On Thu, Oct 13, 2005 at 01:28:00PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le jeudi 13 octobre 2005 à 13:14 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 09:29:21PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > > Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 15:24 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:
Le jeudi 13 octobre 2005 à 13:14 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 09:29:21PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 15:24 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:14:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:03:
On Wed, Oct 12, 2005 at 09:29:21PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 15:24 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:14:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:03:13PM +0200, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> > > > > Nope, they are available s
Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 15:24 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:14:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:03:13PM +0200, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> > > > Nope, they are available since a couple of weeks :)
> > > Sorry, but there is only "cdrom", "hd-me
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:14:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:03:13PM +0200, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> > > Nope, they are available since a couple of weeks :)
> > Sorry, but there is only "cdrom", "hd-media", and "netboot" in
> > http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 03:03:13PM +0200, Jerome Warnier wrote:
> > Nope, they are available since a couple of weeks :)
> Sorry, but there is only "cdrom", "hd-media", and "netboot" in
> http://people.debian.org/~luther/d-i/images/daily/powerpc/.
> Is it "netboot"?
Oh, damn, the floppies are still
Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 13:03 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:07:09PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 12:37 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:32:33PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > > > Le mercredi 21 septembre 20
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 01:07:09PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 12:37 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:32:33PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > > Le mercredi 21 septembre 2005 à 19:54 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 a
Le lundi 10 octobre 2005 à 12:37 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:32:33PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> > Le mercredi 21 septembre 2005 à 19:54 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > > On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > > On Aug 18 2005, Sven Lu
On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 12:32:33PM +0200, Jérôme Warnier wrote:
> Le mercredi 21 septembre 2005 à 19:54 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> > On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now,
Le mercredi 21 septembre 2005 à 19:54 +0200, Sven Luther a écrit :
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed to
> > > build, and the 2.6.12 kernels are 200K too b
[..]
> > I would say that if more of the linux-tiny patches were incorporated in
> > the mainline kernel, then it would be a really nice addition.
>
> I'm not aware of "linux-tiny". Where can I learn more about it?
http://www.selenic.com/linux-tiny/
> Enjoy!
>
> Rick
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Among my oldworld Macs, 4400 and beige G3 use IDE drives.
And what drivers are used ?
pmac_ide was on 4400 IIRCE but I haven't had time to try Linux on the
G3's yet.
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On Mon, Oct 10, 2005 at 09:58:00AM +0300, Meelis Roos wrote:
> BB> drives. I think there are a few desktop oldworld models with IDE
> BB> hard drives as well, but I'd have to search around to figure
> BB> out which ones.
>
> Among my oldworld Macs, 4400 and beige G3 use IDE drives.
And what drive
BB> drives. I think there are a few desktop oldworld models with IDE
BB> hard drives as well, but I'd have to search around to figure
BB> out which ones.
Among my oldworld Macs, 4400 and beige G3 use IDE drives.
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Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> There are definitely oldworld models with IDE. For example, all
>> PowerBooks have used IDE hard drives since before the transition
>> to ppc. That means at least the 2400,3400, and early G3 PowerBooks
>> are all both oldworld and dependent on IDE support
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 12:02:18PM -0700, Brad Boyer wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:08:08AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> > > One possibility in the 2.6.13/2.6.14 timeframe is the ability to
> > > remove the non-apple chrp and prep code. Also, i am not sure if the
> > > pmac-ide driver works o
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:08:08AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 08 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Yep. That said, once it is in non-free, it will migrate to testing
> > quickly enough.
>
> Ok. What exactly needs to be done, i.e., which code needs to be removed?
The boot sector is divided in
On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 10:08:08AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> > One possibility in the 2.6.13/2.6.14 timeframe is the ability to
> > remove the non-apple chrp and prep code. Also, i am not sure if the
> > pmac-ide driver works on those machines, or if they use scsi only, in
> > this case we can
On Oct 08 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> Yep. That said, once it is in non-free, it will migrate to testing
> quickly enough.
Ok. What exactly needs to be done, i.e., which code needs to be removed?
> but nobody actually tested removing it, so we go about and wonder
> about asking apple to free it,
On Sat, Oct 08, 2005 at 12:00:16AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 07 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 04:03:10AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > I'd be happy if it were included in non-free, if that's possible. Is
> > > it?
> >
> > Not with the boot sector situation non
On Oct 07 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 04:03:10AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > I'd be happy if it were included in non-free, if that's possible. Is
> > it?
