Re: Trying to get my shiny new G5 (quad 2.5GHz) to boot under Linux

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On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 22:06:56 -0400, Kyle Moffett wrote:
>I just bought a brand new absolute-bleeding-edge Quad 2.5GHz G5 (it's  
>actually dual-proc dual-core, but that's marketing for you) and I'm  
>trying to find a kernel that will boot the system.  Well actually I'm  
>_trying_ to install Debian but I have yet to even get to mounting the  
>initramfs.  Here's a list of the kernels I've tried:
>
>   Debian-Installer beta2 (I think this is 2.6.15?)
>   Debian 2.6.16-1-powerpc64
>   Debian 2.6.17-1-powerpc64
>   Custom 2.6.18-rc2+git (64821324ca49f24be1a66f2f432108f96a24e596)
...
>If you have gotten Linux to boot on the Quad G5; I'd really  
>appreciate it if you could send me a working .config (or even better,  
>a working vmlinux image).  Thanks for all your help!

You really should try YDL 4.1's kernel. I would be very
surprised if it didn't work.
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