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!!"