Re: Trouble getting Quik working...

2003-01-23 Thread Dylan Barrie
On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 07:32 PM, Chris Tillman wrote: Try chroot /target quik -v I don't seem to have a /target folder, chroot gives me: chroot: cannot change root directory to /target: No such file or directory Maybe that's got something to do with it? Dylan Barrie Postpose

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Derrik Pates
On Fri, Jan 24, 2003 at 04:36:06AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > He's got a 7100. It's a NuBus system. It doesn't have OpenFirmware, and > > won't work with either quik or yaboot. MKLinux Booter and BootX both > > start from MacOS, and miBoot loads by way of the MacOS ROM that's burned > > in

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread simon
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 20:11:21 -0500, Derrik Pates composed: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 03:22:56PM -0800, Brad Boyer wrote: > > Well, that 'cannot' is really 'should not' since Linux doesn't need > > them at all, but the MacOS does. If you boot this thing using miboot > > or BootX, you still need

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread simon
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 15:22:56 -0800, Brad Boyer composed: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:26:03PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > > In my experience with the Debian installer, it was almost always possible > to go back. i've never been able to _not_ go back. at worst you just reboot off the

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread simon
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 15:28:13 -0700, Philip Larkin Waters composed: > I don't know the syntax for types; > > I typed "Linux swap" in for the name when I used the "c" command and it > didn't work. "Linux native" however, automatically detected my type? > > I tried using a capital "C" and wh

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread simon
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 13:48:29 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven composed: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Better but not quite yet, only 3 orders of magnitude

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread simon
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 13:34:06 +0100, Gabriel Paubert composed: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > that may be because of the smallish amount of RAM on this thing; > > > interleaved i was getting pretty much

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread simon
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56 +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven composed: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 22:26:00 +0100, Michel Lanners composed: > > > On 22 Jan, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through cyberspace: > > > > > > >> - check your hard

Re: Trouble getting Quik working...

2003-01-23 Thread Chris Tillman
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 02:50:18PM -0800, Dylan Barrie wrote: > > On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 06:40 AM, Chris Tillman wrote: > >How about posting the results of nvsetenv and cat /target/etc/quik.conf > >from the installer shell, so we can catch up with where you're > >at now? > > The output

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Derrik Pates
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 03:22:56PM -0800, Brad Boyer wrote: > Well, that 'cannot' is really 'should not' since Linux doesn't need > them at all, but the MacOS does. If you boot this thing using miboot > or BootX, you still need the drivers, but if you use quik or yaboot, > then they're extraneous u

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Derrik Pates
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 02:15:06PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > That is why person-to-person has been the best for me. One person knows > this, the other person knows that, and now my computer is sitting on my desk > here at work without being able to find our gateway to the internet, with

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Brad Boyer
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:26:03PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > So if I fdisk-ed everything yesterday (my computer is still on), and even > though when it started it said "you cannot delete the drivers, yet" it > ultimately let me clear off the whole hard drive Well, that 'cannot' is r

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
So if I fdisk-ed everything yesterday (my computer is still on), and even though when it started it said "you cannot delete the drivers, yet" it ultimately let me clear off the whole hard drive If I reboot I'm dead in the water right? I don't have the MACOS installation disks I screwed up on

Re: Kernel2.4.20 & PowerbookG3-Lombard awakening hiccup

2003-01-23 Thread Christian Jaeger
At 12:18 Uhr +0100 23.01.2003, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: Which revision of the MPC106 do you have? Older versions don't support 4-bank SDRAM, only 2-bank SDRAM. If you try 4-bank SDRAM in a system with a north bridge that doesn't support it (e.g. the Golden Gate II in my LongTrail), it either see

Re: Trouble getting Quik working...

2003-01-23 Thread Dylan Barrie
On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 06:40 AM, Chris Tillman wrote: How about posting the results of nvsetenv and cat /target/etc/quik.conf from the installer shell, so we can catch up with where you're at now? The output of nvsetenv: little-endian? false real-mode? false auto-boot? t

Re: Kernel2.4.20 & PowerbookG3-Lombard awakening hiccup

2003-01-23 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Can you try that patch and let me know if it helps ? Ben. # This is a BitKeeper generated patch for the following project: # Project Name: Linux 2.4 for PowerPC # This patch format is intended for GNU patch command version 2.5 or higher. # This patch includes the following deltas: #

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Brad Boyer
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 03:28:13PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > I typed "Linux swap" in for the name when I used the "c" command and it > didn't work. "Linux native" however, automatically detected my type? > > I tried using a capital "C" and when it asked for type I said "swap" But of

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
I don't know the syntax for types; I typed "Linux swap" in for the name when I used the "c" command and it didn't work. "Linux native" however, automatically detected my type? I tried using a capital "C" and when it asked for type I said "swap" But of course that didn't work Where is a resou

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Brad Boyer
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 02:15:06PM -0700, Philip Larkin Waters wrote: > I wasn't able to succesfully make a linux swap using "mac-fdisk??" but I do > have a 32M partition waiting if I ever figure out how (if it'll work now) You would need to use the "create with type specified" option, which is 'C

Re: PowerMac 7100/80 won't boot

2003-01-23 Thread Philip Larkin Waters
The sad news is I'm the only person in my corner of the world who knows anything about this stuff, and I haven't found general information to help.. That is why person-to-person has been the best for me. One person knows this, the other person knows that, and now my computer is sitting on my desk

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread Sven Luther
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:16:24PM +0100, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:48:29PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > > BTW, I get 45 MB/s for the buf

video on a Power Mac 6500/250

2003-01-23 Thread Allan Streib
Couple of questions: I'm using Debian Woody on a PowerMac 6500. Not using X (only 32 MB RAM) just the console. I notice that occasionally the characters get "speckled" or distorted particularly when I'm editing text. Refreshing (^L) restores it. Is this related to the video acceleration and i

