On Tue, Sep 17, 2002 at 07:59:25AM +0200, Michel Lanners wrote: > On 16 Sep, this message from Chris Tillman echoed through cyberspace: > > On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 06:32:04PM -0400, Andy Bastien wrote: > >> Second question: I can't boot 2.4.anything. I've tried both Debian's > >> 2.4.18-powermac and several iterations built from the 2.4.19 source, > >> and they all do the same thing. I never get out of MacOS; after > >> clicking on the "Linux" button in BootX (either app or extension), the > >> hard drive runs for a few seconds, and the system locks up. My > >> favorite theory is that the Imagine 128 video card is at fault; can > >> anyone verify or discount this? I've tried all sorts of combinations > >> of frame buffer settings, with and without "Force video settings" and > >> "No video driver" in BootX. Other than the two ethernet cards that > >> I've mentioned there is nothing but the onboard SCSI and ethernet in > >> the system (and both of those seem to work well enough). > > > > I tried with my 9500. The video card is an ATI Mach64 GX, but I get > > similar results. With linux.bin from the new-powermac folder, which is > > kernel-image-2.4.18-newpmac, it doesn't boot. With the linux.bin from > > the powermac folder (2.2.20), it does. With kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc, > > it boots but the video isn't driven; I can ssh in but the blackened > > MacOS startup logo is still displayed on the tube (using the BootX > > extension at startup). I don't see any video errors in the dmesg log, > > though. > > > > The kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc also does not have hfs compiled in. > > > > Neither kernel-image-2.4.16-newpmac nor kernel-image-2.4.19-powerpc > > would boot. > > Are the configs of these kernels available? We should check whether they > have everything neeeded for BootX booting compiled-in. AFAICT the only > option related to BootX is: > > CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y > > This is from my 2.4.19-presomething kernel that _does_ boot my 7600 with > BootX.
That would explain that part. The config for the 2.4.16 doesn't have BOOTX in it, while the 2.4.19 says CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT is not set The 2.4.19 was obtained from the Debian archive using apt-get kernel-image-xxx I reverted the config for boot-floppies back to 2.4.18 for now. -- *------v--------- Installing Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 --------v------* | <http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/installmanual> | | debian-imac: <http://debian-imac.sourceforge.net> | | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To Have, Give All to All (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
