Re: Problem with installation on older PowerMac - No CDROM devicefound
on our power mac 722 it wanted macs3c94.o as the scci driver Original Message Follows OK. Maybe it's not the mesh driver (that is the one you tried, right?) There's at least one other Mac scsi driver on that list, but I can't think of the name of it off-hand. Do you currently have linux installed? Have you ever had it installed? What was the scsi driver in dmesg? Use that. Wish I could be more helpful--anyone else out there know what scsi driver he's supposed to use? Jeff On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > I tried it. It wrote: > Kernel panic: Exception in kernel pc c015ea2c signal 4 > Rebooting in 180 seconds > > robert > > jeff wrote: > > > > You'll see another dialog box appear, which will have a list of > > devices. You want to choose the mesh one. And don't add any extra kernel > > options. That oughta do it for you. > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > I'm trying to install Mandrake Linux 8.0 beta 1 for PPC on my older > > > PowerMac 7300 (MacOS 9.0.4). The installer has a problem with > > > recognizing of CDROM. I use standardly imparted MATSHITA SCSI CDROM unit. > > > > > > I can't boot from install-cd. When I started Linux installer via BootX, > > > it asked me how to install. I choosed CDROM. Installer wroted me "No > > > CDROM device found". > > > > > > Here are some related messages that I catched from screens called out by > > > pressing command-F3: > > > > > > * looking for scsi media > > > * have to insmod sd_mod > > > * needs sd_mod > > > * file-not-found-in-archive sd_mod.o > > > * warning, insmod failed (sd_mod (null)) (-2) > > > > > > > > > screen called out by pressing command-F4: > > > > > > <4> scsi: 0 hosts > > > <4> scsi: detected total > > > ... > > > <3> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2 > > > > > > > > _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
Well, thanx to the miracle of Norton Utilities (FileSaver & Volume Recover) I was able to resurrect my 'Macintosh HD' - the System Folder seems less than blessed now (I get a question mark when booting) but that's easily fixed - at least my data is still present! You mentioned partitioning things myself - I think I'll try this next and see how it goes! -Brice Stew Benedict wrote: >You mean the halt about not finding the RPM list? I don't know - 1 other >person mentioned that, but it's all the same ISO, so I don't understand >why it works for most people, and not others. (unless you were using >testboot4 - which has no RPMS) The other stop at the lack of being able to >create the bootloader partition is/was intentional, as it's needed for the >boot scheme. > >If your MacOS is wiped out now, the best thing to do is re-install MacOS >and just leave free space at the end of the drive, then the installer will >do the right thing. > >Stew Benedict > -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: X lockups
Stew, I ran this kernel and had the same results as I had mentioned earlier using the benh kernel. No exit X problem at all, fast, runs good but no modem. Even after running the control center it says it can not open modem. During the boot process I did note some problems that seem to be only related to the lack of a System.map. On Tuesday 26 June 2001 18:26, you wrote: > Jeff, Dippy and any other with the lockup problem exiting X, try this > kernel: > > ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/sbenedict/vmlinux-aty > > It's just a bare kernel, but the basics should work (keyboard, mouse, X) > I could be imagining it, but it seemed to speedup X a bit here. The down > side is it make Xpmac incredibly slow - but the goal is to lose Xpmac > eventually. > > Ian - if you're about, I disabled shared IRQ's on the IDE stuff, you > might see if that makes the odd dmesgs go away. > > Thx, > Stew Benedict
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
You mean the halt about not finding the RPM list? I don't know - 1 other person mentioned that, but it's all the same ISO, so I don't understand why it works for most people, and not others. (unless you were using testboot4 - which has no RPMS) The other stop at the lack of being able to create the bootloader partition is/was intentional, as it's needed for the boot scheme. If your MacOS is wiped out now, the best thing to do is re-install MacOS and just leave free space at the end of the drive, then the installer will do the right thing. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > Stew, > > You're right - my setup is kinda screwy, not your fault, you warned me. > > Why did the install halt in the first place? Is this something you > could help me with? > > -Brice > > Stew Benedict wrote: > > >I think so, that's why I tried to warn you of issues with MacOS on the > >last partition, and why I stress in the install documents to start with > >Apple_Free at the end of the drive. > > > >Sorry about that, > >Stew Benedict > > > > -- > WebProjkt, Inc. > (ph) 773.562.1008 > (fax) 608.204.7004 > http://www.webprojkt.com/ > > > >
Re: kernel 2.4.4 (2.4.6)
