Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote: > On Monday 03 November 2003 01:36 pm, Stew Benedict wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote: > > > On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club, > > > version: 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as > > > before, although only one CPU shows in gkrellm -- i'm curious if this is > > > correct, but content that it works for now... thoughts, anyone?). > > > > Probably just x86-ism in gkrellm. cat /proc/cpuinfo output is different > > on ppc than x86. > > -- > > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > cpu : 7455, altivec supported > clock : 866MHz > revision: 2.1 (pvr 8001 0201) > bogomips: 865.07 > machine : PowerMac3,6 > motherboard : PowerMac3,6 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh > board revision : > detected as : 129 (PowerMac G4 Windtunnel) > pmac flags : > L2 cache: 256K unified > memory : 256MB > pmac-generation : NewWorld > > > > H... ! that's strange. Either that machine is weird or my kernel is broke. Anyone else tried the club kernel on an smp machine? An update for the benh kernel is long overdue anyway, i have 2.4.22-ben2 sitting here, but i still need to redo the xfs patch, hopefully i get some time this week. d. > > > >
Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
Le Lundi 3 Novembre 2003 21:11, Stew Benedict a écrit : > Looks like a up kernel. I thought there were multiple stanzas on smp (not > positive, since I don't have one). $cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 cpu : 7455, altivec supported clock : 866MHz revision: 2.1 (pvr 8001 0201) bogomips: 865.07 processor : 1 cpu : 7455, altivec supported clock : 866MHz revision: 2.1 (pvr 8001 0201) bogomips: 865.07 total bogomips : 1730.15 machine : PowerMac3,6 motherboard : PowerMac3,6 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh board revision : detected as : 129 (PowerMac G4 Windtunnel) pmac flags : L2 cache: 256K unified memory : 256MB pmac-generation : NewWorld -- Fleny68
Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
Le Lundi 3 Novembre 2003 20:58, Ben Reser a écrit : > > But recently I figured out what seems to be a strange quirk. The Ultra > > drive shows up as /dev/hde when you boot the rescue CD with > > 'install-gui-benh rescue text video=ofonly', but when I booted the > > machine from the HD with the benh kernel, it shows up as /dev/hda. Odd. > > Could be as simple as a bootloader configuration that's changing the > order it is seeing the IDE buses in. Which order things are seen in is > pretty much always subject to change. Even moving a card from one slot > to another can change it. it's in the kernel configuration. CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_PMAC_ATA100FIRST=y without ata100 give hde, with hda. As long as the first disk is usually hda, it's normal to leave y. AFAIR Changes are in /etc/yaboot.conf and in /etc/fstab. But when this driver was first in the kernel, it was tested after the normal ide ones. and gave hde. The same paramater is in the 2.6.0 I suppose a boot with root=/dev/hdax and -s option permits changes yaboot.conf and fstab? Regards, -- Fleny68
Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote: > On Monday 03 November 2003 01:36 pm, Stew Benedict wrote: > > On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote: > > > On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club, > > > version: 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as > > > before, although only one CPU shows in gkrellm -- i'm curious if this is > > > correct, but content that it works for now... thoughts, anyone?). > > > > Probably just x86-ism in gkrellm. cat /proc/cpuinfo output is different > > on ppc than x86. > > -- > > $ cat /proc/cpuinfo > cpu : 7455, altivec supported > clock : 866MHz > revision: 2.1 (pvr 8001 0201) > bogomips: 865.07 > machine : PowerMac3,6 > motherboard : PowerMac3,6 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh > board revision : > detected as : 129 (PowerMac G4 Windtunnel) > pmac flags : > L2 cache: 256K unified > memory : 256MB > pmac-generation : NewWorld > Looks like a up kernel. I thought there were multiple stanzas on smp (not positive, since I don't have one). -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 01:16:25PM -0600, Isaac Csandl wrote: > A few months ago, I was having trouble with the Ultra-ATA drive in a dual G4 > tower. The 9.1 system would install, but not boot. Eventually I gave up and > moved the HD to the "normal" ATA bus on the motherboard. The drive won't show > up at all in the normal mdk kernels, smp or enterprise, if it's connected to > the Ultra ATA bus. > > But recently I figured