the second disk, but then i never installed linux on a >> mac, >> my ppc box being an apus amiga. >> >> Friendly, >> >> Sven Luther >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >
