Re: Installing SMP kernel

2005-02-23 Thread John Koskie
Hi, It looks like either will work, but I would start with the first with a few additions. If you look at the first file, you will see that the link to the kernel file: "/boot/vmlinux" is specified rather than the kernel itself "/boot/vmlinux-2.6.8-power4-smp". The reason for this is that when

Re: Xserve G5 disks

2005-01-14 Thread John Koskie
o get you > up and running on your Xserve. > > cheers > vinai > > P.S. How noisy is your Xserve in light to moderate usage ? > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, John Koskie wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know where to get a driver for the Hitachi SAT

Re: Xserve G5 disks

2005-01-14 Thread John Koskie
o get you > up and running on your Xserve. > > cheers > vinai > > P.S. How noisy is your Xserve in light to moderate usage ? > > On Thu, 13 Jan 2005, John Koskie wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Does anyone know where to get a driver for the Hitachi SAT

Xserve G5 disks

2005-01-13 Thread John Koskie
Hi, Does anyone know where to get a driver for the Hitachi SATA drives that come with the Xserve G5. I successfully installed Sarge on one of the machines by placing a Maxotr SATA drive in a G5 tower, installing onto that drive, compiling the latest 2.6.8 kernel, then placing the Maxtor disk into

Xserve G5 disks

2005-01-13 Thread John Koskie
Hi, Does anyone know where to get a driver for the Hitachi SATA drives that come with the Xserve G5. I successfully installed Sarge on one of the machines by placing a Maxotr SATA drive in a G5 tower, installing onto that drive, compiling the latest 2.6.8 kernel, then placing the Maxtor disk into

Re: Installing on a Dual CPU G5 Powermac?

2004-12-23 Thread John Koskie
Try the net install disk...I have a 2.0 GHz dual G5 desk top and it works on that. I used "expert-power4". However, my machine is a few months old, and you may have a newer cpu. As evidence, I tried the install disk on a new imac G5 and got the symptoms you describe. I was able to get around it b

Re: 2.6.8 kernel seems to have b0rked my iMac.

2004-12-14 Thread John Koskie
an mount / enough to > hack yaboot.conf and the symlinks. > > Can anyone direct me to a *current* guide to upgrading from 2.4 to a > 2.6.8 kernel on this kind of iMac? Thanks. > > Chris > > -- > As an adolescent I aspired to lasting fame, I craved factual certainty,