I downloaded this kernel from penguinppc.org/~benh. I think I got all the config done right for my machine. The kernel seemed to work fine as far as the exiting X problem. I had no problems at all. The 2.4 kernel really is incredibly fast. One problem though, my damn PPP still won't work. In fact even using the control center left it saying it could not open the modem. I tried minicom and it said there was no such device as ttyS0. > The problem you are having leaving X, sounds similar to one reported by > one of the employees with a TiBook. Apparently Benh does something a > little different with the aty driver that alleviates this problem, as the > same employee reported he did not see the problem with Ben's kernel. I am > downloading that source now to see if I can see what the difference is, > and try patching appropriately. I will need a volunteer to test, as I > don't have the problem here. Unfortunately, it's difficult to make a > kernel that performs well on all the various classes of machines. > > Stew Benedict
Re: HardDrake
Before Results: [root@localhost dippy]# /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by usb-ohci 16912 0 (unused) After Results with Connection Active: [root@localhost dippy]# /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by ppp_deflate44832 0 (autoclean) bsd_comp4512 0 (autoclean) ppp26432 2 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp] slhc4448 1 (autoclean) [ppp] macserial 43040 2 serial 41408 0 gmac 14768 0 (autoclean) usb-ohci 16912 0 (unused) After Results disconnected: [root@localhost dippy]# /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used by ppp_deflate44832 0 (autoclean) bsd_comp4512 0 (autoclean) ppp26432 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp] slhc4448 0 (autoclean) [ppp] macserial 43040 0 serial 41408 0 gmac 14768 0 (autoclean) usb-ohci 16912 0 (unused) Definitely some changes after running the Control Center. Hope this helps. Let me know what else I can try to help with your testing. On Tuesday 26 June 2001 17:20, you wrote: > The updated drakxtools should help find your modem. There was an > interesting bug in serial_probe, that bypassed ttyS0, which is where most > Mac modems live. On a PC, you would rarely find one there. Even so, you > should still be able to use the modem, whether harddrake knows about it or > not. I'm not sure what the Mandrake Control Center is doing that gets it > to work for you , but I suspect it is loading the modules needed by ppp. > > Can you send an > > /sbin/lsmod > > before and after running the Mandrake Control Center? > > Thx, > Stew Benedict
X Success (finally!)
Okay, finally got this evil X server up and running properly with the r128 driver.. Was a couple of things. I needed the line: Option "UseFBDev" in my video card device section... If I don't have it, it crashes on startup.. Then I needed to set: DefaultColorDepth 15 In the Screen section.. At 16 all of the colors are incorrect.. Yay. No more Xpmac for me. Now if only I could get 3D accelleration working properly so I can play tuxkart :) Ian --- Ian White email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
Stew, You're right - my setup is kinda screwy, not your fault, you warned me. Why did the install halt in the first place? Is this something you could help me with? -Brice Stew Benedict wrote: >I think so, that's why I tried to warn you of issues with MacOS on the >last partition, and why I stress in the install documents to start with >Apple_Free at the end of the drive. > >Sorry about that, >Stew Benedict > -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
I think so, that's why I tried to warn you of issues with MacOS on the last partition, and why I stress in the install documents to start with Apple_Free at the end of the drive. Sorry about that, Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > OK, I checked out an OF boot help page and did the following: > > *devalias macos /pci@f200/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:11,\\:tbxi* > > store the alias back to NVRAM and then reset and tried it - I get the > following message from OF: > > *MAC-PARTS: bad partition can't OPEN: macos* > > Am I 100% hosed w/ no hope of recovery? > > -Brice > > Brice D Ruth wrote: > > > How would I go about booting to my MacOS partition from OF, knowing > > which partition holds it? > > > > -Brice > > > > Brice D Ruth wrote: > > > >> OK, I used pdisk for MacOS to delete my 'boot' and YDL partition, > >> leaving my MacOS parition intact (hda11). I booted to the install > >> ISO using OF (thank you Stew) and went through and let DiskDrake set > >> up some partitions for me - /, /home, and swap. It didn't touch my > >> HFS partition, so everything looked good. It then went through and > >> formatted those partitions and then continued the install. > >> > >> Bang. > >> > >> It couldn't find the RPM list for CD1 (don't know why) - and I > >> couldn't get past that step, so I rebooted - using my MacOS Install > >> CD which then informed me that my HFS partition was fsck'd and it > >> wanted to initialize it. Now what? > >> > >> I'm at a loss ... what can I do here, folks? > >> > >> -Brice > >> > > > > -- > WebProjkt, Inc. > (ph) 773.562.1008 > (fax) 608.204.7004 > http://www.webprojkt.com/ > > >