Re: external scsi in pb wallstreet

2003-01-23 Thread Brad Boyer
The SCSI controller in the Wallstreet series was MESH. Most kernels for PowerMac hardware would have this driver compiled in already. Brad Boyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 04:03:40PM +0100, benjamin l?mmle wrote: > hello > can anybody tell me, how make use of the e

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 01:48:29PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > BTW, I get 45 MB/s for the buffer-cache on my 66 MHz SDRAM. > > > > Looks still very low, very conservat

external scsi in pb wallstreet

2003-01-23 Thread benjamin lämmle
hello can anybody tell me, how make use of the external scsi-port in the powerbook wallstreet. i didnt get, what chipset it uses , apple declares it as "Custom IC" and especially what parameters to use with the module. thanks benjamin { 3nails+1cross=4given }

Re: Trouble getting Quik working...

2003-01-23 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:30:49PM -0800, Dylan Barrie wrote: > A thought just popped into my head (thanks to Nathanael Hasbrouck :)... > > Do I need to have any Mac OS partitions on the boot drive? I wiped the > drive and re-mapped the partitions and all that when I installed > Debian... One o

Re: Trouble getting Quik working...

2003-01-23 Thread Chris Tillman
On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 08:30:49PM -0800, Dylan Barrie wrote: > A thought just popped into my head (thanks to Nathanael Hasbrouck :)... > > Do I need to have any Mac OS partitions on the boot drive? I wiped the > drive and re-mapped the partitions and all that when I installed > Debian... No, n

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Gabriel Paubert wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > that may be because of the smallish amount of RAM on this thing; > > > interleaved i was getting pretty much the same ratings. it

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread Gabriel Paubert
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > that may be because of the smallish amount of RAM on this thing; > > interleaved i was getting pretty much the same ratings. it may have to > > do with the RAM sticks' actual ms sp

Re: Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro

2003-01-23 Thread Kevin Smith
Wow, that was easy thank you for your help. :) - Original Message - From: "Jan Govaere" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Kevin Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "debian-ppc" Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 9:24 AM Subject: Re: Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro > It is not specific ti

Re: Kernel2.4.20 & PowerbookG3-Lombard awakening hiccup

2003-01-23 Thread Christian Jaeger
At 23:26 Uhr -0800 22.01.2003, vinai wrote: The memory controller for the Lombard is the MPC106 (a.k.a. "Grackle") and according to the specs from Motorola (if I read them correctly), should be able to address up to 1 GB of RAM. Sounds cool. I think the firmware upgrade and 1G of RAM support

Re: Kernel2.4.20 & PowerbookG3-Lombard awakening hiccup

2003-01-23 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, vinai wrote: > On Thu, 23 Jan 2003, Christian Jaeger wrote: > > Oh, I don't have the 512MB RAM anymore. Based of the claims of the > > technician that the lombard doesn't support more than 512MB and the > > fact that there wasn't a firmware upgrade to be found I believed that

Re: kernels and b0xen

2003-01-23 Thread Geert Uytterhoeven
On Thu, 23 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, Jan 22, 2003 at 22:26:00 +0100, Michel Lanners composed: > > On 22 Jan, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through cyberspace: > > > > >> - check your hard disk speed: hdparm -tT /dev/ > > >> (is non-destructive; post the result to

Re: Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro

2003-01-23 Thread Ognyan Kulev
Kevin Smith wrote: Can someone tell me if it is possible to mount a filesystem from Debian 3.0r1 (powerpc) into Windows 2000 Pro? Windows 2000 Pro on powerpc? What's that? Do you mean something like Samba share? Regards -- Ognyan Kulev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "\"Programmer\""

Re: Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro

2003-01-23 Thread Geert Stappers
On Thu, Jan 23, 2003 at 08:51:21AM -, Kevin Smith wrote: > Hi All, Yes, this is crosspost. > > Can someone tell me if it is possible to mount a filesystem from Debian > 3.0r1 (powerpc) into Windows 2000 Pro? > > If so, can you give me step-by-step instructions, > or point me in the right di

Re: Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro

2003-01-23 Thread Jan Govaere
It is not specific ti debian-ppc but I answer. You got to install samba on your debian. Change your /etc/samba/smb.conf (lot of examples on the web) After that you can connect to your debian with //IP/Name_of_shared_dir That's all. Hey guy ! You have to read the man pages ! :-) ; /etc/samba/sm

Re: Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro

2003-01-23 Thread Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra
On Thu, 2003-01-23 at 09:51, Kevin Smith wrote: > Hi All, > > Can someone tell me if it is possible to mount a filesystem from Debian > 3.0r1 (powerpc) into Windows 2000 Pro? > > If so, can you give me step-by-step instructions, or point me in the right > direction, on how to do this? Do

Mounting Debian Partition in Windows 2000 Pro

2003-01-23 Thread Kevin Smith
Hi All, Can someone tell me if it is possible to mount a filesystem from Debian 3.0r1 (powerpc) into Windows 2000 Pro? If so, can you give me step-by-step instructions, or point me in the right direction, on how to do this? Thanks, Kevin

Re: Powermanagment of the new iBook (11.2002)

2003-01-23 Thread Mike Pfleger
* Benjamin Herrenschmidt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Isn't this patch in the current benh kernel ? > > A slightly different version is in my bk (2.4.21-pre3), and will > be in my rsync once I release a new snapshot (will be 2.4.20-ben2), > probably early next week. Sorry to dredge up an old