Re: I tried mol-0.9.54 and... failed :-(


Subject: Re: I tried mol-0.9.54 and... failed :-(
From: Philippe Lelédy (phl@leledy.org)
Date: Wed Jan 24 2001 - 11:12:27 MST


On Tue, 23 Jan 2001, Anne et Bertrand wrote:

> When upgrading, did you change the nvram file ? Did you try to boot mol-0.9.54 with the
> previous nvram file ? If I remember well, I had the same problem when upgrading to
> mol-0.9.50 or 51, and my rpmsaved nvram (that was a rpm upgrade...) did work.
>
> Bertrand Dekoninck
>

Yes, this was usefull in this old time and I successfully switched to new
mol thanks to this advice.

Now things have changed, no more nvram in /etc/molrc !
But a new file nvram_image_nw with no choice.

I tried mol-0.9.54-1 (+ MacOS 9.1) on my 2.4.0-test11 kernel with little
success on my B&W G3:

startmol
Mac-on-Linux 0.9.54, (C) 1997-2000 Samuel Rydh <samuel@ibrium.se>
Removing stale lockfile /var/lock/mol

Version 0.9.54
MOL kernel module 1.1.54
Resource file: /etc/molrc
Library directory: /usr/lib/mol
Using ADB keycodes
OF device tree: oftrees/oftree.nw
96MB RAM mapped at 0x20000000
Running in PowerPC 750 mode (G3)
DEC frequency: 25 MHz, 250:10 mticks/usec
Using nvram-image 'nvram_image_nw'
Running on VT 9.
Using usb mouse on /dev/usbmouse
Cache enabled for console-video
Video module 'console_video' installed.

MODE: 1024* 768, depth 32 { 75.0 } Hz

No video mode match the default one.
Starting in video mode 1024*768, depth 32, 75.0 Hz [offs:0, rb:4096]
Autoswitching to console
Ethernet Interface (port 1) 'sheep-<tap0>' @ FE:FD:DE:AD:BE:EF

HFS disk: 0 MB, images/moldisk.im [read-only]
----> (disk_open) Opening /dev/cdrom: No medium found
HFS disk: 9216 MB, /dev/hdb10 [read-write]
HFS disk: 3072 MB, /dev/hdb9 [read-only]
HFS disk: 1200 MB, /dev/hdb6 [read-only]
HFS disk: 1200 MB, /dev/hdb5 [read-only]
HFS disk: 1000 MB, /dev/hda10 [read-write]
HFS disk: 100 MB, /dev/hda9 [read-write]
HFS disk: 300 MB, /dev/hda8 [read-write]
HFS disk: 300 MB, /dev/hda7 [read-write]
HFS disk: 400 MB, /dev/hda5 [read-write]
HFS disk: 400 MB, /dev/hda6 [read-write]

Mapping GC at 80800000
Starting emulation...

**** SIGNAL Hangup in thread async-io thread ****
Exiting due to a crashed thread
cleaning up...
**** SIGNAL Hangup in thread <non-registered thread> ****
**** SIGNAL Hangup in thread startboing ****

Previously mol-0.9.53 (+ MacOS 9.1) worked fine on 2.2.17pre20-ben3
kernel.

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