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
I'm running Norton Disk Doctor - let's hope that it can work some magic, otherwise, I'm afraid I'm hosed. Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> OK, I checked out an OF boot help page and did the following: devalias macos /pci@f200/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:11,\\:tbxi store the alias back to NVRAM and then reset and tried it - I get the following message from OF: MAC-PARTS: bad partition can't OPEN: macos Am I 100% hosed w/ no hope of recovery? -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">How would I go about booting to my MacOS partition from OF, knowing which partition holds it? -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: OK, I used pdisk for MacOS to delete my 'boot' and YDL partition, leaving my MacOS parition intact (hda11). I booted to the install ISO using OF (thank you Stew) and went through and let DiskDrake set up some partitions for me - /, /home, and swap. It didn't touch my HFS partition, so everything looked good. It then went through and formatted those partitions and then continued the install. Bang. It couldn't find the RPM list for CD1 (don't know why) - and I couldn't get past that step, so I rebooted - using my MacOS Install CD which then informed me that my HFS partition was fsck'd and it wanted to initialize it. Now what? I'm at a loss ... what can I do here, folks? -Brice -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
OK, I checked out an OF boot help page and did the following: devalias macos /pci@f200/mac-io@17/ata-4@1f000/disk@0:11,\\:tbxi store the alias back to NVRAM and then reset and tried it - I get the following message from OF: MAC-PARTS: bad partition can't OPEN: macos Am I 100% hosed w/ no hope of recovery? -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">How would I go about booting to my MacOS partition from OF, knowing which partition holds it? -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: OK, I used pdisk for MacOS to delete my 'boot' and YDL partition, leaving my MacOS parition intact (hda11). I booted to the install ISO using OF (thank you Stew) and went through and let DiskDrake set up some partitions for me - /, /home, and swap. It didn't touch my HFS partition, so everything looked good. It then went through and formatted those partitions and then continued the install. Bang. It couldn't find the RPM list for CD1 (don't know why) - and I couldn't get past that step, so I rebooted - using my MacOS Install CD which then informed me that my HFS partition was fsck'd and it wanted to initialize it. Now what? I'm at a loss ... what can I do here, folks? -Brice -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: X lockups
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > The help on cmd640 mentions it's a common, buggy implementation on x86 > motherboards - probably safe to drop it. I'll throw another kernel up - > > ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/sbenedict/vmlinux-no640 Okay, this new version gets rid of all of the "IN from bad port" errors. > c0005840 T synchronize_irq > c0005874 T __global_cli > c0005a78 T __global_sti > c0005af0 T __global_save_flags > > This looks to be part of the IRQ implementation on PPC: > > arch/ppc/kernel.irq.c - don't think we'll be losing this ;^) Guess not :) It appears once for each drive as it is starting up: hda: Enabling Ultra DMA 4 Bogus interrupt -1 from PC = c0005ae0 hda: 20028960 sectors (10255 MB) w/1961KiB Cache, CHS=19870/16/63, (U)DMA hdb: Enabling Ultra DMA 4 Bogus interrupt -1 from PC = c0005ae0 hdb: 50859648 sectors (26040 MB) w/418KiB Cache, CHS=50456/16/63, (U)DMA hdc: Enabling MultiWord DMA 2 Bogus interrupt -1 from PC = c0005ae0 hdc: ATAPI 32X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, (U)DMA After that, I haven't seen it pop up again... > The SMP is intentional, but not for the RPM kernel. In 2.2, I couldn't > boot an SMP kernel on a non-SMP machine, with this one it seems I can, and > I'm considering using this kernel in the next iteration of the installer, > so both type of machines can use it, and maybe we can get more machines > running the graphical install, if I can get the Xpmac speed to pick up a > bit. Won't a UP kernel work on an SMP PPC machine? (Don't you love the abbreviations? :) ) You won't get the benefit of the extra processors, but I figured the install was more IO intensive than anything else... > The AGP vs. PCI is probably due to switching to BenH's drivers. Is your > actual card AGP or PCI? It really is an AGP card. The dmesg now says: aty128fb: Rage128 Pro PF (AGP) [chip rev 0x1] 16M 128-bit SDR SGRAM (1:1) Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48 fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on PCI > Any feedback from the folks with the X lockup problem? I'm still hoping that David will find my error with X.. I'd prefer it to hang over not starting :) Ian --- Ian White email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Install failure - loss of data - HELP!
