Subject: Re: Can't boot RAM disk on upgraded 9600
From: Adrian Finn (adrian@glos-grouphomes.demon.co.uk)
Date: Wed Oct 03 2001 - 05:41:14 MDT
Thanks Pete
I'll try that and let you know how I get on....
If I can't get this to work I'll have to stay with Debian m68k on my old
Quadra 800.
Regards
Adrian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pete Peters" <ppeters914@home.com>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com>
Cc: <adrian@glos-grouphomes.demon.co.uk>
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 9:55 PM
Subject: RE: Can't boot RAM disk on upgraded 9600
> Whoops. My apologies for not following up on this. Anyway, FWIW, my
> settings are:
>
> PPC 9500 w/ PowerLogix G3/400 card
> YDL 1.2.1 w/ 2.2.18 kernel I compiled from source from kernel.org
> BootX v1.2.2
> - enable "Set G3 cache", all others disabled
> - check "No Video Driver"
> - no kernel arguments
>
> Pete
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Pete Peters [mailto:ppeters914@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:23 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Cc: adrian@glos-grouphomes.demon.co.uk
> Subject: RE: Can't boot RAM disk on upgraded 9600
>
>
> Adrian,
>
> It is definitely the ATI Rage Orion card. I had the exact same issue w/
> YDL 1.2.1 on my 9500, which has a PowerLogix G3 card. For me, it
> required a specific combination of the BootX and PowerLogix control
> panel settings. I'll check mine when I get home, and email you what I
> have.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Pete
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ruprecht, Chris [mailto:cruprech@compucom.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 7:11 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: RE: Can't boot RAM disk on upgraded 9600
>
>
> Hi Adrian,
>
> I have a similar configuration. The problem is the Ati Rage Orion, I
> believe. I have tried what ever I could and asked the question of what
> to do on here a number of time. I have not gotten any answers, not from
> TerraSoft or anybody else for that matter. I find this extremely
> frustrating, specially sind I actually bought the CDs when they came
> out. I now have some expensive coasters ...
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Adrian Finn [mailto:adrian@glos-grouphomes.demon.co.uk]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 8:58 AM
> > To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> > Subject: Can't boot RAM disk on upgraded 9600
> >
> >
> > Hello
> >
> > Can anyone help me.. I have YDL 2.0 and the following hardware:
> >
> > Power Macintosh 9600
> > 216MB RAM
> > Formac 400Mhz G3 upgrade card.
> > ATI Rage Orion 16MB graphics card.
> > Keyspan USB card
> > Sonnet Tempo ATA interface card (latest firmware):
> >
> > 1 x 40GB ATA drive (MacOS 9.1)
> > 1 x 4GB SCSI drive (blank for YDL)
> >
> >
> > When I try to boot either of the RAM disk images, the screen
> > blanks and I
> > get the following:
> >
> > Welcome to Linux Kernel 2.2.19 - 1k
> >
> > Started at: 0x00000000
> > Linked at: 0xc0000000
> > Framebuffer at: 0x96008000 (phys), 0x96008000(log)
> > MSR: 0x00000042
> > HID0: 0x0291c22c
> > ICTC: 0x00000000
> >
> > Booting Linux.....
> >
> >
> >
> > It then hangs for several minutes not doing anything, after a
> > while it will
> > reboot itself.
> >
> > I suspect this is something to do with the Sonnet card as I
> > successfully
> > installed LinuxPPC in the past when I had 2 SCSI Hard Drives.
> >
> > Do I need to use another Kernel or do something else?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adrian Finn
> >
> >
>
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