Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:41, Kars de Jong wrote: > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 15:24, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 10:59:53AM +0200, Kars de Jong wrote: > > > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:25, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > > > > This is caused by a missing boot parameter: ra

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

>> ago with Mac or >> ATARI ide harddisks > 8GB but I thought it was fixed in current >> 68k-kernels. > That's the LBA vs CHS limit? Yes, fixed eons ago ;-) Actually I don't remember exactly (I even forgot who fixed it). It was when potato was the current release and the bug was in kernel <= 2.0.

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> > harddrive under MiNT (which is a free OS as well) and even create > > ext2-partitions there. :-) > Sure, but you still have to be able to tell d-i which partitions you > want for swap and root, etc. Partman can't tell you want > disks you have. > The new images will (hopefully) default to part

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 02:51:47PM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > I suspect the problem is that partman/parted doesn't know about atari > > partitions. > > For a start it isn't absolutely necessary because you can partition your > harddrive under MiNT (which is a free OS as well)

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> > I tried it with Didier Mequignon's CT60 kernel. > I guess we'll have to look into those patches. :-) You can get in contact with Didier at: aniplay AT wanadoo DOT fr >> tries to find a networking card. :-) >> Then it doesn't find any but I could continue > Does dmesg say anything about th

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:06:16AM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > I tried it with Didier Mequignon's CT60 kernel. I guess we'll have to look into those patches. > My bootargs were the following: > > bootstra.prg -s .k vmlinux.ct60 -r cdron-initrd.gz root=/dev/ram > video=keep loa

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 09:06:16AM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/m68k/beta4/ > > It figures, that one is screwed up (I asked for it to be listed in the > > beta 4 errata). In any case, none of the initrd's on that > > disk

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Wed, 12 May 2004, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > Then the installation fails. Any hints? Does the current kernel support > hard disks > 8 GB? I know that there was a problem aeons ago with Mac or > ATARI ide harddisks > 8GB but I thought it was fixed in current > 68k-kernels. That's the

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> > http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/m68k/beta4/ > It figures, that one is screwed up (I asked for it to be listed in the > beta 4 errata). In any case, none of the initrd's on that > disk had atari support built-in. > Please try one from >

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> > On Falcon/CT60 with kernel 2.4 and bootargs: -s -k vmlinux > -r root.bin > > root=/dev/ram video=keep load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=2 > > > > . > > . > > . > > Mounted devfs on /dev > > Kernel panic: No init found > > Try passing init= option to kernel > Which type of root image were you us

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 02:06:07PM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > > On Falcon/CT60 with kernel 2.4 and bootargs: -s -k vmlinux > > -r root.bin > > > root=/dev/ram video=keep load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=2 > > > > > > . > > > . > > > . > > > Mounted devfs on /dev > > > Kernel pa

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Tue, May 11, 2004 at 10:33:57AM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > Pick something supported by parted, if you want easy inclusion in > > debian-installer. > > O.K. Yesterday I did some further tests. > > On my stock falcon with kernel 2.4 (2.2 just produces a black screen) > this

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> Pick something supported by parted, if you want easy inclusion in > debian-installer. O.K. Yesterday I did some further tests. On my stock falcon with kernel 2.4 (2.2 just produces a black screen) this was printed on screen: compressed image found Then both floppy and harddisk LED start to f

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 04:41:54PM +0200, Kars de Jong wrote: > I also haven't decided on the partition table style yet. I don't really > like BSD disklabels. Pick something supported by parted, if you want easy inclusion in debian-installer. -- Stephen R. Marenka If life's not fun, you're

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 04:41:54PM +0200, Kars de Jong wrote: > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 15:24, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > > Whoa, hp300? I didn't know that subarch ever had a fully supported > > kernel. Is it worth adding full debian/d-i support? > > It doesn't have a fully supported kernel yet. >

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 03:23:46PM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > > Falcon with CT060 (full MC68060 card by Rodolphe Czuba), > > > 512 mb FastRAM, > > > 14 mb ST-RAM, Videl (640x480x256) > > You have an 060 Atari with 512MB RAM? Where would can one buy > > one of those? > > Yes,

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 10:59:53AM +0200, Kars de Jong wrote: > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:25, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > This is caused by a missing boot parameter: ramdisk_size=2 > The default maximum ramdisk size is 4 MB, the d-i ramdisk is quite a bit > bigger. Sorry if I didn't

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 15:24, Stephen R Marenka wrote: > On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 10:59:53AM +0200, Kars de Jong wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:25, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > > This is caused by a missing boot parameter: ramdisk_size=2 > > The default maximum ramdisk size is 4

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> So it's 300EUR for the CT060, how much is a Falcon030? Are they still > available? It is 300 EUR WITH 060. If you already have a MC68060 it is only 200 EUR. You can only get a Falcon second hand. ~200-300 EUR. > And the Falcon030 also holds a HDD? Yes. Standard was 60 or 80 mb 2,5" but there

RE: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

> > Falcon with CT060 (full MC68060 card by Rodolphe Czuba), > > 512 mb FastRAM, > > 14 mb ST-RAM, Videl (640x480x256) > You have an 060 Atari with 512MB RAM? Where would can one buy > one of those? Yes, I have. :-) It is an accelerator card for the ATARI falcon. You can get one at: www.czuba-t

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 03:23:46PM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > > Falcon with CT060 (full MC68060 card by Rodolphe Czuba), > > > 512 mb FastRAM, > > > 14 mb ST-RAM, Videl (640x480x256) > > You have an 060 Atari with 512MB RAM? Where would can one buy > > one of those? > > Yes,

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 10:25:16AM +0200, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > Falcon with CT060 (full MC68060 card by Rodolphe Czuba), 512 mb FastRAM, > 14 mb ST-RAM, Videl (640x480x256) You have an 060 Atari with 512MB RAM? Where would can one buy one of those? Anybody else think this would

Re: FW: Call for m68k/atari debian-installer testers

On Mon, 2004-05-10 at 10:25, Szymanski, Frank-Peter (DMT) wrote: > > How much RAM can you fit in a Sun-3? Debian-Installer needs > > quite some RAM > > > these days... > > > > We've had a successful test at 24MB. I'm rather hoping some changes I > > have planned will drop that to 16MB, without ch