How would I go about booting to my MacOS partition from OF, knowing which partition holds it? -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: > OK, I used pdisk for MacOS to delete my 'boot' and YDL partition, > leaving my MacOS parition intact (hda11). I booted to the install > ISO using OF (thank you Stew) and went through and let DiskDrake set > up some partitions for me - /, /home, and swap. It didn't touch my > HFS partition, so everything looked good. It then went through and > formatted those partitions and then continued the install. > > Bang. > > It couldn't find the RPM list for CD1 (don't know why) - and I > couldn't get past that step, so I rebooted - using my MacOS Install CD > which then informed me that my HFS partition was fsck'd and it wanted > to initialize it. Now what? > > I'm at a loss ... what can I do here, folks? > > -Brice > -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Install failure - loss of date - HELP!
OK, I used pdisk for MacOS to delete my 'boot' and YDL partition, leaving my MacOS parition intact (hda11). I booted to the install ISO using OF (thank you Stew) and went through and let DiskDrake set up some partitions for me - /, /home, and swap. It didn't touch my HFS partition, so everything looked good. It then went through and formatted those partitions and then continued the install. Bang. It couldn't find the RPM list for CD1 (don't know why) - and I couldn't get past that step, so I rebooted - using my MacOS Install CD which then informed me that my HFS partition was fsck'd and it wanted to initialize it. Now what? I'm at a loss ... what can I do here, folks? -Brice -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: latest iso
I haven't made a new full ISO yet. Since I don't have the problem hardware here to test, I've been going at the problems piecemeal with willing volunteers to address the issues on various machines. Most of the changes are rolled into the distributions mirror, but I'm trying to iron out a few more things before beta2. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Jason Waters wrote: > where can i find the latest beta ( the one with the test kenel )? > >
latest iso
where can i find the latest beta ( the one with the test kenel )?
Mandrake on G3 DT rev. 2: anyone got it working?
I recently subscribed because I'd like to give mandrake a try. Anyone got it working on a G3 DT rev. 2? Thanks in advance, Ype Kingma
Re: FYI
Got the MacOS version - sweet. Now I just need to save my XF86Config file (not that I don't trust the Mandrake install - I just don't trust it :)). -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Apparently I have the most recent version - 0.8-1. Don't know what the deal is exactly. I'm looking for the MacOS version now :) -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> OK, gimme some more information on this :) I'm in YDL and something's wrong w/ pdisk - maybe its got issues w/ 2.4 kernels or something (2.4.5-pre5 is what I'm running, from the linuxppc BK tree). I get the following message: [ root@tank-imac /root]# pdisk /dev/hda pdisk: Can't read block 0 from '/dev/hda' Edit /dev/hda - Command (? for help): p No partition map exists I know I've been able to use pdisk from w/in YDL before - so I'm guessing the problem is the kernel. I'm gonna see about tracking down a new version of pdisk. Your message aluded that there is a version of pdisk that runs in MacOS? -Brice jeff wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: Stew,Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so:'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can.Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, justdelete the partitions you don't want.Or do it MacOS with pdisk.I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\Jeff -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: FYI
Apparently I have the most recent version - 0.8-1. Don't know what the deal is exactly. I'm looking for the MacOS version now :) -Brice Brice D Ruth wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> OK, gimme some more information on this :) I'm in YDL and something's wrong w/ pdisk - maybe its got issues w/ 2.4 kernels or something (2.4.5-pre5 is what I'm running, from the linuxppc BK tree). I get the following message: [root@tank-imac /root]# pdisk /dev/hda pdisk: Can't read block 0 from '/dev/hda' Edit /dev/hda - Command (? for help): p No partition map exists I know I've been able to use pdisk from w/in YDL before - so I'm guessing the problem is the kernel. I'm gonna see about tracking down a new version of pdisk. Your message aluded that there is a version of pdisk that runs in MacOS? -Brice jeff wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: Stew,Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so:'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can.Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, justdelete the partitions you don't want.Or do it MacOS with pdisk.I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\Jeff -- WebProjkt, Inc.(ph) 773.562.1008(fax) 608.204.7004http://www.webprojkt.com/ -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: Problem with installation on older PowerMac - No CDROM devicefound
