On Sat, Jan 17, 2004 at 09:34:39PM -0300, Rolando Abarca wrote: > what's the latest kernel that will work with BootX & 7200?. I tried > several of the 2.4.x family (I was hoping to install sarge and then update > to 2.6) but all with the same result: a black screen after pressing the > linux button in BootX. I've installed linux before in this same machine, > but with older kernels (2.2). I'm using the on-board video. > (btw, I'm using the sarge ram disk)
Could you please try the kernel provided by the kernel-image-2.4.22-powerpc-small package ? This one was particularly tailored to work with miboot and fit on a floppy and be used by oldworld pmac machines. It has recently been tested on a pmac 8500 i think, but more tests and fine tuning are needed to offer proper support for it in both the upcoming sarge release, and debian-installer. Friendly, Sven Luther
