From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932258AbWG3KvX (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:51:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932259AbWG3KvX (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:51:23 -0400 Received: from static-ip-62-75-166-246.inaddr.intergenia.de ([62.75.166.246]:15522 "EHLO bu3sch.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932258AbWG3KvW (ORCPT ); Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:51:22 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Mikael Pettersson Subject: Re: Trying to get my shiny new G5 (quad 2.5GHz) to boot under Linux Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 12:50:44 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <200607301023.k6UANWKj019190@harpo.it.uu.se> In-Reply-To: <200607301023.k6UANWKj019190@harpo.it.uu.se> Cc: benh@kernel.crashing.org, paulus@samba.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, mrmacman_g4@mac.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200607301250.44914.mb@bu3sch.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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.