On Monday 22 March 2004 21:46, Sven Luther wrote: > On Mon, Mar 22, 2004 at 12:41:47PM -0500, Patrick Finnegan wrote: > > 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... > > Mmm, not cool. This is the one i built, right ? Have you tried also > 2.4.25-powerpc-small ?
It looks like that sort-of works. I now have a working framebuffer, at least! : ) However, I get the following error message repeated over and over on the display: --------------------------------------------------------------- initrd-tools: 0.1.62 /sbin/init: 283: cannot open tmp/root: No such file warning: can't open /etc/mtab: No such file or directory umount: tmp: not mounted --------------------------------------------------------------- Any ideas? Pat -- Purdue University ITAP/RCS --- http://www.itap.purdue.edu/rcs/ The Computer Refuge --- http://computer-refuge.org
