linux-apus-user

Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BPPC with latest Kernel

[Daniel R. <ir...@ip...>]

    
    Hello APUS users!

    Well, I finally decided to migrate to Debian after having a lot of
trouble with LinuxPPC (updating the installation and packages was a mess
with manual installation of RPM packages...). I got the first 3 CDs of the
Debian 3.0 PPC distro and I'm trying toget it running. I'm not noew to APUS
so I managed to install the basic installation but after installing the
machine freezes when I try to boot from the installed partition... so the
question is: Has anyone running Debian 3.0 on an A1200/PPC with the
latestAPUS kernel? (2.4.18-2).

    Thanks!

Daniel

Re: Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BPPC with latest Kernel

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Die, 2002-12-10 at 07:15, Daniel Rangel wrote:=20

>     Well, I finally decided to migrate to Debian after having a lot of
> trouble with LinuxPPC (updating the installation and packages was a mess
> with manual installation of RPM packages...). I got the first 3 CDs of th=
e
> Debian 3.0 PPC distro and I'm trying toget it running. I'm not noew to AP=
US
> so I managed to install the basic installation but after installing the
> machine freezes when I try to boot from the installed partition... so the
> question is: Has anyone running Debian 3.0 on an A1200/PPC with the
> latestAPUS kernel? (2.4.18-2).

It's a common problem. Please try the 2.4.20 kernel and let us know if
it makes a difference.


--=20
Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

Re[2]: Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BPPC with latest Kernel

[Björn J. <kh...@te...>]

Michel =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=3DE4nzer?=3D wrote about Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BP=
PC with latest Kernel:

> On Die, 2002-12-10 at 07:15, Daniel Rangel wrote: 
> 
> >     Well, I finally decided to migrate to Debian after having a lot of
> > trouble with LinuxPPC (updating the installation and packages was a mes=
s
> > with manual installation of RPM packages...). I got the first 3 CDs of =
the
> > Debian 3.0 PPC distro and I'm trying toget it running. I'm not noew to =
APUS
> > so I managed to install the basic installation but after installing the=

> > machine freezes when I try to boot from the installed partition... so t=
he
> > question is: Has anyone running Debian 3.0 on an A1200/PPC with the
> > latestAPUS kernel? (2.4.18-2).
> 
> It's a common problem. Please try the 2.4.20 kernel and let us know if
> it makes a difference.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) develope=
r
> XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

I've downloaded this archive from 2 different mirrors, and when I'm
trying to extract the archive it says the archive is corrupt.

I also want to say that I still have trouble booting the 2.4.18-2 kernel
sometimes, but this get fixed when I do a hard reset(using MCP), not always=

though. I suspect that AmigaOS has some bad information in memory which has=

been kept resident by different programs.


-- 

Bj=F6rn Johansson "Debian rocks!!"

Re: Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BPPC with latest Kernel

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Son, 2002-12-15 at 12:55, Bj=F6rn Johansson wrote:
> Michel =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=3DE4nzer?=3D wrote about Debian 3.0 on n A1200 =
BPPC with latest Kernel:
>=20
> > On Die, 2002-12-10 at 07:15, Daniel Rangel wrote:=20
> >=20
> > >     Well, I finally decided to migrate to Debian after having a lot o=
f
> > > trouble with LinuxPPC (updating the installation and packages was a m=
ess
> > > with manual installation of RPM packages...). I got the first 3 CDs o=
f the
> > > Debian 3.0 PPC distro and I'm trying toget it running. I'm not noew t=
o APUS
> > > so I managed to install the basic installation but after installing t=
he
> > > machine freezes when I try to boot from the installed partition... so=
 the
> > > question is: Has anyone running Debian 3.0 on an A1200/PPC with the
> > > latestAPUS kernel? (2.4.18-2).
> >=20
> > It's a common problem. Please try the 2.4.20 kernel and let us know if
> > it makes a difference.
>=20
> I've downloaded this archive from 2 different mirrors, and when I'm
> trying to extract the archive it says the archive is corrupt.

D'oh, I always forget limiting lha to lh6. Sorry about that, fixed now.

> I also want to say that I still have trouble booting the 2.4.18-2 kernel
> sometimes, but this get fixed when I do a hard reset(using MCP), not alwa=
ys
> though. I suspect that AmigaOS has some bad information in memory which h=
as
> been kept resident by different programs.

Interesting.


--=20
Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

Re[2]: Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BPPC with latest Kernel

[Björn J. <kh...@te...>]

Michel =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=3DE4nzer?=3D wrote about Debian 3.0 on n A1200 BP=
PC with latest Kernel:

> On Son, 2002-12-15 at 12:55, Bj=F6rn Johansson wrote:
> > Michel =3D?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=3DE4nzer?=3D wrote about Debian 3.0 on n A120=
0 BPPC with latest Kernel:
> > 
> > > On Die, 2002-12-10 at 07:15, Daniel Rangel wrote: 
> > > 
> > > >     Well, I finally decided to migrate to Debian after having a lot=
 of
> > > > trouble with LinuxPPC (updating the installation and packages was a=
 mess
> > > > with manual installation of RPM packages...). I got the first 3 CDs=
 of the
> > > > Debian 3.0 PPC distro and I'm trying toget it running. I'm not noew=
 to APUS
> > > > so I managed to install the basic installation but after installing=
 the
> > > > machine freezes when I try to boot from the installed partition... =
so the
> > > > question is: Has anyone running Debian 3.0 on an A1200/PPC with the=

> > > > latestAPUS kernel? (2.4.18-2).
> > > 
> > > It's a common problem. Please try the 2.4.20 kernel and let us know i=
f
> > > it makes a difference.
> > 
> > I've downloaded this archive from 2 different mirrors, and when I'm
> > trying to extract the archive it says the archive is corrupt.
> 
> D'oh, I always forget limiting lha to lh6. Sorry about that, fixed now.
> 
> > I also want to say that I still have trouble booting the 2.4.18-2 kerne=
l
> > sometimes, but this get fixed when I do a hard reset(using MCP), not al=
ways
> > though. I suspect that AmigaOS has some bad information in memory which=
 has
> > been kept resident by different programs.
> 
> Interesting.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) develope=
r
> XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast

I've now downloaded and unpacked the 2.4.20 kernel. And after trying to
boot the kernel for approximately 20 times in a row, I feel a little
pessimistic if I'm ever going to get this kernel booting on my system,
but I will keep trying...


-- 

Bj=F6rn Johansson "Debian rocks!!"