[...snip...]
That said I'm a user rather than a developer/maintainer.
Maybe so, but I seem to recall that your powerpc/debian bootstrap web
pages have helped me tremendously. So I'll take this belated
opportunity to thank you for them--esp. the Nubus page!
I've got a 6116CD (PDM, 60MHz)
Hi Folks--
Can anyone recommend a voice/fax modem for use with an Old World 8500?
I'd like to add answering machine (mgetty-voice) capability to this old
warhorse.
External / Internal (card) / or USB modems can all be used. I have an
old Teleport Platinum modem gathering dust, but I don't think
Nathan S. wrote:
Sven Luther wrote:
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:57:31PM -0500, Eric C. Cooper wrote:
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 10:28:35AM -0500, Nathan S. wrote:
I'm running linux and Mac on a 4 GB harddrive. The linux partition
is, regrettably, smaller than the Mac partition and is quickly
My kernel's stuck!
For a while now I've been limping along with the following error from
apt-get install/upgrade/dist-upgrade:
Preparing to replace kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc 2.6.8-12 (using .../
kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc_2.6.8-16_powerpc.deb) ...
The directory /lib/modules/2.6.8-powerpc st
On Nov 15, 2005, at 3:33 PM, Sven Luther wrote:Have you filed a bug report against your kernel package ? Not yet. I'll look at it again in the morning.I suppose I should also file one against the package management utiilties as well. There should _always_ be a means to recover from buggy packa
On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:06 PM, Sven Luther wrote:
I suppose I should also file one against the package management
utiilties as well. There should _always_ be a means to recover from
buggy packages.
No, that would not be helpful, it is a bug in the part of the package
management embedded in the
On Nov 15, 2005, at 10:06 PM, Sven Luther wrote:
That said, have a look at the backported 2.6.12 kernels i announced
here a way
back.
Er, ''apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-powerpc'' downloads and
unpacks, and stumbles over kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc as mentioned
above.
A subsequent '
On Nov 16, 2005, at 10:58 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 10:12:07AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
Er, ''apt-get install kernel-image-2.6-powerpc'' downloads and
unpacks, and stumbles over kernel-image-2.6.8-powerpc as mentioned
above.
A subsequent &
I'm trying to configure a G4 to dual-boot OSX & Debian. The HW
works fine and I can readily boot into OS X.
Despite some problems with the instructions I've gotten to the point
where I can yaboot into the Debian installer (sarge, 06-mar-2005).
There is no keyboard or mouse. I cannot get
On Dec 5, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote:Why not try a later version of the debian-installer? At least use the official sarge and not some beta from march. I thought I was! The one I have was pulled from the link in: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch04s02.html.en#where-filesI
You were. I stupidly assumed that d-i was changed between march and
june when sarge was released.
Well, I _tried_ the testing/etch installer. It managed to activate
the keyboard, but it took a long time (>5sec) after the select
language menu was displayed.
Things went fine untilit s
It sounds as if you used the hd-media images. My understanding is that
if you want to install over the net, you should use the netboot images
instead of the hd-media images. (Netboot does not necessarily mean
that the images needed to boot is fetched from the net at boot time).
The hd-media versi
I've found these two scripts useful for remotely switching between
os's on a dual-boot new-world mac. The scripts require a sudo
environment. They run from the command line, and do not require
access to the system (yaboot) console.
After the scripts are two aliases I use to have a fool-p
On Dec 7, 2005, at 12:27 PM, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
So, yeah, I'd say it doesn't provide a clear description.
Here a draft on the possiblities involved. If my understanding of the
issues are correct, the installation manual needs some extensive
rewriting.
There are three different stages A, B a
On Dec 7, 2005, at 5:34 PM, David Pye wrote:
On Wednesday 07 December 2005 17:16, Rich Johnson wrote:
Debian version: usage "sudo reboot-from "
reboot-from:
$! /bin/sh
nvsetenv reboot-device hd:$1,:tbxi
shutdown -r now
OSX version: usage "sudo reboot-fro
I've hit another snag trying to get etch up and running on my G4 Cube.
The path so far has been
- woody install (hey! it works!)
- apt-get dist-upgrade
- apt-get install linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc
- manually modify yaboot.conf to reference the supplied initrd
- install hotplug
- remove hotplug
On Dec 10, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:06:37PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
I've hit another snag trying to get etch up and running on my G4
Cube.
[...snip...]
The bottom line is that a 2.6.12 stock kernel cannot access the
network.