>
> Not with the boot sector situation non-clear, but we can try it.
I hate to have to get things from anything that
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 04:03:10AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 06 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Notice that miboot is not in the archive, altough it may go into
> > contrib if we fix the boot block problem.
>
> I'd be happy if it were included in non-free, if that's possible. Is it?
Not w
On Oct 06 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> Notice that miboot is not in the archive, altough it may go into
> contrib if we fix the boot block problem.
I'd be happy if it were included in non-free, if that's possible. Is it?
> One thing that needs testing is trying to remove the actual code from
> the
On Thu, Oct 06, 2005 at 01:48:29AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 05 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:50:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > Were are the dependencies for your miboot package, BTW?
> >
> > apt-cache show miboot :)
>
> Thanks. :-) I'll take a note on
On Thursday 06 October 2005 12:48 am, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 05 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:50:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > Were are the dependencies for your miboot package, BTW?
> >
> > apt-cache show miboot :)
>
> Thanks. :-) I'll take a note on this
On Oct 05 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:50:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > Were are the dependencies for your miboot package, BTW?
>
> apt-cache show miboot :)
Thanks. :-) I'll take a note on this so that I don't forget it. :-)
> I think they are rsrce and mac-tools
On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 07:50:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Oct 04 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 01:01:19PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:17:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:00:44AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wro
On Oct 04 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 01:01:19PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:17:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:00:44AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > > > Nope, you need the miboot package from p.d.o/~luther/mibo
On Mon, Oct 03, 2005 at 01:01:19PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:17:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:00:44AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > > Nope, you need the miboot package from p.d.o/~luther/miboot, and its
> > > > dependencies, and do (t
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 06:17:28AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:00:44AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > Nope, you need the miboot package from p.d.o/~luther/miboot, and its
> > > dependencies, and do (taken from the d-i build) :
> > >
> > > gzip -c -9 $(TEMP_KERN
On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 12:00:44AM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > Nope, you need the miboot package from p.d.o/~luther/miboot, and its
> > dependencies, and do (taken from the d-i build) :
> >
> > gzip -c -9 $(TEMP_KERNEL) >$(TEMP_KERNEL).gz
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=$(TEMP_BOOT) bs=1024
On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 07:06:55AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:59:50PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:54:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > > i managed to do a powerpc-miboot flavour build, which does fit on a miboot
> > > fl
On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:59:50PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:54:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> [...]
>
> > i managed to do a powerpc-miboot flavour build, which does fit on a miboot
> > floppy. I would like (urgently) for folk to test it out, it is just a
> > ke
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:54:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
[...]
> i managed to do a powerpc-miboot flavour build, which does fit on a miboot
> floppy. I would like (urgently) for folk to test it out, it is just a kernel,
> i need to see if it boots, not much more for now, before i go ahead and
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:54:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
[...]
> i managed to do a powerpc-miboot flavour build, which does fit on a miboot
> floppy. I would like (urgently) for folk to test it out, it is just a kernel,
> i need to see if it boots, not much more for now, before i go ahead and
On Wed, Sep 21, 2005 at 07:54:00PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > > I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed to
> > > build, and the 2.6.12 kernels are 200K too big any
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed to
> > build, and the 2.6.12 kernels are 200K too big anyway for miboot
> > floppies, we need to find out how to make them sma
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 07:01:28PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:06:44PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:04:25PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > > Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > > Note to self: when replacing the zImage o
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 05:06:44PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:04:25PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> > Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > Note to self: when replacing the zImage on the HFS boot floppy, one has
> > > to use the vmlinux image compress
On Wed, Sep 14, 2005 at 04:04:25PM +0200, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
> Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote:
> > Note to self: when replacing the zImage on the HFS boot floppy, one has
> > to use the vmlinux image compressed with gzip, like this:
>
> > gzip -9 vmlinux
> > hmount /d
Wed, 24 Aug 2005 01:58:58 -0300 Rogério Brito wrote:
> Note to self: when replacing the zImage on the HFS boot floppy, one has
> to use the vmlinux image compressed with gzip, like this:
> gzip -9 vmlinux
> hmount /dev/fd0
> hcopy vmlinux.gz :zImage
> humount /dev/fd0
> No other i
I'm including debian-boot on the Cc list, so that other people can share
their knowledge here.
On Aug 27 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 01:01:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > Please, correct, me but the fake Finder and System folders that
> > comes with Debian's woody HFS f
On Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 06:43:41AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> I'm including debian-boot on the Cc list, so that other people can share
> their knowledge here.
