Subject: Re: YDL CS 1.2 on G4
From: Craig (craig@pom-dhcp-88-49.pomona.edu)
Date: Tue Mar 21 2000 - 22:32:03 MST
BootX, yaboot, kernel, network problems...
I am having stranger trouble now. First off, only BootX seems to work even though I have a Rage128Pro G4. I didn't know aboutany danger and kept using BootX even after installing CS1.2. I don't know what danger there is, but I thought it best
to avoid any by making a clean install and convert to yaboot. The install was fine, but after making bootinfo.txt and
yaboot.conf following otehr instructions, typing boot in the OF command prompt just got me this:
0> boot
ok
2>
mac-boot then tried to ( and may have ben successful since I don't know what "looks funny" means ) load bootinfo.txt
according to a line under the mac os logo, but then went to :tbxi and booted macos without any menu.
Thereafter, even if aI leave the keyboard alone, or if I press teh space bar, the mac stops at Open firmware. boot
just brings na ok still, and if I fiddle with boot-device and boot-file to be yaboot and vmlinux then
type mac-boot, the kernel starts to boot, but there is a kernel panic about being unable to mount the root fs.
set blocksize: b_count 1,dev ide0 (3,11),block1!
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:0b
After a while of playing around withthi in vains, I redownloaded BootX, and was then able to boot normally.
Then I tried various kernel config files, from the cd or default ones, with the patch from Kevin and the
tulip module as myonly customizations. Using the config file on the ydl cd got me errors about teh serial port
module and whatnot, so i tried Kevin's instructions again and got it to compile by replacing pmac-config with
pmac_config.
(Tricky underscore!) However, once again this kernel just froze early on when used with BootX, nd got further but
caused kernel panic
with yaboot. Argh! Oddly enough, when I later
rebooted with bootX and Kevin's prefab 2.2.15pre14 kernel, it didn;t complain about
the tulip kernel, but it said the device was busy when I tried to modprobe it. Another bg quesstion is,
is my buil-tin ethernet actually faulty or is it just a new driver fo linux? It drops so many packets and has
a total rate of about 40 bps... This is so frustrating
Jim, please send me a copy of your config file . I could always use more stuff to try.
Eternnally grateful for your help,
Craig
>
> Craig's bits of Sun, 19 Mar 2000 translated to:
>
> >I have some sort of a half-breed G4 which as a Pro card but BootX works still,
> >with other people's kernels that is.
> The word I have heard is that it is down right dangerous to use BootX
> with the newest G4's. I would stay away from it unless you somehow know
> for certain that it won't be a problem for you. It could be causing some
> of your problems.
>
> Other than that, all I could suggest is to start with a config file that
> is known to work (maybe from the CS 1.2 kernel RPM). And then be very careful
> about what options you change; in other words, don't touch anything unless
> it is related to the card you are trying to get working. I have had both
> builds that failed and kernels that wouldn't boot due to being too creative
> in messing with the config options ;)
>
> >I wanted to use these new 128pro patches, but
> >my primary goal is to get the tulip network card to work, because I have been
> I was able to build a bootable kernel for my G4 with the 128pro patch,
> following Kevin's instructions (except for the pmac-config issue you
> mention). So that much at least is doable. If you would like, I could
> give you a copy of my config file for a starting point.
>
>
> Jim
>
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