Subject: Re: MOL on Umax c600
From: Jackson Damien (noveau@pmail.net)
Date: Tue Jan 23 2001 - 15:23:23 MST
Hello, long time no email. I kind of fell away from working on MOL,
mainly a simple lack of time. Currently I've gotten some free time
available and wanted to make another go at it.
I was hoping I might be able to ask a few more questions. First of
all, I know LinuxPPC doesn't support dual monitors, so I'm assuming
I'm still out of luck with MOL? Also, is it possible to run MOL with
starting X?
>On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Jackson Damien wrote:
>
>> I tried following the instructions without success. BTW, I was able
>> to upgrade (successfully I believe) to mol-0.9.41, which according to
>> the website (http://www.maconlinux.com) supports the 603. I guess it
>> is still assumed that you need to patch the kernel however.
>
>Yes, I think that is right.
>
>> I've read the documentation, specifically the patch instructions, and
>> have tried the dry run with the
>>
>> cd /doc/Kernel_Patches
>> patch --dry-run -d /usr/scr/linux - p0 < mol-kernel-2.2.10.patch
> ^^^^^
>"-p0" at first.
>Second the path to go is /usr/doc/mol-0.9.41/Kernel_Patches and not /doc/
>(at least for my system)
>Third. If you running LinuxPPC 2000 the kernel version is
>2.2.15preSomething. The is a patch for that kernel version included the
>RPM.
>
>If you are unsure about the kernel version use "dmesg | less" to read the
>boot messages again.
I found out that the kernel is 2.2.15pre3, and their is a patch for
2.2.15pre4 included in the latest RPM for MOL.
> > of the installation instructions that I was unsure on. Step 5 was to
>> copy the newly compiled kernel (/usr/src/linx/vmlinux) to the MacOS
>> and select it with BootX. How would I go about doing that?
>
>You need the kernel on MacOS side. Probably easiest method is to gzip it
>copy it to floppy, reboot MacOS and read it from floppy. You will need
>MacGzip for it. Maybe a recent version of StuffIt-expander will also work.
How would I copy it to a floppy?
> > How would I make a backup of my own kernel, how would I do that? I
>
>Just keep copy of vmlinux somewhere.
>
>> was just planning on patching the kernel according to the
>> instructions and recompiling according to the instructions included:
>>
>> cd /usr/src/linux
>> make clean
>> make xconfig
>> make clen
>> make dep
>> make
>
>I am not sure but the 2nd "make cle(a)n" is not necessary.
I think the patch applied successfully, and I went through all of
these steps. However after I was finished I could not find a vmlinux
file.
> > The only thing is I don't believe (I'm not positive) but it didn't
>> appear that the /usr/src/linux directory had anything useful in it
>> when I looked in it.
>
>Are there any obvious error messages?
When I tried it again I did receive error messages and I did record
them. I would post them except I had another question, please see
below.
> > Thanks again.
>
>Good luck for the next term. I also was not successful at my first attemt.
Finally, I noticed that on the Mac-on-Linux page
(http://www.turbolinux.com/~brad/mol/) under the section 'Patching
the kernel' (http://www.turbolinux.com/~brad/mol/#patching) that it
was possible to get precompiled kernels from Ben Herrenschmidt's test
page (http://ppclinux.apple.com/~benh).
I couldn't get that link to function but I think I did find Ben's
page at http://penguinppc.org/~benh/. Under 'Test Kernels' on his
page he provided a link (http://linuxcare.com.au/paulus/kernels.html)
to yet another kernel repository.
Basically what I would like to know is if it is possible to get a
precompiled kernel that I can install on my machine so I can run MOL.
I have installed the latest RPM version of MOL from the website
(http://www.maconlinux.com) and since I have a 603 processer (a Umax
c600 or APUS model in Europe I believe) I have been trying
(unsuccessfully) to patch the kernel.
I am running Mac OS 8.5.1 and have a Sonnet L2 Cache G3 upgrade in my
machine. Since my machine seems to run dog slow while in Linux
(since I don't believe it's taking advantage of the card) if I get
MOL working should it theoretically take advantage of the card?
Otherwise I'm just wasting my time because it's pretty much too slow
to be usable.
Finally, if I grab the rom image off my OS 8.5 cd as described in the
instructions, download and place a precompiled kernel to my Linux
kernels folder and select it in BootX, should MOL work and take
advantage of my G3 card? If so, where could I get a precompiled
kernel for my machine?
I've been working for hours on this without success. If Linux were
taking of the G3 card it wouldn't be so painfully slow.
Thanks again.
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