July 2001 - openSUSE PPC - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Re: [suse-ppc] PPC Boot stopped working at all
by Andrei Verovski 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

Hi, Olaf >Are you able to boot the vmlinux.pmac-elf via OF? >hmount /dev/hdaX >hcopy vmlinux.pmac-elf :linux >humount >reboot >boot hd:X,linux root=/dev/hdaY Did not tried. What this test supposed to reveal? If I type in OF boot hdx it seems OF starts to looking for elf. So its seems OF iteslf is not broken. I can put vmilinux and System.map on HFS boot and re-type yaboot.conf. os-chooser is OK because HFS boot is a startup partition and without space key down MacOS starts OK. My yaboot entry looked this way: # 2.4.2-SuSE-RaiserFS image = ultra0:10,/boot/vmlinux-2.4.2 label = linux-2.4.2 root = /dev/hda10 May be I should add sysmap = ultra0:10,/boot/System.map-2.4.2 ? >What yaboot version do you use? Does the version on CD1 work any better? >You dont really need 1.2.1.reiser. 1.2.1 resierfs. I have kernel on ReiserFS /boot, so I am not sure non-resierfs yabot can do something. PS. I have reset OF with reset-all, but the problem still exists. I just could not figure out where it comes from. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site * ********************************************************

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PPC Boot stopped working at all
by Andrei Verovski 12 Jul '01

12 Jul '01

Hi, I have encountered nasty problem with new-world PPC booting after using beta k_defit-2.4.6-5.rpm kernel (however, I am not sure beta 2.4.7pre3 was a culprit). I have Indigo iBook with ReiserFS root partition and SuSe 7.1, which worked for several months. After installing and using for about 2 hours latest SuSE 2.4.7pre3 kernel (k_defit-2.4.6-5.rpm) PPC boot seem to be completely screwed, I am always being throuwn in Open Firmware with default catch 300. However, the Linux itself is OK because I may boot from CD, and then boot installed Linux. Right now booting from HD is not possible with any kernel. I have checked HFS boot partition for corruption, zapped PRAM, replaced yabot, virtually nothing helps. Any idea what it could be? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site * ********************************************************

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Dial-on-demand with Suse
by Michael Andersson 11 Jul '01

11 Jul '01

Hi! I´m trying to set up a dial-on-demand gateway to be used as a dial-up server for my internal machines. Suse 7.1 PPC has this kind of functionality built-in and I´ve tried to just fill in my settings, but I can´t get it to work. What happens is that I get some errors during the boot which says this: /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S09wvdial.dod: line 8: 238 Segmentation fault /usr/bin/wvdial --dump-conf $SECTION $WVPARAMS >$TMPFILE /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S09wvdial.dod: [: =: unary operator expected /etc/init.d/rc3.d/S09wvdial.dod[232]: starting pppd 192.168.99.1:192.168.99.99 modem crtscts defaultroute -detach user ipcp-accept-local ipcp-accept-remote usepeerdns call wvdial demand idle 180 noipdefault connect "/usr/bin/wvdial --chat "... [PID=250] ls: /var/run/ppp?.pid: No such file or directory Has anybody had the same problems or anything similar? Maybe this isn´t just a problem with the PPC Edition but that is what I use. BR Michael Andersson

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ReiserFS Quota Patch/Yaboot bug
by Andrei Verovski 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

Hi, Jeff, Can you please inform me about two things: 1) If your Endian-safe ReiserFS port supports quota (or may be quota ReiserFS support have no direct relationship to your port?). 2) If yaboot bug (which prevents to use ext2 /boot and ReiserFS /root under certain circumstances) have been fixed. Thanks. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site * ********************************************************

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firewire
by Joss Winn 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

just as a word of caution to anyone trying firewire, you may get very verbose messages that will fill your logs up very quickly. Beware your system doesn't get too full! I produced over 300mb of messages in less than ten minutes of audio listening. fun though.... :) -- http://www.josswinn.org

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Re: [suse-ppc] dual booting G3 suse7.0
by Andrei Verovski 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