I
On Dec 10, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:06:37PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
I've hit another snag trying to get etch up and running on my G4
Cube.
[...snip...]
The bottom line is that a 2.6.12 stock kernel cannot access the
network.
I
On Dec 10, 2005, at 9:23 AM, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 10:06:37PM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
I've hit another snag trying to get etch up and running on my G4
Cube.
[...snip...]
The bottom line is that a 2.6.12 stock kernel cannot access the
network.
I
On Dec 10, 2005, at 3:19 PM, Johannes Berg wrote:
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 14:59 -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
There're lot's of suggestions out there--involving /etc/iftab, /etc/
mactab, ifrename, hotplug, et al--but nothing definitive. I have yet
to find any providing /etc/init.d scr
On Dec 10, 2005, at 5:10 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
Network device ordering has never been guaranteed nor stable. It
depends
on things like link order, module load ordering, or on async probe
busses like firewire or USB can depend on the phase of the moon.
The bug is to assume it can
On Dec 10, 2005, at 8:18 PM, Charles Plessy wrote:
So somehow, this problem must be tackled in some way, otherwise I
guess
that there will be a lot of "the installer does not work" reports...
Amen to that!
After much go-round, here's _a_ recipe that might help (Kudos to
Johannes for his
I have a powermac 6116CD (NuBus) running stable/sarge on a 2.4.21
kernel.
Whether ''supported'' or not, the dist-upgrade from woody went
smoothly; though the fact that there are no NuBus cards in the
machine may have something to do with that.
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I hate to keep pestering you folks with these, but...
I hit another glitch installing modern linux on archaic macs. (hey,
this one's _only_ 6 years old)
I just tried installing the stock 2.6.12 kernel on a G3 Imac (rev. D,
Paddington). The problem is:
a. the stock kernel doesn't have a dri
I hate to keep pestering you folks with these, but...
I hit another glitch installing modern linux on archaic macs. (hey,
this one's _only_ 6 years old)
I just tried installing the stock 2.6.12 kernel on a G3 Imac (rev.
D, Paddington). The problem is:
a. the stock kernel doesn't have a d
On Feb 15, 2006, at 3:00 PM, Brad Boyer wrote:
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
I've poked around a bit and it seems that this is a common problem
with G3 macs where the devices are not visible to the pci bus.
And the answer is "bmac". T
On Feb 16, 2006, at 3:44 AM, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
On Wed, Feb 15, 2006 at 10:30:14AM -0500, Rich Johnson wrote:
[...]
And the answer is "bmac". This problem has been around since at
least 2.6.7.
FWIW, the installation still fails with linux-image-2.6-15-1-powerpc
as neither h
Folks,
Anyone know when we'll see xen (http://packages.debian.org/unstable/
misc/xen) or equivalent on the powerpc architecture?
Or if there's an OS X solution that'll host a Debian virtual machine.
I'm getting tired of dual-booting (it kills processes). I'd much
prefer context switching b
On Apr 12, 2006, at 10:35 AM, Sven Luther wrote:On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 09:34:42PM +1000, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 10:02 +0200, Gabriel Paubert wrote: On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:22:40PM +1000, Aaron Kerr wrote: I really some of this porting effort produces something that
On Apr 12, 2006, at 5:02 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 16:35 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
Well... MOL does it pretty well :) It's more difficult but
technically
possible
without too much performance loss.
Still, it is currently impossible to run a linux 2.6 kernel o
On Apr 13, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote:
On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 05:01:15PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote:
If I understand things correctly:
- Xen isn't yet available for powerpc and some think it'll never be.
Xen isn't available on 32bit powerpc.
- MOL won't run 2
On Apr 13, 2006, at 3:41 AM, Sven Luther wrote:[...snip...]Xensource's 05-Dec-05 press release which states:[...]a port of Xen to IBM’s Power PC architecture by IBM is close to completion, signaling broad cross-platform adoption of Xen.So one can hope :-) This is for G5 and up or other 64bit power
How do I switch text-consoles with an Apple Pro Keyboard. Neither
cmd-ctl-F(n) nor opt-ctl-F(n) do anything.
I can switch _from_ the gdm using cmd-ctl-F(n)...but I can't get
back! What am I missing?
The system is a G4 running testing--and soon to run MOL.
Please don't tell me I need to use
On Apr 13, 2006, at 9:23 PM, Olof Johansson wrote:
On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 09:17:04PM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote:
How do I switch text-consoles with an Apple Pro Keyboard. Neither
cmd-ctl-F(n) nor opt-ctl-F(n) do anything.
