Re: possibly boot hangs refers to other devices ???

2006-07-03 Thread Daniel Gimpelevich
On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:54:24 -0700, brian wrote: > hi, > > i have to be honest all is not rosy either with my > pismo/g4-550. > (runs testing with weekly update) To clarify for others who might find this post via Google, you are referring to a PowerBook G3 Series (2000) that shipped with either

possibly boot hangs refers to other devices ???

2006-07-03 Thread brian
hi, i have to be honest all is not rosy either with my pismo/g4-550. (runs testing with weekly update) i have gotten boot hangs intermittently that indicated to me correctly that the combo drive needed reseating. however yesterday it was hanging at usb, but apparently the same issue. also in mac

Re: Work around for SATA driver bug in Sarge 3.1r2 (how)?

2006-07-03 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
> I can't tell you where the controller is, but I can tell you that the > description matches (i.e. the CD cannot be found). As far as I > understand the issue (bug), it isn't that the CD is on the SATA > controller, but rather that the SATA controller somehow prevents the > loading of the

Re: Kernel Oops - Post install on Dual G4 Mac

2006-07-03 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 12:33 -0500, James Stallings II wrote: > DOH!! > > Mea Culpa, mea Culpa... > > > Not only was the adaptec not integrated on the mainboard, its one I > put in myself a year ago. > > Oh well, I pulled it but still get the kernel oops in the scsi_mod... > unfortunately much o

Re: Work around for SATA driver bug in Sarge 3.1r2 (how)?

2006-07-03 Thread Brian Durant
On Jul 3, 2006, at 13:45, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:02 +0200, Brian Durant wrote: I have tried using the above method, but actually can't see how this should work as there doesn't seem to be a way of loading the CD drivers before the SATA driver. A loop develops wi

Re: Kernel Oops - Post install on Dual G4 Mac

2006-07-03 Thread James Stallings II
DOH!! Mea Culpa, mea Culpa... Not only was the adaptec not integrated on the mainboard, its one I put in myself a year ago. Oh well, I pulled it but still get the kernel oops in the scsi_mod... unfortunately much of the oops output scrolls off the screen. How can I page back to the beginning o

Re: Work around for SATA driver bug in Sarge 3.1r2 (how)?

2006-07-03 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 13:02 +0200, Brian Durant wrote: > I have tried using the above method, but actually can't see how this > should work as there doesn't seem to be a way of loading the CD > drivers before the SATA driver. A loop develops with the selection of > the CD drivers, because th

Re: Kernel Oops - Post install on Dual G4 Mac

2006-07-03 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On Mon, 2006-07-03 at 06:38 -0500, James Stallings II wrote: > Greetings All, > > I've recently attempted to install debian on my Mac - and it all goes > quite well until the reboot after installation. It would appear that > there is an unused adaptec SCSI Host controller integrated into the > mai

Kernel Oops - Post install on Dual G4 Mac

2006-07-03 Thread James Stallings II
Greetings All, I've recently attempted to install debian on my Mac - and it all goes quite well until the reboot after installation. It would appear that there is an unused adaptec SCSI Host controller integrated into the mainboard, which currently has no application on my system (except for bork

Re: Kernel 2.6 on a PegasOS?

2006-07-03 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 07:16:12PM +0200, Turbo Fredriksson wrote: > Quoting Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > setting load-bvase beyond 24MB (ideally 32MB) should work. > > PRoblem is if you use a huge ramdisk which is loaded down from 64MB though, > > so > > setting load-base to 64MB shoul