Hi, On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 03:19:18AM -0400, Rick Thomas wrote: > Has *anybody* had any success getting the "Linux version 2.6.16-2- > powerpc (Debian 2.6.16-17)" kernel to boot an OldWorld machine with > BootX? Or *any* kernel after 2.6.15?
I think the anwser is plainly no. :( Well, you would be better off using miBoot anyway. I think I will produce miBoot floppies for the last Debian kernel for you to try... > What has changed between the Sarge kernel (which boots just fine) and > this one that would have such a catastrophic effect? Maybe the image is too heavy, some kernel defines changed, or BootX cannot find the sections of the image anymore? We cannot fiddle with BootX source code to see what happens, but we will be able with miBoot source code when it will be ready. :) Cheers, -- .''`. Aurélien GÉRÔME : :' : `. `'` Free Software Developer `- Unix Sys & Net Admin
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