Laurent de Segur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > This message describes some problems I've ran into while installing a Debian > distr (2.2r3 + update stable) on a new iBook 2001 (P29 aka Marble). > > First it seems that the kernel that ships on the CD is a pre 2.2.18 and > won't boot on this machine. So I got a 2.2.18 from Suse (god forbids!) just > to use with yaboot during installation. >
Strange, I did not have any problems booting the kernel on the 2.2r3 cdrom on my new iBook. > After I was done with the installation, I downloaded the 2.2.19. More > exactly, I updated the stable (potato) on top of a freshly installed 2.2r3 > and then moved the vmlinux kernel from / to my bootstrap partition where > yaboot is located, then changed the yaboot.conf file to point to the new > kernel. > > The result when I reboot is a white screen with Do-QUIESCE finishedbooting > hanging (it seems to continue booting, I just can't see it.) > > Rebooting with the original 2.2.18 works fine. On the iBook 2001, I have to > set "video=ofonly" to get video at boot time. Is this related? It seems that > the OS is still loading but I can't see it. > Yes, I got the Do-QUIESCE message until I started giving the "video=ofonly" argument to the kernel. You can put append "video=ofonly" in yaboot.conf as you would do with lilo.conf on x86 linux. > > Next, I updated to the testing release (woody) on the linux partition and > leaving 2.2.18 in the bootstrap partition to start with yaboot, the keyboard > is mapped totally wrong just after loading the USB drivers from the linux > partition it seems (I type when booting and keys are ok until usb is > detected and loaded.) Note: the internal keyboard on the iBook is USB. > If you search the archives you willl find hints on this. > After installing woody, I noticed that the /lib/modules dir still doesn't > contain a 2.4 subdir in there, only a 2.2.19 (part of the potato update.) So > no drivers from 2.4 can be loaded. Is this intented to be that way on a PPC > machine? It would seem that doing a woody update on a potato update would > get me the modules for 2.4 in my linux partition, right? > Did you get the 2.4 from http://penguinppc.org/~benh/ ? Please note that this link is temporarily down at the moment. Good luck! -Arrigo