The other integrated scsi driver is mac53c94 Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, jeff wrote: > OK. Maybe it's not the mesh driver (that is the one you tried, right?) > There's at least one other Mac scsi driver on that list, but I can't think > of the name of it off-hand. Do you currently have linux installed? Have > you ever had it installed? What was the scsi driver in dmesg? > Use that. Wish I could be more helpful--anyone else out there know what > scsi driver he's supposed to use? > > Jeff > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > > > I tried it. It wrote: > > Kernel panic: Exception in kernel pc c015ea2c signal 4 > > Rebooting in 180 seconds > > > > robert > > > > jeff wrote: > > > > > > You'll see another dialog box appear, which will have a list of > > > devices. You want to choose the mesh one. And don't add any extra kernel > > > options. That oughta do it for you. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > > > > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > > > I'm trying to install Mandrake Linux 8.0 beta 1 for PPC on my older > > > > PowerMac 7300 (MacOS 9.0.4). The installer has a problem with > > > > recognizing of CDROM. I use standardly imparted MATSHITA SCSI CDROM unit. > > > > > > > > I can't boot from install-cd. When I started Linux installer via BootX, > > > > it asked me how to install. I choosed CDROM. Installer wroted me "No > > > > CDROM device found". > > > > > > > > Here are some related messages that I catched from screens called out by > > > > pressing command-F3: > > > > > > > > * looking for scsi media > > > > * have to insmod sd_mod > > > > * needs sd_mod > > > > * file-not-found-in-archive sd_mod.o > > > > * warning, insmod failed (sd_mod (null)) (-2) > > > > > > > > > > > > screen called out by pressing command-F4: > > > > > > > > <4> scsi: 0 hosts > > > > <4> scsi: detected total > > > > ... > > > > <3> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2 > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: Indigo iBook ISOs
Thanks. --- jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 25 Jun 2001, Jonathan Sailor wrote: > > > Hello. I am new to the list. I love Mandrake, and > I > > guess I'll get to the point: Where can I find ISO > > Images that would work on an Indigo iBook? > > There's a list of mirrors on this page: > > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftp.php3 > > Use (obviously) the Mandrake/PPC mirrors. > > Jeff > > = === >From JES ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web-Site_www.jesnetplus.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: FYI
OK, gimme some more information on this :) I'm in YDL and something's wrong w/ pdisk - maybe its got issues w/ 2.4 kernels or something (2.4.5-pre5 is what I'm running, from the linuxppc BK tree). I get the following message: [root@tank-imac /root]# pdisk /dev/hda pdisk: Can't read block 0 from '/dev/hda' Edit /dev/hda - Command (? for help): p No partition map exists I know I've been able to use pdisk from w/in YDL before - so I'm guessing the problem is the kernel. I'm gonna see about tracking down a new version of pdisk. Your message aluded that there is a version of pdisk that runs in MacOS? -Brice jeff wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]">On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: Stew,Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so:'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can.Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, justdelete the partitions you don't want.Or do it MacOS with pdisk.I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\Jeff -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: FYI
On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > Stew, > > Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want > to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so: > > 'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder > 'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2 > 'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1 > > It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let > Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( > This is what I'd like to avoid! Sure you can. Run your YDL install disk and using their disk partitioning tool, just delete the partitions you don't want. Or do it MacOS with pdisk. I did that 50 times in the past 2 weeks :-\ Jeff
Re: FYI
