On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 08:03:58AM -0700, Nirmal Govind wrote: > Thanks Jens.. I think I'll stick to my current machine.. :-) > > I see the recent email with the patch that you mentioned. My concern is that > I'll run into the same problem that the kernel that I compile does not boot.. > the earlier "vanilla" 2.6.6 kernel that built fine did not boot. It stopped > after the line that ended with "prom_init" with the white background (the > screen immediately after the "boot:" prompt screen). Any ideas on why this > happens and/or ways to resolve it? I will try compiling with the pmdisk patch > today evening...
It is probably just a problem of .config. Just use the config-2.6.6-powerpc for now, and modify it as you need. Friendly, Sven Luther