On Sunday 30 July 2006 12:23, Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> 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.
It boots, but it's crap. It has not the required Windtunnel
support built in (kernel too old), so the fans go crazy.
(And a G5 with fans going crazy is _really_ annoying).
But installing YDL 4.1 is good to bootstrap another distribution
plus kernel from it.
I first installed YDL 4.1 and (somehow, don't remember all the
dirty details) bootstrapped a Ubuntu on it. After that I deleted
the YDL partition again and made it my /home partition.
--
Greetings Michael.
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