On Sat, Sep 16, 2006 at 10:34:37PM +0200, Sven Luther 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.
Actually, there was a new patch needed for quik, thanks to Christian and Ben for investigating and fixing this. A kernel .deb including the fix is available at : http://people.debian.org/~luther/linux-image-2.6.18-rc7-powerpc_2.6.17+2.6.18-rc7-0experimental.1_powerpc.deb Please test it and provide feedback to see if it solves your issue. (not, that this is a second version, with benh's patch, instead of the first i uploaded yesterday with Christian's tentative patch, please make sure to test the new one (check the changelog to be sure :). Friendly, Sven Luther -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
