Re: Version(s) working with BlizzardPPC

[Kulwant B. <kul...@bt...>]

Hello Alan, 

Thanks for your reply. I will try the versions you suggested. I have already
tried kernel 2.4.20 with the latest (010623) boothack but that panics when
starting (after installation) when it tries to set the hardware clock. And
yes I did download the above from the sourceforge site. 

I did find your reply a little confusing as within the same paragraph you
say "apart from the SCSI ...... .... works fine", whilst in the next sentence you say
"scsi driver is built in by default". 

From that I imagine three posibilities: 

1. You meant the SCSI support is built in and not by some external
module/driver. 

2. SCSI is not supported by 2.2.13. or 

3. I haven't got a clue what you meant.  

In any case I will try that version. 

Is someone working on 2.4.23? I do find it strange that an older version is
more compatible than a new version. I also wonder how many versions of the
BlizzardPPC there are to make these compatibility problems manifest
themselves - I mean, surely a hardware revision wouldn't implement a
different way of setting the hardware clock - or does that question simply
reveal that I haven't got a clue about what I am talking about and know very
little about a) what setting the hardware clock actually means and b)
haven't a clue about what is involved in such a procedure. In my simple
(unexperienced and sometimes clueless) mind you'd poke a few bytes into the
appropriate locations (which has just made me realise that the locations could
have changed with different revisions of board.....) and hey presto.....

Is there a way of determining what version of board I have (without taking
the Tower apart again)? 

A "Report a problem" selection from the Installer program gave some output
which said my PPC processor was a "603ev". Does that mean "evaluation 
version" or something? Or am I clutching at straws? 

Kind regards, 

Kulwant


-----Original Message-----
From:  [mailto:a.l...@lb...]
Sent: 08/12/2003 13:18:20
To: 
Subject: Re: Version(s) working with BlizzardPPC


> Hi,

>> Which is the best version of the 
>> 
>> kernel        
>> boothack

> for kernel, its very dependant on hardware. I've found the best general
> A1200 one is the 2.4.13 dated  20011030  you might have joy with 2.4.17,
> or even the very latest. there are some issues that need to be ironed out
> for a nice 2.4.23 
> for boothack, the VERY LATEST. (010623)

> these files are both available from the Linux-APUS sourceforge site
> (official homepage) 
> eg

> http://linux-apus.sourceforge.net/kernels/

> and

> http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5907

> DONT 'save as' images from this page, as they are links to a redirector
> site! 
>> A1200 with BlizzardPPC with 35Gb SCSI storage (& 420Mb IDE), 128Mb RAM, 
>> BVision Permidia2 3DGFX (8Mb RAM)
>> PCMCIA Ethernet card. 

> yep. apart from the SCSI, the 2.4.13 i mentioned above works on that
> system fine. pm2fb driver for the BVision, APNE driver module for the
> PCMCIA network card, scsi driver is built in by default 
> alan
>