I can switch _from_ the gdm using cmd-ctl-F(n)...but I can't get
On May 27, 2006, at 11:13 AM, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote:
If you have network available you can also try to install a tftp
server
somewhere and netboot the installer.
The procedure is available here:
http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/powerpc/ch05s01.html#boot-tftp
(for me i need to speci
On May 27, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Giulio Canevari wrote:
[...snip...]
For now i'll think i'll wait monday or tuesday and i'll buy the net
card.
Before you go shopping take a close look at all the cables,
connectors and adapters. For power an extension and/or "Y" cable
might come in han
On May 28, 2006, at 8:54 AM, Giulio Canevari wrote:
In data 28/05/2006 09:16 Giulio Canevari ha scritto:
In data 27/05/2006 22:37 Rich Johnson ha scritto:
On May 27, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Giulio Canevari wrote:
...
Oh, and before I forget, _some_ of the G3 iMacs can boot from a
USB drive or
On May 28, 2006, at 3:16 AM, Giulio Canevari wrote:
In data 27/05/2006 22:37 Rich Johnson ha scritto:
On May 27, 2006, at 3:27 PM, Giulio Canevari wrote:
...
Before you go shopping take a close look at all the cables,
connectors and adapters. For power an extension and/or "Y&quo
On Jun 2, 2006, at 5:39 AM, Giulio Canevari wrote:After having installed the very base system my idea is to perform an apt-get upgrade and give the list of packages to download to a friend of mine with a fast connection. You might find it easier to take the iMac to that friend and download the pac
HI folks--
I've got one machine which just cannot seem to find some .debs for
upgrade.
I'm pretty sure the problem lies at my end since other machines
upgraded without incident.What puzzles me is that most of the
packages upgraded fine. I just looked with a browser and I _know_
tha
On Aug 10, 2006, at 12:15 PM, jacob wrote:
On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 08:49:14AM -0400, Rich Johnson wrote:
HI folks--
cmd>apt-get install --reinstall --fix-missing debconf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Suggested packages:
debconf-doc libterm-readline-
Thanks,
have you tried the sarge kernels 2.6.8, i believe
that officially 2.4 support is plan to be drop in
etch. my old worlds seeming to having trouble with
latest kernels so i may have to go this route...
(have two running sarge with 2.6.8 now ...)
I have, but the main sticking point is th
On Aug 11, 2006, at 11:08 AM, Michael Schmitz wrote:
BootX supports initrd...
... as long as it's named 'ramdisk' or some such, IIRC.
Ya' learn something new every day!
Alas, it still doesn't sort out ftp.us.debian.org's issues.
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Hey folks--
I've been trying to install woody on an old-world 8500 but boot-floppies
3.0.18 is having problems with /sbin/chroot.
Just about everything I run with "/sbin/chroot /target" segfaults.
Anyone else experiencing this?
Where can I get a newer ?
Any other advice?
P.S. I'm new to debian
Ricardo Pardini wrote:
>
> I´m stuck with 2.4.8 - I´d like 2.4.17 for ext3
> and other stuff (netfilter etc). Can someone send
> me instructions on either a) how to get a
> debianized 2.4.17 kernel (?) or b) how/where to
> rsync to benh´s (or whos-the-hottest) tree?
I've been using benh's recen
Folks--
I've been finding that tar (to a tape) is hanging the system. "tar" to
a file works fine.
The hang always comes at the start of the process before the anything is
written to the tape. It's a hard hang ^C doesn't work and a system
reboot is required. Even "init 0" from a console hang
Hey folks--
XServer insists on rendering "solarized" colors in 16bpp mode. My
experience has been that this usually results from bad color maps. I've
tried just about everything I can think of, but without success. I've
searched the archives, but couldn't find a thread discussing this
problem.
That did it, thanks! (Thanks also to Daniel J.)
Perhaps this should be mentioned in the PPC setup docs?
--rich
"Michael D. Crawford" wrote:
> You need to use 15 bit color depth. I had the same problem.
>
> My Mac's not on right now or I could get you the XF86Config-4. Try
> configuring
> it
On Friday, January 21, 2005, at 04:23 PM, Mauricio Hernandez Z. wrote:
Rich Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I've got a '98 G3/Wallstreet, that is _about_ to become a debian
machine. I've had similar problems between OS9/OSX dual booting, but
I
never got to the bottom of it.
My
The time has come for me to decommission OS 9 from my old-word 8500 and
go pure linux--but to do it without re-installing or repartitioning the
disks.
