Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian
kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I have been
following the instructions at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm
but I'm stumped by this part:
"Kernel Patches
Kernel patches are a way of upd
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
After you install kernel-patch-debianlogo and kernel-patch-powerpc you
don't have to run the patch command manually. You just run make-kpkg
and it will apply it for you. Is that what you were doing?
I tried that and it failed, but I wasn't following the same document.
I'll gi
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
Are you using the linux-wlan-ng package?
Yes. There are two parts - the software, and the kernel module drivers.
The software is a trivial install, the kernel modules less so. They
have to be compiled from source, as I'm using a 2.6.8 kernel.
Chris> Apparently the on
Where's the microwave...
I compiled and installed my kernel as specified in
www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm, and that seemed to go just fine, I
checked /etc/yaboot.conf and it appeared to have all the necessary
elements added to boot both the new kernel (as 'linux') and the original
kernel
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
You really are having all the luck;-)
All of it bad, yah...
Chris> /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]:4,/boot/initrd.img:No
Chris>
Well, this certainly falls under the category of WTF.
Booting from sarge disc 1 ppc r0, and mounting /dev/hda4, I have no
initrd.img symlink in /mnt/boot. I have initrd.old, which is of course
not initrd.img.old, which is what yaboot.conf wants to load.
So I changed the symlink and now she's bo
Here's the yaboot.conf:
## yaboot.conf generated by debian-installer
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/h
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
If you built your kernel with make-kpkg you need to provide the
--initrd switch to create an initrd kernel. If you do that then when
you install the kernel (with dpkg -i .deb) it will
create the initrd image for you. Which part of this do you think
failed?
I didn't use the --
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
Well, most people I've run into think that not having the initrd built
by default is "sensible." There is (was? its been a while) a certain
class of Linux users who immediately recompile the kernel so they
build all that they need into the kernel and not have any
modules. They
I'm trying to install debian-powerpc on an iMac 233 MHz/B. I'm trying
to get it up to a 2.6 kernel so I can install a D-Link DWL-122 USB
wireless adapter, but that's a whole different kettle o' fish.
The story so far: I used the first disk of Debian powerpc Woodyr0 to
install the base system
Could anyone help me with the steps for compiling the stock 2.6.8 Debian
kernel for the powerpc (specifically a 233MHz rev B iMac)? I have been
following the instructions at http://www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm
but I'm stumped by this part:
"Kernel Patches
Kernel patches are a way of u
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
After you install kernel-patch-debianlogo and kernel-patch-powerpc you
don't have to run the patch command manually. You just run make-kpkg
and it will apply it for you. Is that what you were doing?
I tried that and it failed, but I wasn't following the same document.
I'l
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
Are you using the linux-wlan-ng package?
Yes. There are two parts - the software, and the kernel module drivers.
The software is a trivial install, the kernel modules less so. They
have to be compiled from source, as I'm using a 2.6.8 kernel.
Chris> Apparently
Where's the microwave...
I compiled and installed my kernel as specified in
www.desktop-linux.net/debkernel.htm, and that seemed to go just fine, I
checked /etc/yaboot.conf and it appeared to have all the necessary
elements added to boot both the new kernel (as 'linux') and the original
kerne
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
"Chris" == Chris Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
You really are having all the luck;-)
All of it bad, yah...
Chris> /[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/[EMAIL
PROTECTED]:4,/boot/initrd.img:No
Chris>
Well, this certainly falls under the category of WTF.
Booting from sarge disc 1 ppc r0, and mounting /dev/hda4, I have no
initrd.img symlink in /mnt/boot. I have initrd.old, which is of course
not initrd.img.old, which is what yaboot.conf wants to load.
So I changed the symlink and now she's
Here's the yaboot.conf:
## yaboot.conf generated by debian-installer
##
## run: "man yaboot.conf" for details. Do not make changes until you have!!
## see also: /usr/share/doc/yaboot/examples for example configurations.
##
## For a dual-boot menu, add one or more of:
## bsd=/dev/hdaX, macos=/dev/h
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
If you built your kernel with make-kpkg you need to provide the
--initrd switch to create an initrd kernel. If you do that then when
you install the kernel (with dpkg -i .deb) it will
create the initrd image for you. Which part of this do you think
failed?
I didn't use t
Shyamal Prasad wrote:
Well, most people I've run into think that not having the initrd built
by default is "sensible." There is (was? its been a while) a certain
class of Linux users who immediately recompile the kernel so they
build all that they need into the kernel and not have any
modules. Th
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