I understand your desire not to repartiion. You may be able to get away with manually taking out the untitled partition and creating a bootstrap, root, swap, and /usr or /home and then proceed with the install. If I understand your setup correctly, MacOS is as the end of the drive, so I would not use the installer partitioning tool to do this but do it either from YDL, the rescue image or MacOS. If you need assistance in doing this - holler, either on the list or directly. I'm on ICQ 18063833 if you want to go at it interactively. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > Stew, > > Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want > to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so: > > 'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder > 'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2 > 'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1 > > It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let > Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( > This is what I'd like to avoid! > > -Brice
Re: Problem with installation on older PowerMac - No CDROM devicefound
OK. Maybe it's not the mesh driver (that is the one you tried, right?) There's at least one other Mac scsi driver on that list, but I can't think of the name of it off-hand. Do you currently have linux installed? Have you ever had it installed? What was the scsi driver in dmesg? Use that. Wish I could be more helpful--anyone else out there know what scsi driver he's supposed to use? Jeff On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > I tried it. It wrote: > Kernel panic: Exception in kernel pc c015ea2c signal 4 > Rebooting in 180 seconds > > robert > > jeff wrote: > > > > You'll see another dialog box appear, which will have a list of > > devices. You want to choose the mesh one. And don't add any extra kernel > > options. That oughta do it for you. > > > > > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > > > > > Dear friends, > > > > > > I'm trying to install Mandrake Linux 8.0 beta 1 for PPC on my older > > > PowerMac 7300 (MacOS 9.0.4). The installer has a problem with > > > recognizing of CDROM. I use standardly imparted MATSHITA SCSI CDROM unit. > > > > > > I can't boot from install-cd. When I started Linux installer via BootX, > > > it asked me how to install. I choosed CDROM. Installer wroted me "No > > > CDROM device found". > > > > > > Here are some related messages that I catched from screens called out by > > > pressing command-F3: > > > > > > * looking for scsi media > > > * have to insmod sd_mod > > > * needs sd_mod > > > * file-not-found-in-archive sd_mod.o > > > * warning, insmod failed (sd_mod (null)) (-2) > > > > > > > > > screen called out by pressing command-F4: > > > > > > <4> scsi: 0 hosts > > > <4> scsi: detected total > > > ... > > > <3> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2 > > > > > > > >
Re: FYI
Stew, Thanx for the quick response. My situation I guess is that I don't want to repartition (again). My current partitioning looks like so: 'boot' : 100MB HFS, contains yaboot System Folder 'untitled' : 4GB or so, contains YDL 1.2 'Macintosh HD' : 5GB or so, contains OS 9.1 It seems as though I cannot simply remove 'boot' and 'untitled' to let Mandrake do with as it pleases, w/o erasing 'Macintosh HD' as well :( This is what I'd like to avoid! -Brice Stew Benedict wrote: >You can boot the 1st ISO from Open Firmware: > >boot cd:2,\\:tbxi > >or > >boot cd:2,\\yaboot > >The technique used in testboot4 will be applied in the next Beta. > >I know it seems a hassle to insist on that bootstrap, but if it's not >there, the whole thing falls apart - you'll have a nicely installed system >and no way to boot it. In the updates, I've replaced that halt with a >warning, but if the user proceeds and does not heed the warning and does >not create the bootstrap themselves, again you'll be stuck. (this applies >to "NewWorld" machines - "OldWorld" machines bypass the bootstrap setup - >you'll need to setup BootX on the MacOS side. > >All the installer really wants to see is some Apple_Free space at the end >of the drive to create the bootstrap. > >Stew Benedict > -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: Problem with installation on older PowerMac - No CDROM devicefound
I tried it. It wrote: Kernel panic: Exception in kernel pc c015ea2c signal 4 Rebooting in 180 seconds robert jeff wrote: > > You'll see another dialog box appear, which will have a list of > devices. You want to choose the mesh one. And don't add any extra kernel > options. That oughta do it for you. > > > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Robert Zelnik wrote: > > > Dear friends, > > > > I'm trying to install Mandrake Linux 8.0 beta 1 for PPC on my older > > PowerMac 7300 (MacOS 9.0.4). The installer has a problem with > > recognizing of CDROM. I use standardly imparted MATSHITA SCSI CDROM unit. > > > > I can't boot from install-cd. When I started Linux installer via BootX, > > it asked me how to install. I choosed CDROM. Installer wroted me "No > > CDROM device found". > > > > Here are some related messages that I catched from screens called out by > > pressing command-F3: > > > > * looking for scsi media > > * have to insmod sd_mod > > * needs sd_mod > > * file-not-found-in-archive sd_mod.o > > * warning, insmod failed (sd_mod (null)) (-2) > > > > > > screen called out by pressing command-F4: > > > > <4> scsi: 0 hosts > > <4> scsi: detected total > > ... > > <3> kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modprobe -s -k scsi_hostadapter, errno=2 > > > >