out what seems to be a strange quirk. The Ultra drive > shows up as /dev/hde when you boot the rescue CD with 'install-gui-benh > rescue text video=ofonly', but when I booted the machine from the HD with the > benh kernel, it shows up as /dev/hda. Odd. Could be as simple as a bootloader configuration that's changing the order it is seeing the IDE buses in. Which order things are seen in is pretty much always subject to change. Even moving a card from one slot to another can change it. > On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club, version: > 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as before, > although only one CPU shows in gkrellm -- i'm curious if this is correct, but > content that it works for now... thoughts, anyone?). What's the output of /proc/cpuinfo? -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "Conscience is the inner voice which warns us somebody may be looking." - H.L. Mencken
Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
On Monday 03 November 2003 01:36 pm, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote: > > On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club, > > version: 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as > > before, although only one CPU shows in gkrellm -- i'm curious if this is > > correct, but content that it works for now... thoughts, anyone?). > > Probably just x86-ism in gkrellm. cat /proc/cpuinfo output is different > on ppc than x86. -- $ cat /proc/cpuinfo cpu : 7455, altivec supported clock : 866MHz revision: 2.1 (pvr 8001 0201) bogomips: 865.07 machine : PowerMac3,6 motherboard : PowerMac3,6 MacRISC2 MacRISC Power Macintosh board revision : detected as : 129 (PowerMac G4 Windtunnel) pmac flags : L2 cache: 256K unified memory : 256MB pmac-generation : NewWorld H... !
Re: note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Isaac Csandl wrote: > A few months ago, I was having trouble with the Ultra-ATA drive in a dual G4 > tower. The 9.1 system would install, but not boot. Eventually I gave up and > moved the HD to the "normal" ATA bus on the motherboard. The drive won't show > up at all in the normal mdk kernels, smp or enterprise, if it's connected to > the Ultra ATA bus. > > But recently I figured out what seems to be a strange quirk. The Ultra drive > shows up as /dev/hde when you boot the rescue CD with 'install-gui-benh > rescue text video=ofonly', but when I booted the machine from the HD with the > benh kernel, it shows up as /dev/hda. Odd. > > On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club, version: > 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as before, > although only one CPU shows in gkrellm -- i'm curious if this is correct, but > content that it works for now... thoughts, anyone?). > Probably just x86-ism in gkrellm. cat /proc/cpuinfo output is different on ppc than x86. BenH kernel will generally be better on newer hardware. There is a considerable lag before Ben's stuff makes it into kernel.org. > I just thought I'd share the experience in case anyone else bumps into this > problem, because I wasted a lot of time editing /etc/fstab and > /etc/yaboot.conf (and doing the accompanying chroot, mount /proc, ybin > procedure in rescue mode) to change everything to /dev/hde, before figuring > out what was happening, that it should be /dev/hda, not /dev/hde. > Thanks! -- Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft
note on Dual G4 benh install vs. rescue ultra-ATA device
A few months ago, I was having trouble with the Ultra-ATA drive in a dual G4 tower. The 9.1 system would install, but not boot. Eventually I gave up and moved the HD to the "normal" ATA bus on the motherboard. The drive won't show up at all in the normal mdk kernels, smp or enterprise, if it's connected to the Ultra ATA bus. But recently I figured out what seems to be a strange quirk. The Ultra drive shows up as /dev/hde when you boot the rescue CD with 'install-gui-benh rescue text video=ofonly', but when I booted the machine from the HD with the benh kernel, it shows up as /dev/hda. Odd. On the HD, I've installed the recent benh kernel from Mandrake Club, version: 2.4.21-1bh-mdksmp, which is working well (it feels as fast as before, although only one CPU shows in gkrellm -- i'm curious if this is correct, but content that it works for now... thoughts, anyone?). I just thought I'd share the experience in case anyone else bumps into this problem, because I wasted a lot of time editing /etc/fstab and /etc/yaboot.conf (and doing the accompanying chroot, mount /proc, ybin procedure in rescue mode) to change everything to /dev/hde, before figuring out what was happening, that it should be /dev/hda, not /dev/hde. --i
