Hi Tom, did you try to use the miboot ISO image from 28 Nov 2006 that contain kernel version 2.4.32? There have been some important changes in PowerBook support since 2.4.27. There is either the complete ISO image: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nubus-pmac/files/bootable%20miBoot% 20ISOs/Linux%202.4.32/miboot_28NOV2006.iso/download or the miboot kernel image for replacing the old one: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nubus-pmac/files/miBoot%20kernels/ Linux%202.4.32/miboot.image_28NOV2006/download
If you get problems with sudden shutdowns try removing the PCMCIA cards if you've got any inserted. Or even the media-bay modules but I don't know of any problems related to the media-bay. Also I don't know if any internal expansion cards like network or external video adapter could cause problems during early bootup. You might get problems in booting the installer if you've got installed less than 24 MB of RAM - but if you've got the Sonnet card installed I suppose you've got the maximum of 64 MB installed. I myself also occasionally got hangups at "MMU:exit" but I never investigated what's the reason. You might try changing the coulor depth in MacOS. The best choice for speed is 256. Would you volunteer to try some 2.6.30 test kernels and report the results? Currently they cannot be used to boot yet but some drivers are already sort of working. Tobias > I have been trying to install Debian Sarge on this machine using the > miBoot Image, 2.4.27 that includes the Debian Sarge installer. I've > copied the boot image to a small boot HFS boot partition. When trying > to boot into the installer, though, it always hangs at: > > MMU:exit > > Is this kernel incompatible with the Sonnet G3 card or am I doing > something wrong? > > Tom > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports > 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - > and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Nubus-pmac-users mailing list > Nubus-pmac-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july _______________________________________________ Nubus-pmac-users mailing list Nubus-pmac-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nubus-pmac-users