Hi, >and this is my yaboot.conf :- >timeout = 100 >default = linux >image = ultra1:10,/boot/vmlinux > label = linux > root = /dev/hdb10 > append = "load_ramdisk=1 " Remove append = "load_ramdisk=1, you do not need it. >It seems that I can get either os-chooser to be tbxi or yaboot to be >tbxi but not both at the same time (is this what's supposed to >happen?). os-chooser should be tbxi. Try to rename it to "MacOS ROM". >understand them to be:- >MacOs /dev/hda5 >boot /dev/hdb8 >root /dev/hdb10 >swap /dev/hdb9 Are you sure you have 2 hard drives (judging from partition numbers I suspect not)? hdb is second ide drive. if not, you should correct your partition numbers in yaboot.conf and lilo.conf. >I'm using a blue & white G3 with MacOs 8.6 >Should I be using bootx? is that even possible on a ppc? any help >with this would be much appreciated . No, only yaboot. PS. Look at my web site, Linux tips and tricks, it might help you. ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site * ********************************************************

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PPC Kernel Build
by Andrei Verovski 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

Hi, I have succesfully build 2.4.7pre3 kerenl for PPC with ReiserFS support. Thanks, Olaf. BTW, are there any reasons to switch from 2.4.2 to 2.4.6 kernel (speed, stability, etc.)? ******************************************************** * Best Regards --- Andrei Verovski * * e-mail --- andrei.verovski(a)bigfoot.com * * * * Personal Home Page * * http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/ * * Mac, Linux, DTP, Development, IT WEB Site * ********************************************************

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Sound on iBook2
by marsaro＠interearth.com 10 Jul '01

10 Jul '01

Anyone now about the use of Sound on the iBook2? I was reading that the Debian install on that did not permit sound. Regards, Jon

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Re: [suse-ppc] need help on RS/6000 43P Model 140
by rsreelat＠in.ibm.com 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Hi, Thanks for your response. I have a supported Matrox video card on the system. We have managed to get the kernel start loading, but it fails when its initialising the driver for the SCSI controller(ncr53c825a) . The messages got before the kernel stops loading are: ncr53c825a-0: rev 0x13 on pci bus 0 device 16 function 0 irq 23 ncr53c825a-0: ID 4, Fast-10, Parity Checking ncr53c825a-0: on-chip RAM at 0x8adff000 Are there any boot options through which we can get around the SCSI initialization part of kernel booting . We tried various options like nvram:n , mpar:n, specf:n etc., but these did not help. Please suggest. regards, __________________________________ R.Sreelatha IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. Golden Enclave, Bangalore -17. Tel : +91-80-526 7117/2355 Extn : 2879 internet mail id : rsreelat(a)in.ibm.com Matthias Fruehauf <mfrueh(a)suse.de> on 07/09/2001 02:07:26 PM Please respond to Matthias Fruehauf <mfrueh(a)suse.de> To: suse-ppc(a)suse.com cc: (bcc: R Sreelatha/India/IBM) Subject: Re: [suse-ppc] need help on RS/6000 43P Model 140 On Mon, Jul 09, rsreelat(a)in.ibm.com wrote: > > Hello, > I am trying to install SUSE 7.1 for PPC on RS/6000 43P Model 140. > However, I am not able to boot the kernel. The documentation at this URL > "http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/olh_ppc_43p140.html" says that the kernel > binary > > CD1/unsorted/prep/zImage.140 should be copied to a DOS formatted floppy > and loaded from the Openfirmware prompt using " boot floppy : , > zimage".But each time the system hangs after reading the floppy and the > kernel is not getting loaded. > Can anybody tell me how i can get the kernel loaded? Or which kernel > image to use? First make sure, that the floppy is not damaged. Then have a look if the graphic is supported as Ferdinand mentioned. Another thing may be the Open Firmware. Make sure that you have the latest and greatest version on the machine. Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Best Regards, Matthias Frühauf ------------------------------------------------------------ SuSE GmbH, Schanzaeckerstr. 10, 90443 Nuernberg, Email: mfrueh(a)suse.de Germany WWW: http://www.suse.de/ ------------------------------------------------------------

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need help on RS/6000 43P Model 140
by rsreelat＠in.ibm.com 09 Jul '01

09 Jul '01

Hello, I am trying to install SUSE 7.1 for PPC on RS/6000 43P Model 140. However, I am not able to boot the kernel. The documentation at this URL "http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/olh_ppc_43p140.html" says that the kernel binary CD1/unsorted/prep/zImage.140 should be copied to a DOS formatted floppy and loaded from the Openfirmware prompt using " boot floppy : , zimage".But each time the system hangs after reading the floppy and the kernel is not getting loaded. Can anybody tell me how i can get the kernel loaded? Or which kernel image to use? regards, ______________________________ R.Sreelatha IBM Global Services India Pvt. Ltd. Golden Enclave, Bangalore -17. Tel : +91-80-526 7117/2355 Extn : 2879 internet mail id : rsreelat(a)in.ibm.com

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