--- brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi, > > i tried the sept5th version of 2.6.18-rc6 from > ppckernel with bootx on powerbook3400, it hangs > at the first line, "Welcome to linux ..." > > i tried to pull Sven's link there but that page > was blank/said "adress unavailable - check > spelling". > does it need to go via rsync or curl or > something ? (if so please an exact command) > > i should also be trying quik, i just tried "quickly" > and it told me "no hfs partition". i had used > this before, with sarge but not since i replace > my drive and my partitions arranged different maybe. > > i ask myself why do i care about this, i am using > 15 everyday a couple hours or more so far no serious > problems. well i see in the log online a lot looks > like more serious things taken care of in later 17s > and 18. also if i am the only person right now > testing > this particular machine and it happens to be helping > me, i want to keep it going (my little miracle here) > > > if i had a vote here i would say that both 2.6.8 and > 2.6.15 should be on the cd for now. yes you can > even boot 8, it will not start udev but it will make > you an initrd for booting 15. (some people maybe > could boot 8 without one, but not 15) > > i am still confused about how we really need the new > initramfs. does anyone really know ? isn't is partly > the udev support, as well as the sound support (as > noted earlier seems to have security implication to > load before disk drivers). how much of this is > specific > to powerpc, how much to later models only. > > i think the kernel could already be too big. i > saw a reference today a guy said a few years ago > he could boot a 3.5MB kernel with quik but not a 4MB > the 15-17s i have here are in that range. the > 18 is 5MB. > > brian > > --- Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 03:35:17PM -0400, Rick > > Thomas wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 16, 2006, at 3:05 PM, Sven Luther wrote: > > > > > > >On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 09:50:03AM +0200, Frans > > Pop wrote: > > > >>On Saturday 16 September 2006 09:09, Rick > Thomas > > wrote: > > > >>>Is there someone out there who will work with > > me to get a kernel > > > >>>that > > > >>>boots to run debian-installer on my beige G3 > > PowerMac (OldWorld) > > > >>>machine? > > > >> > > > >>I'd like to see that happen. > > > >> > > > >>>If not, I think it may be time to withdraw > > OldWorld PowerMacs from > > > >>>the list of hardware supported by the Debian > > Installer. > > > >> > > > >>Note that as I understand there are also > > problems booting the kernel > > > >>outside the installer (i.e. just upgrading an > > installed system), this > > > >>does not seem to be a Debian Installer issue, > > but rather a powerpc > > > >>kernel > > > >>or kernel configuration issue. > > > > > > > >Its actually a problem with the ramdisk > > generators and/or > > > >bootloaders, not the > > > >kernel proper. > > > > > > Actually, from the symptoms I'm seeing, it may > not > > be getting far > > > enough to encounter ramdisk problems. (Not to > say > > there are no such > > > ramdisk problems, just that what I'm seeing is > not > > diagnostic for > > > them.) I gave fairly detailed notes in the > > previous bug report, > > > Bug#382129. Let me know if you want more > > information. > > > > > > If Sven is right, that leaves bootloaders. > > > > Are you using quik or bootx ? > > > > This patch : > > > > > > > http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commit;h=6cdd2bdfb9e2449f1c8a0f729cdf9cfd733dd63f > > > > [POWERPC] Fix BootX booting with an initrd > > > > The bootx_init.c trampoline didn't properly add > > the ramdisk to the > > "reserve map" (list of reserved areas of > memory), > > thus causing all sorts > > of failures when using BootX with an initrd. > Also > > fixes a possible > > problem if the ramdisk is located before the > > device-tree passed by > > BootX. > > > > Might be of interest to solve this problem, which > is > > why i suggested trying > > the latest 2.6.18-rc kernel before. Please try and > > provide feedback. > > > > Friendly, > > > > Sven Luther > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
