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| Author: | nels664868 [ Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Fedora Core 5 installs on Pegasos II |
I downloaded and burned FC5 ppc cd's In the release notes it gives instructions how to boot a Pegasos II. at firmware prompt type: Code: boot cd: /images/netboot/ppc32.img
The GUI installer was scrambled with my setupAdding the word 'text' at the end of the boot command installs in text mode. Had to change the line boot=/dev/hda11 in /boot/yaboot/yaboot.conf to boot=/dev/hda to get FC5 to boot. To boot from hard drive type Code: boot hd:x /yaboot/yaboot conf= hd:x,/yaboot/yaboot.conf
nels
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| Author: | lugduweb [ Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:26 pm ] |
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Maybe you should add something like that on the command line to avoid text install : If you have a RADEON : video=radeonfb :1024x768@60 Or if you have a Voodoo 3DFX : video=tdfxfb:1024x768-8@60 By the way, if it worked do you have a snapshot of how it looks ? Was it easy to install ? Do you think that it would be possible for you to make a tutorial that could be included in the Pegasos book ? Regards. |
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| Author: | czp [ Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:45 pm ] |
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I had pretty bad experiences with test3. I thought, that some more tests will follow and wanted to join testing later on. It turned out to be the last test before release  It was pretty unstable, was unable switch to text console from X, etc. I'm just downloading it and will share my experiences. CzP |
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| Author: | magnetic [ Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:30 pm ] |
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Interesting thread guys. Thanks for the info. Hopefully, more detailed reports will follow. magnetic |
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| Author: | nels664868 [ Tue Mar 21, 2006 6:41 pm ] |
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Here are some screen shots   Also had to comment out load 'dri' in xorg.conf for X to run with out freezing the system. |
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| Author: | magnetic [ Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:05 pm ] |
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Sweet. Thanks for the screenshots. Netbooting works, that is cool  So 3D doesntwork then? How stable is it?magnetic |
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| Author: | dwmw2 [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:16 am ] |
| Post subject: | DRI. |
Hm, I'm slightly surprised that DRI doesn't work. Please could you file a bug report if there isn't already one open? I think I may have seen the same thing on a Mac with Radeon too. In what way was the GUI installer 'scrambled'? Did the 'radeonfb=' or 'resolution=1024x768' arguments help? |
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| Author: | nels664868 [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | GUI scrambled |
I tryed the video=radeonfb :1024x768@60 and still no good. The GUI screen looks like the image was loaded offset by one or two bytes so there is a stair kind of pattern. The mouse pointer still looks right and moves around the screen ok @ magnetic I didn't boot through the network, just used the netboot image on the cd I let the system run over night and with the xmms playing music and dnetc, no problems. nels |
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| Author: | dwmw2 [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:35 am ] |
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nels664868: That's very strange. And it's only like this in the installer, not in the final system? |
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| Author: | czp [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 1:55 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: DRI. |
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In what way was the GUI installer 'scrambled'? Did the 'radeonfb=' or 'resolution=1024x768' arguments help?
No, they did not help. The 'radeonfb' argument did not change anything, the graphical screen was scramled and had about 800x600 resolution. The 'resolution' argument seems to help, I got a nice, but 60hz only (brrrrr) graphical installation screen. CzP |
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| Author: | lugduweb [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:03 pm ] |
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Maybe you should try the lowest resolution ? ie. 640x480@60 ? |
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| Author: | czp [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:05 pm ] |
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The Marvell gigabit ethernet interface is not found by the installer. Even if that one is connected, only the VIA Rhine is found by Anaconda. CzP |
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| Author: | czp [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:06 pm ] |
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Quote: Maybe you should try the lowest resolution ?
No. I use 'resolution=1280x1024', and it works ie. 640x480@60 ?  CzP |
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| Author: | lugduweb [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:18 pm ] |
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??? That's very strange ! |
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| Author: | czp [ Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Fedora Core 5 installs on Pegasos II |
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Had to change the line boot=/dev/hda11 in /boot/yaboot/yaboot.conf to boot=/dev/hda to get FC5 to boot.
I did not have to make make any modifications. Just typed:
To boot from hard drive type Code: boot hd:x /yaboot/yaboot conf= hd:x,/yaboot/yaboot.conf
nelsCode: boot hd0:5 /boot/yaboot/yaboot
and it booted fine from /dev/hdb6.A short list of problems from the first few minutes of use: When I log in using the graphical interface, I get an error message: "No '/dev/pmu' device found' Scroll-lock does not work at all. It has no effect and the status led does not change. CzP |
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