Hi Todd,

Il 21:10, sabato 09 marzo 2002, hai scritto:

> Well, one way to start is to build a zImage kernel with
>  "all.rdz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT" as an initrd.  Last time I did this with the
> ...
> the zImage.initrd from arch/ppc/boot/prep/zImage.initrd you might be
> able to boot it into the Mandrake installer.  Stew might be able to
> build this for you (Stew?).

Where exactly? I found only "all.rdz-2.4.13-12mdkBOOT" in a cooker europe 
mirror.  And actually, I suppose,  I'm without a working kernel :-)

> Once you get this zImage you can boot it from the open firmware prompt.
>  Hit F8 as the machine boots (after the keyboard icon appears during the
> self-test).  You'll drop to a "0> " prompt.  Now type:
>
> 0> boot cdrom:,zImage rw root=/dev/fd0 load_ramdisk=1 ramdisk_size=36000
> text

One hardware difference from a 140 system is that in the 100 and 120 model 
there is no firmware prompt. So I need to create a boot diskette...

> ...
> Hope this helps a little.  Once you get through an install it should
> work provided you can find a kernel that will boot ok on the 140.  Make
> sure you have a supported video adapter, also, and put it in either slot
> 1 or 2.  The best video adapter for the 140 was the GXT120P (a 2MB
> Matrox mystique).

I have a working kernel 2.2 from Linux 2000Q4 PPC with a patch to use the 
frame buffer device tthrough the S3 on board graphic card. Could be an idea 
put that patch also in Mdk distribution :-)

Roger


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