Re: FYI
You can boot the 1st ISO from Open Firmware: boot cd:2,\\:tbxi or boot cd:2,\\yaboot The technique used in testboot4 will be applied in the next Beta. I know it seems a hassle to insist on that bootstrap, but if it's not there, the whole thing falls apart - you'll have a nicely installed system and no way to boot it. In the updates, I've replaced that halt with a warning, but if the user proceeds and does not heed the warning and does not create the bootstrap themselves, again you'll be stuck. (this applies to "NewWorld" machines - "OldWorld" machines bypass the bootstrap setup - you'll need to setup BootX on the MacOS side. All the installer really wants to see is some Apple_Free space at the end of the drive to create the bootstrap. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Brice D Ruth wrote: > I went and grabbed the ISOs for Mandrake PPC and found that on my Summer > 2000 iMac DV (slot loading), the boot didn't work. I grabbed the > testboot4.iso and the boot worked there - but I wasn't able to complete > the install because DiskDrake seemed to be having a conniption fit that > I didn't have a 1MB bootstrap partition (at least that's what the > message says). I have YDL 1.2 installed currently, alongside MacOS9.1 -
FYI
I went and grabbed the ISOs for Mandrake PPC and found that on my Summer 2000 iMac DV (slot loading), the boot didn't work. I grabbed the testboot4.iso and the boot worked there - but I wasn't able to complete the install because DiskDrake seemed to be having a conniption fit that I didn't have a 1MB bootstrap partition (at least that's what the message says). I have YDL 1.2 installed currently, alongside MacOS9.1 - and they're both running pretty happily, so I was a bit surprised that I couldn't simply install Mandrake over YDL. I'll look into the partitioning scheme that you put down in the beta install guide and see if I can comply (w/o wiping out my OS 9.1 partition!) Sincerely, Brice Ruth -- WebProjkt, Inc. (ph) 773.562.1008 (fax) 608.204.7004 http://www.webprojkt.com/
Re: X lockups
Took a look at System.map - seems those messages are coming from: c00a8fc4 t put_cmd640_reg_pci1 c00a9044 t get_cmd640_reg_pci1 c00a90c8 t put_cmd640_reg_pci2 c00a9158 t get_cmd640_reg_pci2 c00a91e4 t put_cmd640_reg_vlb c00a9260 t get_cmd640_reg_vlb The help on cmd640 mentions it's a common, buggy implementation on x86 motherboards - probably safe to drop it. I'll throw another kernel up - ftp://ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/sbenedict/vmlinux-no640 c0005840 T synchronize_irq c0005874 T __global_cli c0005a78 T __global_sti c0005af0 T __global_save_flags This looks to be part of the IRQ implementation on PPC: arch/ppc/kernel.irq.c - don't think we'll be losing this ;^) The SMP is intentional, but not for the RPM kernel. In 2.2, I couldn't boot an SMP kernel on a non-SMP machine, with this one it seems I can, and I'm considering using this kernel in the next iteration of the installer, so both type of machines can use it, and maybe we can get more machines running the graphical install, if I can get the Xpmac speed to pick up a bit. The AGP vs. PCI is probably due to switching to BenH's drivers. Is your actual card AGP or PCI? Any feedback from the folks with the X lockup problem? Thanks for testing, Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoftOH/TN, USA http://perso.mandrakesoft.com/~sbenedict/ On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Ian White wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2001, Stew Benedict wrote: > > > Ian - if you're about, I disabled shared IRQ's on the IDE stuff, you > > might see if that makes the odd dmesgs go away. > > Nope, still get those dmesgs. They're at a different location now.. Can > you look at the Symbol.map for this new kernel and see what these are: > c00a90a0 > c00a91ac > c0005ae0 > > Might give an indication as to where they are coming from... They don't > see to be hurting anything, but... > > Noticed a couple other things. Don't know if this is related to what you > were changing, and what the real effect is.. > > The new kernel is SMP. > Says my video card is PCI now instead of AGP > > < fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on AGP > --- > > fb0: ATY Rage128 frame buffer device on PCI > > > Ian > > --- > Ian White > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
