On Monday 22 March 2004 12:28, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > On Monday 22 March 2004 12:07, Rich Johnson wrote: > > On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > > > I've got the same problem with my PowerMac 9600, booting using > > > BootX, except that it doesn't initialize either the video console > > > (IMS Twin Turbo) or serial console, so I get no kernel messages, > > > just a blank stare. : / > > > > > > Any suggestions? > > > > Just a shot in the dark :-) > > > > I have this problem whenever I try to boot 2.4 directly into > > Linux--I haven't tried with 2.6 just yet. I work around it by > > first booting MacOS, and then use the BootX app to lauch Linux. > > It's annoying, but linux is stable enough that I only have to do it > > every 200 days or so when the power goes out. > > Nope, still does the same thing. 2.4.22-powerpc boots just fine, > except that it doesn't properly initialize the framebuffer, and the > serial driver is build as a module, so I don't have a console on it. > :/
Update: I thought I'd try 2.4.25-powerpc, and I get the same results as with 2.6.x... Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