I think the following procedure will accomplish what I want to do:
1. apt-get install quik - but do NOT install a boot-record.
2. remount the e
On Friday, February 11, 2005, at 03:15 AM, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
I am also interesting boot with quick, but I thought that required an
non-initrd kernel. Thus, I thought, you could not use stock debian
kernels. Is it only 2.6 kernels that use initrd by default in Debian?
Or can quick handle initrd
I can run Debian on a 7200/120 _without_ any MacOS partition ?
Is my understanding correct ?
ABSOLUTELY! It makes a nice little server. It doesn't need to be any
faster than my network.
Just make sure you have enough disk & ram. I recommend a reasonable
(DSL or better) network connection for
Well, I finally screwed up my courage and did the switchover!
IT WORKED!
There were a few glitches along the way. The most serious was that I
fumbled my /etc/quik.conf an was presented with the dreaded "DEFAULT
CATCH!" during boot. (leaving the BootX partition in place saved my
system).
Full
On Monday, February 14, 2005, at 04:09 AM, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
Do I have to manually use nvsetnv to make it work. I am suspicious of
the line
"boot-device /AAPL,ROM"
Unfortunately yes! That's Apple's boot loader. Your system will
revert to that value whenever PRAM is reset. So make sure you pra
A recent thread (Starting-up a server automaticly) mentioned using
Takashi Oe's pmacpow to schedule cold-start boots.
I've been playing around with it recently and have a version that will
also trigger boot-on-AC. So, my question for the gallery is:
Would it be worth the effort to create a .deb fo
On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 03:02 AM, Hans Ekbrand wrote:
I thought that I could always zap pram and boot from cd into macos and
bootX, but holding down command-option-p-r after reboot doesn't help.
The screen stays black and I don't hear any disk spinning up. Tried to
boot from CD or floppy,
On Tuesday, February 15, 2005, at 08:08 AM, Gaudenz Steinlin wrote:
On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 08:36:51AM +1100, Cedric Pradalier wrote:
According to Rich Johnson, on Mon, 14 Feb 2005 16:17:57 -0500,
A recent thread (Starting-up a server automaticly) mentioned using
Takashi Oe's pmacpow to sch
On Feb 16, 2005, at 8:28 PM, Jorge Salamero wrote:
hi all,
i'm in a non-profit organization section for recycling computers[1]
and we
have the following ppc, i've seen none of them are supported by netbsd
but i
can't find a supported model list by linux, where can i find it ? wich
of
these machi
I've a couple of nubus powermacs currently running stock 2.4.21 with
the mkLinux booter. I'd like to bring them up to a 2.6 series kernel.
I've got two-1/2 questions:
- Is there a stock kernel I can use or do I have to roll my own?
- Is initrd supported? If so, what boot options ("mach_options"
On Wednesday, August 11, 2004, at 06:30 AM, jan gregor wrote:
I am trying to compile own kernel on my powermac 7500 200Mhz (604). Has
anyone working 2.4 kernel config for such computer?
I been happily running 2.4.17 on a similar OldWorld 8500/132 (604) for
quite a while now. It has a few ex
Does it work fine if you boot first into MacOS and then launch BootX?
If so, then check the archives. I have had this problem ever since I
Linux'd my OldWorld 8500 back in 2000.
As I recall, direct booting required some specific firmware
settings--and an external TTY (or emulator) was requi
I ran into a snag trying to update to kernel 2.6.3. Could someone
point me in the right direction?
Box: PowerMac 8500 (OldWorld)
Loader: BootX
Previous working kernel: 2.4.17
Kernel Sources: obtained via "apt-get source kernel-source-2.6.3"
Symptom: Booting starts with "Welcome to...
On Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 06:02 PM, MaX wrote:
On Mar 21, 2004, at 7:22 PM, Rich Johnson wrote:
Booting hangs with last message being "arch:
exit:".
Kernel was configured with "make oldconfig" (seeded with 2.4.17
.cofig) and all default op
On Monday, March 22, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Sunday 21 March 2004 18:02, MaX wrote:
On Mar 21, 2004, at 7:22 PM, Rich Johnson wrote:
Booting hangs with last message being "arch:
exit:".
Kernel was configured with "make oldconfig"
On Sunday, March 21, 2004, at 01:22 PM, Rich Johnson wrote:
I ran into a snag trying to update to kernel 2.6.3. Could someone
point me in the right direction?
Box: PowerMac 8500 (OldWorld)
Loader: BootX
Previous working kernel: 2.4.17
Kernel Sources: obtained via "apt-get source k
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