Hi there, When I was installing Wheezy on my Pegasos II around 2013, I ran into the following issues:
- the RDB partitioning didn't work (the disk I was trying to install on had RDB already), and made the installer to crash and burn in various ways. I changed my HDD setup to MBR, then it worked. (Note that if you *upgrade* and don't reinstall, the already installed system will still work from RDB.) - The mainboard's Marvell Gigabit Ethernet didn't work. The problem was that in the mainline kernel some custom PHY support code got enabled in the mv643xx_eth driver by default, which didn't work at all with my Pegasos II. It had to be disabled and forced back to generic PHY support via a module argument during load. (Note that you probably still need very-latest SmartFirmware for the GBit Eth to work properly, but I have it, so it works for me.) If I remember correctly, I had to blacklist the marvell module (this is about Marvell PHYs) in /etc/modprobe.d - I had serious stability issues with the VIA Ethernet controller, so I avoid using it. I'm using a PCI Marvell Gigabit ethernet card instead, so this issue remains unsolved. This was also the case before Wheezy, if I'm correct, but this was too long ago already... - The video acceleration and Radeon support was entirely gone. I managed to fix this via some magic kernel arguments I got in answers from this list. I also had to force the Radeon into PCI mode with some XOrg config, of course, but that's "known" trick for the Pegasos II since forever. I have two Pegasos IIs , so I'm planning to try Jessie on the "other one", which normally runs MorphOS, to see if I get stuff working. I would be very surprised (and pleased!) to see if any of the above issues got fixed and won't need a bit of manual massaging. BTW, I reported these issues (and the solutions too, IIRC) on this ML, but I got little to no feedback. So I stopped caring, "worksforme" anyway... Otherwise I'm running latest Wheezy on my Pegasos II as my home server/firewall in 24/7, with stock binary kernels and minimal customization (mostly what's detailed above) and it's quite stable. Best, -- Charlie On Sat, 2 May 2015, aPEX wrote: > Hello, > > I and also the other guys in our forum already tried to install 7.8, which > ends in the same problem like 8.0. Which version was > running on your Peg-2? > > I only remember that 6.x was running fine. > > But it would be nice to find the problem, because the part with the > installation works fine up to 95%. > > MfG, Robert > Send from iPhone 5 > > > Am 01.05.2015 um 17:30 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. > <[email protected]>: > > Thanks for responding > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 1, 2015, at 10:28 AM, Luigi Burdo <[email protected]> wrote: > > Guys i had this machine with radeon radeon 9000 and / 9800pro > and was working good with debian wheezy 7.x . > i sold it in september 2014. > the machine is one of the best powerpc platform that i had ...phase 5 > after bplan after genensis > was make great hardware. > > i suggest the guys to install wheezy that was tested and working by me > in person. > > > Luigi > > > On 01/05/15 16:57, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote: > Do you have any advice for these guys? > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: aPEX <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, May 1, 2015 at 9:36 AM > Subject: Re: Debian 8.0 PPC not working on Pegasos II G4 > To: "Herminio Hernandez Jr." <[email protected]> > > > Hello Herminio, > > in our forum now 3 other guys with a PEG-II did a test and came excatly to > the same result / problem. > > I am not a linux specialist, but the kernel part which is starting the > installation is working fine. > But because the installation fail and later also the booting there must be a > difference in the > kernel which is installed later. > > The Pegasos is based on the CHRP plattform: > http://www.freescale.com/files/32bit/doc/app_note/AN2666.pdf > > Thank you if you can help in any kind. > > Best regards, Robert > > > > Am 01.05.2015 um 16:27 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. > <[email protected]>: > > Oh that is not good. Let me reach out to a friend. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 1, 2015, at 8:41 AM, aPEX <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I tried this but it ends in this, see picture. > <IMG_0051.JPG> > > > > Am 30.04.2015 um 20:57 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. > <[email protected]>: > > If you are yaboot try this > > Linux radeon.modeset=1 video=offb:off video=radeonfb:off > > If that does not help then add this as well radeon.agpmode=-1 > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 30, 2015, at 1:46 PM, aPEX <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > it is a RADEON 9000 Pro with 128MB Memory. > > Best regards, aPEX > > > > Am 30.04.2015 um 19:38 schrieb Herminio Hernandez Jr. > <[email protected]>: > > What is the video card you are using? > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Apr 30, 2015, at 12:07 PM, aPEX <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hello, > > no one who can help? Debian 6.8 was still running > fine… > I think if I will try Debian 8 I will have same > problem like with 7.8? > > Best regards, aPEX > > > > Am 27.04.2015 um 20:27 schrieb aPEX > <[email protected]>: > > Hello all, > > I was using a long time Debian 6.x on my > Pegasos II G4 with 1Ghz CPU und 2GB > Memory. > Last week I got the stupid idea to > install everything new using latest > Debian 7.8, because > on the DVD there is still the install > script for the Pegasos. :-) > > Installation itself is working fine till > 95% and then abort there, some like > after-installation trigger. > We tested it on several Pegasos II that > we have, always the same. I can go on > without installing > more software, but I assume that also > some basic stuff is missing. > > Also the 3.x kernel is no more working > on the Pegasos II, you will get screen > with grafic trash > right after starting the kernel. > > <IMG_9965.JPG> > > Any idea? I tried it in the IRC, but got > no answer. > > It would be really fantastic if this > problem could be fixed and the Pegasos > II will work again. > > > Best regards, Robert aka aPEX > > > > PS: I am just a user, no Linux guru, > sorry for this… > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > > https://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > > > > > > >
