Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Hartmut Koptein
Hi, > > one for MBR > > MBX Ups. > Another thing I've said is that a built kernel source tree will be Right, when will you upload these (for chrp, pmac and prep)? MfG, Hartmut -- Hartmut Koptein EMail: Friedrich-van-Senden-Str. 7

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Joel Klecker
At 02:54 -0700 1998-09-07, Hartmut Koptein wrote: >I hope we need only three images: > > one for CHRP, PMac and PReP It might be possible to do a kernel-image package for all three, but the boot image cannot be shared between them. > one for MBR MBX >From what I can tell, MBX and PReP sh

problems booting my ppc with linux

1998-09-07 Thread Czako Krisztian
Hello, I still have problems booting my IBM RS/6000 (ppc 604e, 200mhz) with Linux. I've tried the CHRP and PReP images without any success. The CHRP image's loader starts, gunzips, copies the OF device list then hangs, so the Linux kernel doesn't start. The PReP image hangs right after starting it

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> > Hey! This is what I hoped for all along... Except I probably will not > > come to Oldenburg :( > > What a pity. I think (hope) James will also come, so Jesper come along James. > > I thought someone was already working on boot floppies (I think I saw > > a few postings in the archive about

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> Hartmut> For the kernel-image package: i think espy is working on > Hartmut> that, and Manoj will upload a new kernel-package in the next > Hartmut> days. For the kernel-image we must decide if we want only a > Hartmut> generic image (for all powerpc systems) or for each one. For > Hartmut> each

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Martin Schulze
Jesper Skov wrote: > Martin> Come to Oldenburg and this is possible. There will be quite > Martin> some people with burners around and a debian mirror is good > Martin> reachable - if the power is not turned off. Even then I can > Martin> write you two cd's. > > Hey! This is what I hoped for all

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Jesper Skov
> "Hartmut" == Hartmut Koptein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Hartmut> For the kernel-image package: i think espy is working on Hartmut> that, and Manoj will upload a new kernel-package in the next Hartmut> days. For the kernel-image we must decide if we want only a Hartmut> generic image (for a

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Hartmut Koptein
> Martin> Right now it doesn't make much sense selling ppc cds. The > Martin> system doesn't yet boot off off a cd nor do we have a powerpc > Martin> boot disk set. This is one of the things we should consider > Martin> for Oldenburg. It would be helpful if you could try to work > Martin> someth

Re: Want some help? ("Will hack for CDs")

1998-09-07 Thread Jesper Skov
> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> Jesper Skov wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm seriously considering helping out with the PowerPC/Debian port >> (partly to stress test the Linux/APUS port but also because I feel >> the need to work on some application level stuff - reboot