On Mon, 26 Aug 2002, Philip Callan wrote:
> I have an oldworld (7200) PowerMacintosh (true apple, not clone) > After repeated install failures, I finally got a install to finish > (mostly thanks to hints from Stew and old cooker messages) > > Unfortunatley, now regardless of which kernel version (2.2 or 2.4) I > use, the machine reboots, and gives me a VFS error that it cant find my > root partition, > even when I specify it in the /dev/ field or even if I append a > root=/dev/sda8 in the kernel arguments. If I use kernel 2.2 I see it > scanning the scsi bus and it says it found "0 hosts" > If I use kernel 2.4, I dont even see any scsi messages. > > I attempt to boot Rescue mode, and I get the same message. > > The HD is a Quantum 1280S At channel 0, id 0, lun 0 > the CD is a Matshita CR-8005A at channel 0, id 3, lun 0 > > The driver I require is the mac53c94.o for the scsi controller. > I have found other messages in reference to a debian installation that > perhaps the 7200 does not spin the HD up quick enough, > and BootX is not giving the OS enough time to boot. > > My MacOS refuses to recognize my ADSL connection, which is via Ethernet > (3com 3cp3647 ADSL modem) as it seems to hate my Telco's DHCP servers, > and Linux is my only hope :) I hope someone out there perhaps has had > experience with this model, or perhas with this error messages. > > Any Assistance is greatly appreciated. > > (Also, found a post on the regarding the 7200/90, in that instead of > having a RTC it gets its signal from an onboard ASIC, which may cause > problems with faster connections, or large file transfers, has ANYONE > successfully installed linux on a 7200? I love MDK, and would like to > remain loyal, but if another distribution may help me get past this (say > debian or something) I would appreciate the pointer. > Are you using the initrd from the BootX folder as I suggested in my last message? The module you need is loaded from there. Don't forget to specify devfs=mount or devfs=nomount in your kernel arguments. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.openproject.net #cooker-ppc
