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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 9:30 am 
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One can download the current installer snapshot from http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/non-ports/por ... owerpc.iso

To create a bootable install kernel one can use the following command in /install/powerpc directory of the CD:
Code:
mkvmlinuz -o /tmp/ubuntu -a chrp -z -k vmlinux -i initrd.gz
and then use the resulting file ubuntu to boot the system. For boot parameters take a hint from yaboot.conf in the same directory.

A similar command can be used to create a boot kernel during installation. Just before rebooting the machine one can change to another virtual console (alt+F3), hit 'enter', and a command line is there. Chroot to the freshly installed system, change to the /boot directory and use the command from above:
Code:
chroot /target /bin/bash
cd /boot
mkvmlinuz -o ubuntu -a chrp -z -k vmlinux -i initrd.gz
Ubuntu still uses the old ATA driver on Pegasos, so one can boot it using:
Code:
boot hd:X boot/ubuntu root=/dev/hdaY
where Y=X+1 :)

Stay tuned, I'm working to also get EFIKA running...

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:57 am 
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The EFIKA install is running. More details tomorrow, as the network install will run through the night :)

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 12:10 pm 
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again... :thumbsup: !!!!

nice work, a pity i don't have an internet connection at home anymore. But i'll try that from work tomorrow on the Efika if it's ready !

thanks !!!


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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 2:57 pm 
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Well, it runs. But be warned: even just to login to XFCE needs ~50MB of swapping and a couple of minutes. More tomorrow...

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2008 5:09 pm 
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Ubuntu still uses the old ATA driver on Pegasos
Do you have the kernel source package or so for this version as shipped with Ubuntu? I'd like to look at the patchset they're using, I just don't have a system which is reliably extracting RPMs or DEB formats right now.

The SuSE 11.0 kernel patchset included a fix for pata_via which worked.. I'm trying to fix all this up for mainline and pushing to distros but it's a hell of a lot of work for 5 lines of changes..

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:21 am 
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Seems to me, that the pata_via fixes are now part of the Linus kernel. See http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6 ... g-2.6.24.3

OpenSUSE factory still uses 2.6.24.1 and will be upgraded to 2.6.25 soon

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 4:36 am 
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But i'll try that from work tomorrow on the Efika if it's ready !
OK. I took initrd from here: http://ports.ubuntu.com/dists/hardy/mai ... c/netboot/ and recompiled the Ubuntu kernel to include ethernet support for the EFIKA. I also filed a bug report on Ubuntu launchpad, so it will be part of the netboot image hopefully soon.

And a bad news (also for openSUSE): sound does not work.

If you are still interested, you can use the installer from here: http://genesi.hu/ubuntu/ubuntu33 The number '33' is derived from the above URL, as long as there isn't a newer netboot image, it should work. Sometimes it is two weeks, sometimes just two days :-)

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2008 6:15 am 
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@Peter

too bad for the sound issue, i do need sound :)
i'll keep gutsy then !

thanks !


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