>
> On Aug 27 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 01:01:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > Please, correct, me but
On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 01:01:20AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 24 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:58:58AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > After installing the NewerTech G3 upgrade card into the PowerMac
> > > 9500/180MP, I had some problems, when I tried to instal
On Aug 24 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:58:58AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > After installing the NewerTech G3 upgrade card into the PowerMac
> > 9500/180MP, I had some problems, when I tried to install
> > Debian. None of the sarge floppies would work and I eventually
>
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 01:58:58AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 24 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > On Aug 23, 2005, at 11:28 PM, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > >Really? I do it all the time here with an inherited PowerMac
> > >9500/180MP with a G3 upgrade card (kindly donated by Tormod).
> > >
> > >
On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 12:28:07AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 23 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Notice that the main problem still is that i couldn't get 2.6 miboot
> > to work except two mysterious times in oldenbourg.
>
> Really? I do it all the time here with an inherited PowerMac 9500/
On Aug 24 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
> On Aug 23, 2005, at 11:28 PM, Rogério Brito wrote:
> >Really? I do it all the time here with an inherited PowerMac
> >9500/180MP with a G3 upgrade card (kindly donated by Tormod).
> >
> >I even documented the way I do it in my 'blog/diary (and the same
> >method
On Aug 23, 2005, at 11:28 PM, Rogério Brito wrote:
On Aug 23 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
Notice that the main problem still is that i couldn't get 2.6 miboot
to work except two mysterious times in oldenbourg.
Really? I do it all the time here with an inherited PowerMac 9500/180MP
with a G3 upgr
On Aug 23 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> Notice that the main problem still is that i couldn't get 2.6 miboot
> to work except two mysterious times in oldenbourg.
Really? I do it all the time here with an inherited PowerMac 9500/180MP
with a G3 upgrade card (kindly donated by Tormod).
I even document
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 03:05:05PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 02:18:07AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> > > Remember the debian kernel is generic for all powerpc plateforms, from
> > > old world to prep boxes, to powerbooks to the last 32bit IBM chrps and
> > > the gen
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 02:18:07AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> > Remember the debian kernel is generic for all powerpc plateforms, from
> > old world to prep boxes, to powerbooks to the last 32bit IBM chrps and
> > the genesi pegasos machine, so there is a bit more constraints here,
> > but it is
On Tue, Aug 23, 2005 at 02:18:07AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 22 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:23:39AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > > So, I do think that it would be possible to get it smaller. Want to
> > > see my .config? I just posted it to linux-kernel in
On Aug 22 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:23:39AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> > So, I do think that it would be possible to get it smaller. Want to
> > see my .config? I just posted it to linux-kernel in a reply to
> > Andrew Morton.
>
> Remember the debian kernel is generi
On Aug 22 2005, Martin Habets wrote:
> Do you have a link to this discussion? Can't see anything abvious in
> the archives.
Here you go:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=112440317315551&w=2
Hope this helps, Rogério.
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On Mon, Aug 22, 2005 at 11:23:39AM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 22 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > A bit of reality check here, we have around 1.3MB space on the miboot
> > floppies, and current compressed miboot floppies arer 1.6MB or so, so
> > we just need to unbloat it further 200/300kb (c
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 08:47:16PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> There is current discussion on the lkml discussing which kernels one
> should use with small systems (like old 486s and such) and the consensus
> seems to be that one should use either a 2.6 kernel (perhaps using some
> of the linux-t
On Aug 22 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> A bit of reality check here, we have around 1.3MB space on the miboot
> floppies, and current compressed miboot floppies arer 1.6MB or so, so
> we just need to unbloat it further 200/300kb (compressed though),
> which should be possible by modularizing lot of st
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 08:47:16PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote:
> On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
> > Keep in mind that the *next* kernel will be even bigger. Sooner or
> > later, even the fully modularized minimum configuration isn't going
> > fit on a single floppy.
>
> There is current discu
On Aug 21, 2005, at 6:21 PM, Rogério Brito wrote:
On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
NewWorld Macs can boot off of CDs, so these boot floppies are only
necessary for OldWorld PowerMacs, which, being out of production,
have a fixed unchanging set of devices.
That is false, as you can obviousl
On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Keep in mind that the *next* kernel will be even bigger. Sooner or
> later, even the fully modularized minimum configuration isn't going
> fit on a single floppy.
There is current discussion on the lkml discussing which kernels one
should use with small system
Hi there, vinai.
