Thanks for your response. I had been using the miBoot image, Linux kernel 2.4.27 (incl. Debian Sarge installer) as I needed to first of all set up the A/UX root and swap partitions created under Mac OS 9.1. Is there a 2.4.32 miBoot image that includes the Debian Sarge installer? I'm not seeing it among the files available on Sourceforge/ nubus-pmac offerings.
I use an Orinoco wireless PC card as my primary network connection under Mac OS. Hope this will work with Debian too. Everything else about the machine is how you summised: 64 MB of RAM, 10 GIG hard drive partitioned to include a 256 MB HFS partition, 9152 MB root, and 128MB swap, colors set to 256. Yes, I would be willing to help with testing new kernels. I don't know much about linux but want to learn. I'm a retired teacher so I have some time on my hands. Cheers, Tom On Sep 10, 2009, at 1:54 PM, Tobias Netzel wrote: > Hi Tom, > > did you try to use the miboot ISO image from 28 Nov 2006 that contain > kernel version 2.4.32? > There have been some important changes in PowerBook support since > 2.4.27. > There is either the complete ISO image: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/nubus-pmac/files/bootable%20miBoot% > 20ISOs/Linux%202.4.32/miboot_28NOV2006.iso/download > or the miboot kernel image for replacing the old one: > http://sourceforge.net/projects/nubus-pmac/files/miBoot%20kernels/ > Linux%202.4.32/miboot.image_28NOV2006/download > > If you get problems with sudden shutdowns try removing the PCMCIA > cards if you've got any inserted. Or even the media-bay modules but I > don't know of any problems related to the media-bay. Also I don't > know if any internal expansion cards like network or external video > adapter could cause problems during early bootup. > You might get problems in booting the installer if you've got > installed less than 24 MB of RAM - but if you've got the Sonnet card > installed I suppose you've got the maximum of 64 MB installed. > > I myself also occasionally got hangups at "MMU:exit" but I never > investigated what's the reason. You might try changing the coulor > depth in MacOS. The best choice for speed is 256. > > Would you volunteer to try some 2.6.30 test kernels and report the > results? Currently they cannot be used to boot yet but some drivers > are already sort of working. > > Tobias > >> I have been trying to install Debian Sarge on this machine using the >> miBoot Image, 2.4.27 that includes the Debian Sarge installer. I've >> copied the boot image to a small boot HFS boot partition. When >> trying >> to boot into the installer, though, it always hangs at: >> >> MMU:exit >> >> Is this kernel incompatible with the Sonnet G3 card or am I doing >> something wrong? >> >> Tom >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> -------- >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports >> 2008 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - >> and focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> Nubus-pmac-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 > 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and > focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Nubus-pmac-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users
