Re: Upgrading from 2.2.8 to 2.4.9 and upgrading in general

[Andreas <an...@po...>]

Hi Stephen

>> That's what I've been thinking about. But I'm still curious about Stephen
>> Webbers irq's.
> 
> I tried that Kernel you sent me, but there doesn't seem to be support for
> the Permedia 2 in it, as I didn't get any visible sign of it booting (apart
> from the Power light flashing as it does with all the Linux kernels I've
> used).

Bad things happening... Now I remember the whole story (sorry but it has been
that long ago since I've installed my machine for the last time, although I
used to do it quite often..), I can definitely see your point. The problem is,
that the kernel can only be launched by an interesting combination of OS
Version, Amiga-side PPC kernel and maybe some other parameters. I feel that you should
be using an old boothack (a version before the device locking came
up), together with PowerUP (this boothack version won't run with WarpOS..),
under AmigaOS 3.1 (I don't know if SetPatch makes it unusable or it is because
of WarpOS).

It's quite tricky to get the right combination. Well, I could now send you a
whole bunch of files with which you could run it, but I think it would be
definitively better if some of those great kernel compiling guys who are very nice
all the time and are doing a great great job (</compliments>) could compile
you a 2.2.10 kernel with DOS partition table support.

Michel has been very kind and activated MS-DOS partition tables compiled directly
into the kernel (not just as a module) for 2.4.6 and upwards. Maybe someone else could do the
same thing for you with kernel 2.2.10. I must admitt that I haven't got a
productive Linux installation here atm, otherwise I would have done that for you.

I hope someone can help you!

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All the best,
Andi