On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 00:14 +1000, Dana Sibera wrote: > I've just come across one of these beasties - 4x180MHz 604e CPUs - > and it's just not taking to the kernels supplied with debian very > well. I've tried with bootx 1.2.2 using the kernels on the netinst cd > - both 2.4 and 2.6 for PowerPC. 2.4 doesn't get to the first text > screen but just locks up the machine, and 2.6 only gets the first > text screen - without getting to the stage of showing a Penguin up > top of the screen. > > It has 896MB RAM, a single internal SCSI drive and I've tried with > both an ixmicro twinturbo 128 card, and a rage pro, but neither make > a difference. > > Any clues on which way to turn now?
Weird.... We do have support for the 4 CPU card in there. I'm not sure what is wrong at this point. What precise kernel version have you tried ? Also, what graphics card are you using in this machine ? Have you tried BootX option "no video driver" ? It might be useful to try to netboot from OF instead. Might be more reliable, and using OF over a serial port will probably provide better diagnostics. You can do that by setting up a bootp/tftp server (enable the bootp option in dhcp for the former, and install tftpd for the later) and doing "boot enet". With a little bit of luck it will work on your OF version (it works on most oldworld machines), at least provided you use the on-board ethernet. Ben. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
