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From: "Charles A. Jolley" <charles.jolley@zeratec.com>
To: linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: LinuxPPC R5 on PowerBook Series 1999
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 09:01:18 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <199906301412.JAA27511@www2.tuckeris.com> (raw)


Hi all:
    I have not been able to find any data on the status of running Linux on
the new PowerBooks released in May.  I downloaded the standard R5
distribution installer last night, however, and tried to run it.  After
clicking the "Linux" button on BootX, it wrote a few lines to the console
and then the screen appeared to shut off.  The hard drive was still clicking
away, however, so I think the kernel might have still been running.

    So, I have two questions:

1.  Is there anyone else who is working on getting Linux running on these
models or are there any additional updates beyond the R5 distribution that I
should get and try and...

2.  I thought I might try to get things working, or at least figure out why
the kernel doesn't boot.  The only issue is I can't get any feedback from
the kernel on why it dies.  It prints a short message when it first starts
but then the screen goes dead before I can read it.  Is there another way to
get that information out?   In fact, since there are no serial ports on this
machine (just USB...like the iMac), how do I get any feedback from the
kernel without functioning video? (or an OF interface to help me along,
which is what I do in my other kernel development...)

Thanks,
-Charles

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             reply	other threads:[~1999-06-30 14:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-06-30 14:01 Charles A. Jolley [this message]
1999-06-30 18:45 ` LinuxPPC R5 on PowerBook Series 1999 Kevyn Shortell
1999-06-30 19:28   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
1999-06-30 16:11 Benjamin Herrenschmidt
1999-06-30 16:46 ` David A. Gatwood
1999-06-30 17:15   ` John Boswell
1999-06-30 16:32 Charles A. Jolley
1999-06-30 17:12 ` Stephen Edie
1999-06-30 19:37 Charles A. Jolley

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