On Aug 20 2005, vinai wrote:
> One thing to keep in mind is that the swim3 driver in the Old World
> Pmacs hasn't been properly updated for the 2.6 series of kernels. Last
> I checked, I think the driver now compiles, but I can't remember if it
> even works. I'll take a look soon
On Aug 20 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
> NewWorld Macs can boot off of CDs, so these boot floppies are only
> necessary for OldWorld PowerMacs, which, being out of production,
> have a fixed unchanging set of devices.
That is false, as you can obviously upgrade your box with other
devices and even the
On Aug 19 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> > Humm, this is indeed a problem. :-( The non-freeness of miboot is
> > a secondary problem in face of not having a way to install the
> > operating system on the box. :-(
>
> The kernel don't fit
On Aug 21, 2005, at 10:22 AM, vinai wrote:
On Sun, August 21, 2005 6:47, Derrik Pates wrote:
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld
Pmacs, since there are none-such?
Actually, that's not true - I have a
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 09:22:28AM -0500, vinai wrote:
> On Sun, August 21, 2005 6:47, Derrik Pates wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> >> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld
> >> Pmacs, since there are none-such?
> >
> > Actuall
On Sun, August 21, 2005 6:47, Derrik Pates wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
>> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld
>> Pmacs, since there are none-such?
>
> Actually, that's not true - I have a 7500 with an aftermarket
> 604e/180 dua
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld Pmacs,
> since there are none-such?
Actually, that's not true - I have a 7500 with an aftermarket 604e/180
dual CPU card, and I'm sure there was at least one 9600 model
On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:27:51AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld Pmacs,
> since there are none-such?
Actually, there are. Apple even shipped a few of them that way, plus
there were upgrade cards available. I purchased a dual 200MHz up
On Aug 21 2005, Rick Thomas wrote:
> Does it help to remember that SMP-safe is irrelevant to OldWorld Pmacs,
> since there are none-such?
False. PowerMacs 9500/180MP (which are OldWorld) are SMP, as the name
implies.
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On Aug 20, 2005, at 11:34 AM, vinai wrote:
One thing to keep in mind is that the swim3 driver in the Old World
Pmacs hasn't been properly updated for the 2.6 series of kernels. Last
I checked, I think the driver now compiles, but I can't remember if it
even works. I'll take a look soon.
A whi
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 03:52:13PM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> On Aug 20, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> >Well, the sarge 2.4 miboot floppies already installs a 2.6 kernel (or
> >should),
> >and if what you are hinting at is on-the-fly takeover of kernels, this
> >is not
> >possible
On Aug 20, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
The plan is that in the year or so upto the etch release, we will trim
down
the 2.6 kernel to miboot-size, free miboot or find a better solution,
and fix
the miboot+2.6 worked once in oldenbourg 2004 and never since problem.
Removing the lega
On Aug 20, 2005, at 4:14 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
Well, the sarge 2.4 miboot floppies already installs a 2.6 kernel (or
should),
and if what you are hinting at is on-the-fly takeover of kernels, this
is not
possible (yet :).
That's exactly what I was proposing (on-the-fly takeover of kernels)
On Aug 19, 2005, Sven Luther wrote
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 03:27:36AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
>>
>> .
>>
>> Hmmm...
>>
>> Would it be possible to build a boot floppy using a fixed-config
>> stripped-down version of (say) the 2.4 kernel, with just enough
>
> No, there will be no more 2.4 po
On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 03:27:36AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> On Aug 19, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
>
> >On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> >>On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> >>>I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed
>
On Aug 19, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed
to
build, and the 2.6.12 kernels are 200K too big anyway for miboot
floppies,
On Fri, Aug 19, 2005 at 05:00:44AM -0300, Rog?rio Brito wrote:
> On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> > I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed to
> > build, and the 2.6.12 kernels are 200K too big anyway for miboot
> > floppies, we need to find out how to make them sma
On Aug 18 2005, Sven Luther wrote:
> I was forced to disable the floppy builds for now, since they failed to
> build, and the 2.6.12 kernels are 200K too big anyway for miboot
> floppies, we need to find out how to make them smaller, and solve the
> non-freeness of miboot for the etch release.
Hum
Hello,
Since the 2.6.12 powerpc kernel in the archive now support 64bit kernels,
thanks to the work of the toolchain guys with regard to biarch on ppc, i have
uploaded kernel .udebs and triggered new reorganised daily builds of the sid
debian-installer images.
I was forced to disable the floppy b
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