PCI PC/Hardware in Yosemite Powermac

2005-12-03 Thread Robin Edwards
Im running SID with latest kernel. Would it be possible to use: > PCI USB2 Card > PCI Serial ATA Card Also is there any limit to size of ide (and sata?) harddisks i can use? Thanks for your help!

Re: Old world 2.6 kernel?

2005-12-03 Thread Derek
Hello,I told bootx to use the ramdisk in the bootx options "use specific ramdisk" but I still get a kernel panic when booting.I just tried the 2.6 kernel from http://www.ppckernel.org./download/official-stable-pmac/linux-official-stable-pmac-2.6.14.3.tar.bz2 and that one worked,even without a ramdi

Re: Old world 2.6 kernel?

2005-12-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 11:04:34AM -0800, Derek wrote: > yep I didnt give it a initrd,didnt know about that.I gave bootx the > initd from the debian netinstall cd and in the kernel arguments I put > root=/dev/sd3 but I still get the same problem.Is there a certain You have to give root=/dev/ram in

Re: Old world 2.6 kernel?

2005-12-03 Thread Derek
yep I didnt give it a initrd,didnt know about that.I gave bootx the initd from the debian netinstall cd and in the kernel arguments I put root=/dev/sd3 but I still get the same problem.Is there a certain initd I should be using? Thanks for the help, Derek On 12/2/05, Hans Ekbrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: etch graphical installer does not work on G5 PowerMac?

2005-12-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 08:05:01AM -0800, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > > "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Sven> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 06:54:47PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad > Sven> wrote: > >> I tried booting the graphical installer (the file mini.iso > >> dowloade

Re: AmigaOne 2.6.x Linux kernel port

2005-12-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 02:32:27PM +, dabby bentam wrote: > What patches in 2.4.27? > > I always use debian kernels. Exact, the thing is you really have no idea if the improvement you see is from these patches, which sound dubious, or from passing from a 2.4.27 to a 2.6.8 kernel, especially a

Re: Powermac G5 yaboot install failed

2005-12-03 Thread Shyamal Prasad
> "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Fri, Dec 02, 2005 at 04:50:26PM -0800, john fisher wrote: >> >> new, non-dual core, dual-proc 2.0 PowerMac G5 latest testing >> debian ppc netinstall ( 11-28) >> >> >> 1) install base system, chose d

Re: etch graphical installer does not work on G5 PowerMac?

2005-12-03 Thread Shyamal Prasad
> "Sven" == Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Sven> On Thu, Dec 01, 2005 at 06:54:47PM -0800, Shyamal Prasad Sven> wrote: >> I tried booting the graphical installer (the file mini.iso >> dowloaded from >> http://people.debian.org/~fjp/d-i/gtk-miniiso/alpha/powerpc/)

Re: AmigaOne 2.6.x Linux kernel port

2005-12-03 Thread dabby bentam
What patches in 2.4.27? I always use debian kernels. I will try the etch and sid kernels and report back on the results. :-) PegXlin Developer Pegxmac, Pegxlin Versatile LIVE CD's for Pegasos Mainboards http://pegxmac.zftp.com http://www.pegasosppc.com From: Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: AmigaOne 2.6.x Linux kernel port

2005-12-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Dec 03, 2005 at 10:30:52AM +, dabby bentam wrote: > Hi Sven, > > Yes i have the pegasos 1 with April 2 fix. > I found even on the 2.4.27 kernel i had dma corruption, it was quite > annoying. > > I tested/modifyed geri patches to build on the 2.6.8 kernel, i have to say > it has made

Re: AmigaOne 2.6.x Linux kernel port

2005-12-03 Thread dabby bentam
Hi Sven, Yes i have the pegasos 1 with April 2 fix. I found even on the 2.4.27 kernel i had dma corruption, it was quite annoying. I tested/modifyed geri patches to build on the 2.6.8 kernel, i have to say it has made a difference. DMA turned on and no corruption so far, large files over ne