On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 01:45:04PM -0500, Olivier Gaumond wrote: > In the last two weeks I tried every possible way I could imagine to > compile a new 2.4.19 kernel for my PowerComputing PowerTower Pro. > > Whenever I try to boot with this new image I get the following output: > copying OF device tree...done > Calling quiesce ... > returning 0x00000000 from prom_init > > At first I tought that there might be a problem with the kernel source > which is not adapated for PowerPC. However I tried with source from > different places (ppckernel.org, penguinppc.org, kernel.org) and using > the packages from Debian with the powerpc patch. I have also tried to > install pre-compiled image. I also tought that the problem could come > from my configuration, however I tried using the same configuration I > have now with the 2.2.20 kernel which comes from the debian > installation without success. (I copied /boot/config-2.2.20-pmac to > /usr/src/linux/.config and run make oldconfig or make menuconfig). > > Maybe I do something wrong while making or installing the new kernel. > These are the steps I took > 1. make menuconfig > 2. make clean > 3. make dep > 4. make > 5. make modules > 6. make modules_install > 7. cp /usr/src/linux/vmlinux /boot/vmlinux-2.4.19 > 8. cp /usr/src/linux/System.map /boot/System.map-2.4.19 > 9. add an entry in /etc/quik.conf that points to /boot/vmlinux-2.4.19 > 10. run /sbin/quik > 11. reboot > > There is certainly something I forget because I always get the same > result: the prom_init error message)
Do you have video=ofonly in your quik.conf? IIRC on my oldworld, the 2.2.20 kernel needed video=ofonly but the 2.4 kernel didn't work until I took that out. -- *----------------------------------------------------------------* | Chris Tillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | To HAVE, GIVE all TO all (ACIM) | *----------------------------------------------------------------*
