Hi Christian, On 16.01.2006, you wrote:
> Moin, > On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 10:36:03PM -0500, Peter Krummrich wrote: >> >> I installed from the CD set (13 CDs labeled Debian 3.1 r1 m68k bin) >> using the StartInstall_clgen icon in the amiga directory. > > I somehow missed the sage update, was about to ask where you got r1. > >> >> Some information about my set-up: Amiga 2000, Blizzard 2060 with 64 >> >> MByte RAM and SCSI, Oktagon 2008 SCSI, X-Surf Ethernet, Picasso II >> >> graphics adapter. > > Just a week ago installed I sarge (3.1r0a) on a very similar system and it > worked just great, as I already reported on the build list. > > A2000, B2060, Ariadne2, PicassoIV, GVP SeriesII SCSI, and catweasel. The > GVP is causing trouble, the PicassoIV is not supported by the kernel yet > (does your PicassoII work? The PicassoII works with the clgen driver, at least in text mode. I did not get a chance to install XFree yet. Is it still necessary to use a statically linked server with a 060 CPU or does the regular version with module loading work now? > Maybe I should switch cards then). Seems you > found the right module for the Xsurf by now. > The zorro8390 module seems to work fine (at least it detects the adapter and displays the MAC address). I could not really test the interface so far as I am still searching for an easy method to configure networking. >> >> The first observation was that the installer was not able to detect my >> >> Ethernet adapter (X-Surf). In my Woody installation, the card works >> >> with Kernel 2.4.27 with the zorro8390 module. Is there a way to repeat >> >> the network configuration after the base installation has finished? >>> >>> Do you mean after you rebooted into the new system? >>> >> >> Yes. Is there some special Debian configuration program or should I use >> a generic one like linuxconf? > > You could just use a text editor of your choice, linuxconf is a little > overkill to edit /etc/modules (just add a line with zorro8390) and > /etc/network/interfaces, something like this: > # The primary network interface > auto eth0 > #iface eth0 inet dhcp > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.1.2 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.1.0 > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > > Ok, three files, /etc/resolv.conf might need work. > search debian.org > nameserver 192.168.1.1 > Sounds feasible, I will try. I am still under the impression that a Debian system and configuration tool could increase the attractiveness of the distribution (especially for users not considering themselves linux wizards). >> Maybe you can add examples for adapter names in the list? Some other >> people may have similar problems to make a connection between the >> zorro8390 module and ariadne2 or X-Surf adapters. > > That's probably (or should be) mentioned in the installation manual, > changing this behaviour would require changes in d-i, I guess? > >> >> The partitioning program had problems with one of my SCSI drives. Two >> >> of them are connected to the Blizzard 2060 SCSI adapter (a 2 GByte IBM >> >> drive and a 4 GByte IBM drive). The one I had problems with is a 9 >> >> GByte Fujitsu drive connected to the Oktagon 2008 SCSI adapter. The >> >> installer was able to detect the drive and displayed size and drive >> >> type correctly. However, it did neither display partitions already >> >> present on the drive nor let me add new partitions. > > Why don't you attach all drives to the B2060, it should be much faster. If I remember correctly, there were stability problems on the SCSI bus - too many devices or cabling too long? > >> >> Later on in the installation process, the installer complained several >> >> times that it was not able to access the hardware clock. >>> >>> Amiga folks: is this a normal hardware thing? > > That seems to be a "feature" of the 2.4.27 kernel, I think it did not work > for me either. Or at least it complained, it might have set the clock > anyhow. Now I am using 2.6.14, and hwclock works just fine. However, that > kernel only supports IDE controllers, I can not even load the module for > the b2060, have to try to fix that. > >> >> When installing packages, the install process displayed an error >> >> message. It could not find the package "read-edid" >>> >>> That shouldn't happen: network or cd? >>> >> >> CD set > > Happened for me too, but it did not break the installation. > > Christian > > Best Regards, Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
