Subject: Re: Can't boot RAM disk on upgraded 9600
From: Iain Stevenson (iain@IainStevenson.com)
Date: Tue Sep 25 2001 - 14:31:45 MDT
I have an almost identical setup to yours (9600, Rage Orion, PowerLogix G3
card, Sonnet ATA, MacAlly USB card) - so you should be able to make
progress. Did you read the post on the list today from Yuri K about the
need for kernel support for the ATA card? I am running a 2.4.10 kernel - so
I can't comment on whether the 2.2.19 kernel has support for the ATA card.
Pete Peters is referring to the PowerLogix cache profiler software that
contains hooks that enable the L2 cache on PowerLogix cards to be accessed
by Linux. I believe that past posts have reported success in using this
software with other brands of accelerator. It's worth a search - this list
is a goldmine of information.
Iain
on 25/9/01 2:57 pm, Adrian Finn at adrian@glos-grouphomes.demon.co.uk wrote:
> 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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