On 16 Sep, this message from Chris Tillman echoed through cyberspace: > On Mon, Sep 16, 2002 at 06:32:04PM -0400, Andy Bastien wrote: >> Second question: I can't boot 2.4.anything. I've tried both Debian's >> 2.4.18-powermac and several iterations built from the 2.4.19 source, >> and they all do the same thing. I never get out of MacOS; after >> clicking on the "Linux" button in BootX (either app or extension), the >> hard drive runs for a few seconds, and the system locks up. My >> favorite theory is that the Imagine 128 video card is at fault; can >> anyone verify or discount this? I've tried all sorts of combinations >> of frame buffer settings, with and without "Force video settings" and >> "No video driver" in BootX. Other than the two ethernet cards that >> I've mentioned there is nothing but the onboard SCSI and ethernet in >> the system (and both of those seem to work well enough). > > I tried with my 9500. The video card is an ATI Mach64 GX, but I get > similar results. With linux.bin from the new-powermac folder, which is > kernel-image-2.4.18-newpmac, it doesn't boot. With the linux.bin from > the powermac folder (2.2.20), it does. With kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc, > it boots but the video isn't driven; I can ssh in but the blackened > MacOS startup logo is still displayed on the tube (using the BootX > extension at startup). I don't see any video errors in the dmesg log, > though. > > The kernel-image-2.4.18-powerpc also does not have hfs compiled in. > > Neither kernel-image-2.4.16-newpmac nor kernel-image-2.4.19-powerpc > would boot.
Are the configs of these kernels available? We should check whether they have everything neeeded for BootX booting compiled-in. AFAICT the only option related to BootX is: CONFIG_BOOTX_TEXT=y This is from my 2.4.19-presomething kernel that _does_ boot my 7600 with BootX. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
